This guide will walk you through backing up an iPhone and/or iPad to Apple’s iCloud. Once backed up you will be able to wipe your device or transfer to another device without losing data.
Procedure
1. Power on the device and go to the Settings icon.
In the upper left hand corner click on “Sign in to your iPad”. It will prompt you on how to sign in. Select the option “Sign in Manually”, then enter your iCloud credentials.
2. Once you are signed into the device you will be presented with a screen of all the options you have on the device . Go to section that says “Apps Using iCloud”. At the bottom of that screen, click “Show All”. It will display a list of data and apps to backup. Check everything there.
3. Once done go back to the previous page and click the “iCloud Backup” button. You will be given the option to click “Back Up Now”. Click that button and it will force your iPad to back up. The process will go much quicker if you do this over wifi. Once the progress bar is finished you are done.
