But iCloud is also exceptionally slow, both for full initial backups and full device restores. Yes, iCloud is convenient: incremental backups tend to take place completely wirelessly at night when your phone is recharging, and you can restore your iPhone from any place where you have a Wi-Fi connection.

There are two ways to back up your iPhone: iTunes or iCloud. Step 1: Perform A Double Backup Of Your iPhone To iTunes, Not iCloud iOS 9 officially releases on September 16. But ideally, you should update your old iPhone to iOS 9 before relying on the backup to work with your new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, which will arrive with iOS 9 installed. If you complete Step 1 right now, you’ll be ready to begin updating your new iPhone pretty quickly after you receive it. One point to make before I go further: yes, you can conceivably start this process today. Step 0: Ideally, Start With A Device That’s Running iOS 9 I’ve used this process more times than I can count, and beyond working perfectly each time, it requires far fewer hours than relying on iCloud… This quick How-To guide is designed to save you a wasted day by helping you select the best options in iTunes and get most of the work done ahead of time. But now, between iCloud, larger device capacity sizes, and iTunes encryption options, there are certainly ways to turn a simple process into a day-long ordeal. Years ago, iTunes was the only (and fairly straightforward) way to transfer one iPhone’s contents to another. Transferring files from your old iPhone to a new iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus isn’t difficult, but after a reader emailed about the many, many hours he expected to wait for the old-to-new iPhone transfer process to complete, I realized that his experience has become more common - even though it’s not necessary.

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