The conversations we have through WhatsApp are really important to many people, which means they don’t want to miss them in any way. This is something we can guarantee save all this information in the cloud from Apple.
Doing iCloud backups, which although no longer free in terms of storage, means they don’t take up local storage on your iPhone. This means you’ll be able to save space on your iPhone without having to sacrifice any backup copies you make locally. In this article we explain in detail how to do this.
Create the backup in the iPhone app
In order to make a backup copy on WhatsApp, the first thing you need to do is open the application itself. You will then need to follow the following steps:
- In the bottom corner, click the “Settings” gear.
- Next, click on “Cats”.
- From the options that appear, select “Backup”.
- Select “Make a copy now”.
For now, all chat information will be stored in your iCloud. It’s important to note that this can only happen if you have enough cloud storage to be able to store the copy. Otherwise, you will see a notice that will cancel the download of chats.
It is important to keep in mind that you may have the option to select videos to download with cats or not. This is important because if you do not want to take up a lot of space in the cloud, we do not recommend checking this option.
Additionally, if you have automatic upload to gallery, you will store the same information twice. In this way for avoid duplicates we recommend that you deactivate it and manually download the media content you are most interested in from the iPhone photo library.
It is also relevantand enable automatic WhatsApp copy. This means that at dawn, a copy of what you have in your application will be uploaded to the cloud, updating the previous copy. You can choose the download frequency: daily, weekly or monthly. Although this is always done whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi network to avoid spending your network tariff.
Make the copy with the computer
Another option also presented is to make backup copies with a computer. To do this, you will need to have iTunes installed and physically connect the iPhone to the Mac or in other cases to the Windows PC. In the case of a Windows PC, you will need to install the iTunes app, but on a Mac you will simply access the Finder.
When you access the information on your device, you will see the “Back up now” option. When you press it All information on your iPhone will be stored in the cloud, and you can specifically choose the content you want to upload to your cloud.
Obviously this is a process that cannot be recommended as much because you are already dependent on using a computer, and You will also not be able to update the copy periodically. This literally forces you to rely on a computer and your own memory to remember to update.
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