BACKING UP iPhone 6

[Anonymous]

I have had my iphone 6 for three months and have been backing it up connected to iTunes I believed to be sufficient.  Now I get regular messages telling me I should back up the cell to iCloud connected to the Mac when switched off.

Do I really need to do this?  One thing connected to this is my understanding I pay for what I save on iCloud and would wish to avoid this if possible.

Thank you in anticpation of anybody is able to answer this.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Back up as you normally do. You only pay on iCloud for extra storage after you have run out of the initial 5GB

Try a reset & that should clear it

Settings, general, reset network settings 

[MI5]

If you have used all your free icloud storage you will either have to pay 79p a month for 50gb or back up to your mac/pc.
5gb free is pretty useless as it very quickly fills up esp if you back up your apps.

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
If you have used all your free icloud storage you will either have to pay 79p a month for 50gb or back up to your mac/pc.
5gb free is pretty useless as it very quickly fills up esp if you back up your apps.

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I never used it on my old iPhones &'it was useless back then

[MI5]

Money making scheme I guess as 5gb is useless to even the smallest capacity iPhone.......

[Anonymous]

A money making scheme that doesn't make money as I haven't heard of it being successful 

[MI5]

I would guess a lot of people would pay 79p a month for the 50gb package though.....?

[Anonymous]

You could be right there but then what's the point of backing up to iTunes on the PC then if they want you to use iCloud 

[MI5]

Nothing other than an extra backup and I guess iCloud is more convenient that actually plugging into iTunes everyday?

[adamtemp64]

I have never seen this message on any of my iphones (had a few)

I only use the free 5gb storage for a few minor things and use other services to store photos etc.

I only backup to my pc itunes when phone is connected(daily) so cannot understand why you are seeing this prompt.

Just check in settings> Icloud  to see what you have enabled