Q: Does backup in iTunes also backup pictures and videos
My son has a ton of pictures (and a few videos) on his iPhone 5s. He is currently on IOS 8.x. I want to upgrade his phone to ISO 9.x. If I connect to iTunes and do a "backup", will everything on the phone (including pictures and video) get backup up? I know that when I connect my iPhone, the Photo application opens up asking me to upload my pictures from my phone. I realize this is a good idea as well, but if I skip that step and JUST do the iTunes backup, am I safe in case I need to erase and restore from the backup? Will I get all my pictures back as well?
Thanks.
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2010 Intel Core 2 Duo / 8GB RAM
Posted on Sep 12, 2016 1:04 PM
Hi,
An iTunes backup will save nearly everything on the iPhone including pictures on the camera roll, just as long as the photos were not downloaded from the computer but taken directly from the iPhone's camera. For more info on backups, see About backups for iOS devices.
Cheers!
Posted on Sep 12, 2016 1:17 PM