A Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), offers users 5GB of iCloud storage. But this is not always enough if you have an active iCloud backup, which keeps all the data on your iPhone. To resolve this, you can decrease the size of your backups and look for some workarounds to reduce the load on this cloud.
Find out how to save iCloud storage by reducing the size of your iPhone backup.
If your device's backups exceed the size offered by Apple, you will need to purchase an iCloud subscription, turn off backups, or stop using other related services like iCloud Photos or iCloud Drive to save storage. So find out how to get around this problem.
How to Reduce the Size of iCloud Backups
Using this method, you can block some non-essential apps from being part of the iCloud backup, which significantly reduces the size of the backup.
Non-essential applications can be those whose data you are not interested in or those that already store everything on their servers, such as YouTube, news applications, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, among others. Even if you prevent these applications from backing up, your data is stored on their servers🇧🇷 You can access your account and data by entering your email and password.
Here's how to reduce backup file size by excluding some applications:
1. Open “Settings” and click on your name.
2. Go to “iCloud” and click “Manage storage”.
3. Click on “Backups” and access the backup that says “This iPhone”.
4. Click “Show All Apps” and disable all unnecessary apps to prevent them from being part of your iCloud backup.
How to create a new backup with reduced size
After following the steps above, the next backup your iPhone takes will have a reduced file size. Your device automatically backs up when locked, charging and connected to Wi-Fi. However, if you want, you can do it manually by following these steps:
1. Open “Settings” and click on your name.
2. Click “iCloud” > “iCloud Backup” > “Back Up Now”.
The photos you have on your phone quickly fill up the free 5GB limit. To solve this problem, you can use other alternatives to save them, such as Google Photos, Amazon Photos or even use a computer.
Use a PC to back up photos and iPhone
Imagine a situation where you have a lot of photos and app backups taking up most of your iCloud storage. You don't want to pay for your upgrade, but you still want to keep your iPhone photos, videos and backups safe. In this situation, you can move your iPhone photos and videos to your computer and save them locally. Nonetheless, note that this is not cloud storage. In case of computer hardware damage, failure, or theft, you will lose these photos and files.
