How to Backup iPhone SE in 3 Ways

After you got a new iPhone SE, you must have saved some important data on it. No matter they are photos that you took or songs that you downloaded from iTunes, you don’t want to lose them by accident. However, so many reasons can let you lose them, such as, mistaken deletion, a failed iOS upgrade, factory reset, jailbreak, even get your iPhone broken, lost or stolen. And any of them can make you important data and files lost.

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Therefore, it is essential that you should back up your iPhone SE regularly to protect data from loss. In this post, we will offer you 3 ways to backup iPhone, and you can choose any of these methods to backup your iPhone SE.

Part 1: How to Backup iPhone SE to iTunes

Method 1: Connect your iPhone SE to computer with USB cable > Launch iTunes if it doesn't open automatically > Click Device button on the upper right corner of iTunes > Click This Computer > Choose "Back Up Now" on Backups column.

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Method 2: Connect your iPhone to computer > Launch iTunes on computer > Click File > Select Devices > Click Backup.

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Part 2: How to Backup iPhone SE to iCloud

Tap on Setting > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Turn on iCloud Backup if it is off > Back Up Now.

Part 3: How to Selectively Backup iPhone SE without iTunes and iCloud

Sometimes, you may not want use iTunes or iCloud to backup your iOS device because you cannot access the files that you backed up with iTunes/iCloud useless you restore your device. So below we offer you the 3rd method to backup your iPhone SE.

Tools You Need:

• iMobie AnyTrans – one professional iPhone data manager that you can use to transfer 20+ file types from your iPhone SE to an computer or an iOS device.
• A computer (Mac or PC).
• Your iPhone SE with its data cable.

Steps to Save iPhone Data to Computer:

Step 1. Download AnyTrans to computer.

Step 2. Run AnyTrans on your computer > connect your iPhone SE to computer with USB cable.

Step 3. On Homepage of AnyTrans, you can click "To Computer" to backup songs, contacts, photos or other data from iPhone SE to computer. Or you can click any category on the bottom to export only your wanted items.

Note:

- AnyTrans can backup more than 20+ file types on your iPhone SE, including photos, videos, music, apps, messages, contacts, calendar, notes, bookmarks, voice memos and other iPhone files.

- This tutorial also applies to backup iPad and iPod touch.

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The Bottom Line

iTunes and iCloud are good tools to backup an iPhone SE, but Apple doesn’t provide its users with a good way to access the backup files, and the only method is restore. (Some third-party apps on computer can extract data from iTunes backup. So sometimes, it’s better to save iPhone data by using some professional transferring tools like AnyTrans. Download AnyTrans free trial now >>