Before we could discuss it, but today the “If it works, don’t touch it” couldn’t be further from the truth. Devices like the iPhone are part of our daily lives, they contain our personal data and we need to always update them to the most recent version possible to ensure not only good performance, but also good security. The consequences of not updating are clear.
We’ll walk you through how to update iOS to the latest version so you’re always up to date, and automate the process so you can forget about the task.
Before updating, you must prevent
First of all, be warned: the first thing to do before updating is to make a backup of your iPhone. Errors while running the update are very rare, but not impossible. In the event of a disaster, it is always useful have a copy of the data so that it can be retrieved easily.
Once you’ve made that copy in iCloud or locally on a Mac or PC, it’s time to update. In Settings, go to the General section then ‘Software update‘. If you are up to date, the message ‘iOS is up to date’ will appear, but if not, the option to download and update iOS will appear:
Attention: if you see that the iOS download and update option appears in gray, it means that your iPhone has very little free space and you will have to empty it to free up storage space. There are several ways to free up space on iPhone, such as uninstalling all the apps you don’t use.
Updating iOS is so easy even the iPhone can do it on its own
Now you really have a free hand to download iOS and install it. Here you have to be patient, because the download can take a long time and then you have to verify all the data with the Apple servers. Depending on the age of your phone, the update may take more than half an hour, so it is best that do this with the iPhone connected to power and a Wi-Fi network under conditions.
If you don’t want to have to update iOS manually every time a new version is released, you can enable automatic updates, so that everything is done while you charge your iPhone at night (although updating day may take a little longer than usual in application).
To enable this option, you can go back to the same “Software Update” section and enter “Automatic Updates” to enable these two options:
Thus iOS it will download and update while you sleep and let the iPhone charge its battery. If you don’t like having to go through the process or don’t mind being among the first to hear about new releases, this is the best thing you can do to not worry.
