HOW TO BACK UP iPhone,
iTouch and iPad
Google Account is the most used by Android device users, to Sync Contacts, Mail, Music, Calendars, Games. It’s known that Google Account play well with Apple devices.
Simply go to the settings app, and
then tap on "Mail, Contacts and Calendars.
" Add your username and
password. In the server field, for a Google account, enter
"m.google.com."
BACKUP DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS MUSIC ON
APPLE DEVICES
DOCUMENTS
Documents are the most complex to
sync.
Create an iCloud account. Then, sync
the files from the Android phone in the same way you did the music but up to the
iCloud account. Click on the Pages, Numbers and Keynote app and open the
appropriate files: Word documents for Pages, Excel documents for Numbers and
PowerPoint documents for Keynote.
PHOTOS
Transferring photos is a little more
complex than handling contacts. Users cannot simply enter a username and
password to sync Photos. There are number’s of apps to help with the process,
one of them being Photo Sync. Using Photo Sync, users just have to ensure the
app is installed on both the Android and the iOS device and that both devices
are working off the same Wi-Fi network.
The user then selects which photo or
folders to send over, chooses which device to send it to, and the photos are on
their way.
MUSIC
CHOOSE A BACKUP METHOD
2.
Before you get started, learn to understand the differences making backup with iCloud and iTune, and choose method that is best for you.
iCloud
- Stores backups in iCloud
- Offers up to 2TB of storage (your first 5GB are free)
- Always encrypts your backups
- Lets you create and use backups from anywhere with Wi-Fi
1 iTunes
- Stores backups on your Mac or PC
- Storage depends on your Mac or PC's available space
- Offers encrypted backups (off by default)
- Lets you create and use backups from your Mac or PC
Decide which method is best for you
This article can help you decide which backup method is best for you. In
case you ever need an alternative backup, you can make a backup in iCloud and
another in iTunes.iCloud
- Stores backups in iCloud
- Offers up to 2TB of storage (your first 5GB are free)
- Always encrypts your backups
- Lets you create and use backups from anywhere with Wi-Fi
iTunes
- Stores backups on your Mac or PC
- Storage depends on your Mac or PC's available space
- Offers encrypted backups (off by default)
- Lets you create and use backups from your Mac or PC
How do you use iMessage to send text, pictures, videos, sound, location, and more—right from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac?
iMessage is Apple's built-in instant messaging (IM) service. On this platform you send text messages, pictures, videos, sound, and location fast and easy to anyone else using iMessage on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch.
Apple is also bringing significant updates to iMessage in iOS 10, including bubble and screen effects, emoji tapbacks and full-on emojification, Digital Touch and handwriting, and, for the first time, iMessage apps.
On your iPhone, iMessage provides
alongside SMS and MMS, to enable you keep in touch with non-Apple friends from the
same app. Thanks to Continuity, you can even get those "green
bubbles" on iPad and Mac as well! It makes for an incredibly powerful,
unified experience. Here's how to use it.
New Update
Apple has enabled a special
effect for Chinese (Lunar) New Year. Write: "Happy Chinese New Year",
hit send, and you'll not only get the Celebration screen effect, but a red
bubble for luck and gold writing for prosperity.
To send a message with a bubble effect, follow these steps
- Open Messages.
- Tap and enter a contact or go to an existing conversation.
- Enter your message or insert a photo, then touch and hold .
- Tap to preview bubble effects.
- Tap to send.
With iOS 10, you can make your iMessages more
expressive, also add effects to your message bubbles, send animations that
take over the entire screen, add a personal touch with a handwritten
note, and more.
You can also use full-screen effects to animate the screen when you send a message.
Add a full-screen effect
With full-screen effects, you can animate your screen with balloons, confetti, and more. To send a full-screen effect, follow these steps:
You can personalize your messages by adding a note in your own handwriting.
Your friends and family will see the message animate, as if it were being written in front of them. To send a handwritten note, follow these steps:
Send a message with effects
With message effects, you can use bubble effects to change the way your message bubbles look.You can also use full-screen effects to animate the screen when you send a message.
Add a bubble effect
You can use bubble effects to animate your message bubbles with different expressions. To send a message with a bubble effect, follow these steps:
- Open Messages.
- Tap and enter a contact or go to an existing conversation.
- Enter your message or insert a photo, then touch and hold .
- Tap
to preview bubble effects.
- Tap to send.
Add a full-screen effect
With full-screen effects, you can animate your screen with balloons, confetti, and more. To send a full-screen effect, follow these steps:
- Open Messages.
- Tap and enter a contact or go to an existing conversation.
- Enter your message.
- Touch and hold, then tap Screen.
- Swipe to the left to see full-screen effects, like balloons, confetti, and fireworks.
- Tap to send.
Send a handwritten message
You can personalize your messages by adding a note in your own handwriting.
Your friends and family will see the message animate, as if it were being written in front of them. To send a handwritten note, follow these steps:
- Open Messages.
- Tap and enter a contact or go to an existing conversation.
- If you have an iPhone, turn it sideways. If you have an iPad, tap
on the keyboard.
- Write your message or select one of the options at the bottom of the screen.
- If you need to start over, tap Undo. If not, tap Done. Then tap to send.
Apple recently announced price reduction on September 9th, but took effect for new subscribers on September 16th. They still maintained the 5GB at its free tier.
$0.99 per month from 20GB to 50GB. (Prices vary worldwide, and aren’t a straight conversion, as with most Apple fees.)
The 200GB tier is now $2.99 monthly
Apple dropped the 500GB entirely, but slashed the price for 1TB by $10 a month: it’s just $9.99 monthly now.
Subscribers at the 500GB were automatically upgraded to 1TB since the price is the same.
You can downgrade or upgrade via Settings > iCloud > Manage Storage > Change Storage Plan or Buy More Storage.