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im trying to back up in icloud with the extra space i bought for about 10 days, it never does it. it says that it will take 33 hours in backing up, can this be posible?? can anyone help me?

im trying to back up in icloud with the extra space i bought for about 10 days, it never does it. it says that it will take 33 hours in backing up, can this be posible?? can anyone help me?

iPhone 4S

Posted on Jan 14, 2013 6:47 AM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2013 7:27 AM

Welcome to the Apple Community.


The first back up to iCloud may take some considerable time. Just how long isn't really possible to say without knowing how much is in your back up and your connection speed.


What many people don't realise is that upload speeds are often significantly less than download speeds, so for example a user may have a download speed of 40 Mbps, but only 1 Mbps for uploading. As a rough guide it will take around 2 ¼ hours to upload 1 GB of data at 1 Mbps.

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Jan 14, 2013 7:27 AM in response to Community User

Welcome to the Apple Community.


The first back up to iCloud may take some considerable time. Just how long isn't really possible to say without knowing how much is in your back up and your connection speed.


What many people don't realise is that upload speeds are often significantly less than download speeds, so for example a user may have a download speed of 40 Mbps, but only 1 Mbps for uploading. As a rough guide it will take around 2 ¼ hours to upload 1 GB of data at 1 Mbps.

im trying to back up in icloud with the extra space i bought for about 10 days, it never does it. it says that it will take 33 hours in backing up, can this be posible?? can anyone help me?

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