{"id":662980,"date":"2024-11-20T20:58:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T00:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=662980"},"modified":"2024-11-20T20:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T00:59:23","slug":"apple-to-discontinue-icloud-backups-for-older-devices-check-your-ios-version-before-dec-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/662980\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to Discontinue iCloud Backups for Older Devices: Check Your iOS Version Before Dec 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/662980\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-662981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/apple-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>If you own an older iPhone or iPad, it\u2019s important to check your device\u2019s software version before December 18, 2024. Apple has announced that it will stop supporting iCloud backups for devices running iOS 8 or earlier. If you don&#8217;t update your device, any unsynced data will be deleted, and you won\u2019t be able to back up your files in the future. Here\u2019s what you need to know to protect your important data:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Devices Are Affected?<\/strong><br \/>\nStarting December 18, 2024, iCloud backups will only be available for devices running iOS 9 or later. If your device is still running iOS 8 or an earlier version, Apple will remove your existing backups and no longer provide backup services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To check if your device is affected, follow these steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.<\/li>\n<li>Go to General and then About to see your current iOS version.<\/li>\n<li>If your device is updated to iOS 9 or later, you don&#8217;t need to do anything. However, if you&#8217;re still using iOS 8, you\u2019ll need to update to a newer version to continue using iCloud backups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Happens If You Don\u2019t Update?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t update to iOS 9 or later, iCloud backups will stop working after December 18, 2024. Any existing backups will be erased, and future data on your device that isn\u2019t synced to iCloud won\u2019t be backed up. This could result in the loss of valuable photos, videos, documents, and other files.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Update Your Apple Device<\/strong><br \/>\nTo keep using iCloud and ensure your data is safe, update your device\u2019s software:<\/p>\n<p>Go to Settings &gt; General &gt; Software Update.<br \/>\nIf an update is available, tap Download and Install.<br \/>\nMost devices, including the iPhone 4S or later and iPad 2 or later, can be updated to iOS 9 or a newer version.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What If You Can\u2019t Update Your Device?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you can\u2019t update your device (for example, if your device is too old to support newer iOS versions), you can still back up your data manually. Use iTunes (on older PCs or Macs) or Finder (on newer Macs) to back up your files. Apple also provides other methods for archiving data, which you can find on their support pages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Is Apple Making This Change?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis move is part of Apple\u2019s efforts to align with current software standards while ensuring the security and performance of their services. iCloud is a useful tool for syncing and backing up data, and updating your device helps keep your information safe and easily accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you own an older iPhone or iPad, it\u2019s important to check your device\u2019s software version before December 18, 2024. Apple has announced that it will stop supporting iCloud backups for devices running iOS 8 or earlier. If you don&#8217;t update your device, any unsynced data will be deleted, and you won\u2019t be able to back up your files in the future. Here\u2019s what you need to know to protect your important data: Which Devices Are Affected? Starting December 18, 2024, iCloud backups will only be available for devices running&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":662981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662980"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662984,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662980\/revisions\/662984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}