Backup Your iPhone Data to Google Drive
I know this seems weird. Why would you purchase an iPhone from Apple and back it up to Google Drive? Well, the simple answer is that Google gives you more storage space in the cloud. Apple gives us 5 GB of storage space for free, where Google gives personal users 3 times as much at 15 GB of storage space. You can even take that a step further if you have a GSuite account as you get unlimited storage (3 TB of storage). Not that I'm suggesting that you should blend your personal life and files with your work or educational account, but this means when you get the annoying little message below, you don't have to worry or just click and hope for the best.
Backup your Data to Google Drive now and save yourself the headache in the future when something happens to your phone.
You can use Google Drive to back up content on your iPhone and iCloud account.
Before you back up
Start your backup
After you back up
You can see and use all your content across all devices after you back up.
You can use Google Drive to back up content on your iPhone and iCloud account.
- Photos will back up to Google Photos.
- Contacts will back up to Google Contacts.
- Calendar will back up to Google Calendar.
Before you back up
- Your phone must be on a Wi-Fi network to back up photos and videos.
- If you back up multiple times, only new photos will be backed up. It will also overwrite any previous backups for contacts and calendars.
- If you organized photos into albums, those albums will not back up to Google Photos.
- Contacts and calendars, from services like Facebook or Exchange will not back up.
Start your backup
- On your iPhone, install and open the Google Drive app.
- In the top left, tap Menu .
- At the top, tap Settings .
- Tap Backup.
- Tap START BACKUP.
After you back up
You can see and use all your content across all devices after you back up.