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User profile for user: 22Jester22
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Backing up my iphone to icloud+. Not icloud…icloud+.

I bought addition space because my phone won’t backup. It is now still not backing up because what I bought is iCloud+. How do I link my backup to the iCloud+ storage?

Posted on Jun 22, 2023 7:26 AM

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Posted on Jun 22, 2023 8:23 AM

22Jester22 wrote:

It does show the storage increase.


Okay. Backups usually happen while you’re sleeping and your iPhone is locked and charging, and either connected on Wi-Fi or on 5G for iPhone models with 5G cellular and 5G cellular plans that allow that.


Any errors shown?


Do you have more than ~48 GB of data on your iPhone?


Here are the general steps to: Back up iPhone - Apple Support


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Jun 22, 2023 8:23 AM in response to 22Jester22

22Jester22 wrote:

It does show the storage increase.


Okay. Backups usually happen while you’re sleeping and your iPhone is locked and charging, and either connected on Wi-Fi or on 5G for iPhone models with 5G cellular and 5G cellular plans that allow that.


Any errors shown?


Do you have more than ~48 GB of data on your iPhone?


Here are the general steps to: Back up iPhone - Apple Support


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Jun 22, 2023 7:31 AM in response to 22Jester22

iCloud+ is what Apple now calls paid subscriptions. iCloud+ is paid, has more storage, and has some added features.


iCloud is effectively now (and confusingly) the name of the 5 GB free tier.


Restart your iPhone to ensure it recognizes the storage increase, and try the backup again.


There are different ways to restart. Here a forced restart, using buttons: Force restart iPhone - Apple Support


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Backing up my iphone to icloud+. Not icloud…icloud+.

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