TS4036 What do I do if my iCloud backup didn't finish as I though it would overnight and now I've updated my phone? Now I don't have the option to restore any backups....
I set up my iPhone to back up to the cloud, it should have backed up overnight while it was plugged in and charging. My bad, I did not check to make sure that it did, as it was the very first time I ever backed up my data to the cloud. I just went and updated my iPhone to iOS7 and went to restore my storage from the cloud, and I saw that it never completed backing up. How can I get my storage back from the cloud now? I see some things still on my phone but not all....
Many thanks in advance!!
Dawn
Hello Dawn
On your iPhone, you can manage the storage that was there for back up by going to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage and tap the backup you would like to delete and then tap Delete Backup. Check out the article below for more information.
Managing your iCloud storage
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847
Regards,
-Norm G.
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