Need to archive an iTunes backup of an iPhone or iPad for safe-keeping? Creating an archived backup in iTunes is helpful because it allows you to preserve a specific device backup while still allowing for backing up to iTunes on Mac or PC, without those new backups overwriting the archived backup.
You’ve got various advantages for archiving backup on iTunes.
It preserves your device backup and still allows you to take backups of other devices such as Mac or PC.
Connect your iPhone or iPad to a Mac or Windows computer installed with the latest version of iTunes.2.
Open your connected iOS device in iTunes and go to the ‘Backups’ section for creating an encrypted backup of your iPhone or iPad.
Although this is optional but if you want to create a fresh (current state) archive backup of your device, then you should create it.
Now, hit the ‘Back up Now’ button under Manually Backup and Restore heading on the right-hand side.8.
If you see that your iOS device is running very slowly, encountering network problems, performing slow operations, then you may fix it by recovering from the backup.
iPhone and iPad are fast performing devices, but sometimes they may work slowly because of the issue with your network or any other technical cause.
Here are the steps to restore your iOS devices from a backup.
Check for the size and its date to pick a relevant one.
If asked to provide your Apple ID & passcode to start the restoring process for your applications and Apple purchases, then enter it in the space provided.
In case you have created multiple IDs on various app purchases, you may skip the sign-in process.
When you want to restore from a backup and your iPhone would need the latest version of iOS, here’s what you should do. Read on.