Apple iTunes is the software used to backup/Sync iPhone to
computer. ( Steps to copy / backup contacts from one iPhone sim to another iPhone or any device to any device in two minutes )
This article explains the steps to
-
Download and install iTunes on Windows based
computer
-
Backup or Sync iPhone data to Computer/
notebook/ computer.
Windows System Requirements to install Apple iTunes.
ü Computer with a 1GHz Intel or AMD
processor and 512MB of RAM
ü 32-bit editions of Windows Vista,
Windows 7 or Windows 8, Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later;
ü 64-bit editions of Windows Vista,
Windows 7 or Windows 8 require the iTunes 64-bit installer
ü 400MB of free disk space
ü Broadband Internet connection to use
the iTunes Store
Macintosh System Requirements to install Apple iTunes
ü Mac computer with an Intel Core
processor
ü OS X version 10.6.8 or later
ü 400MB of available disk space
ü Broadband Internet connection to use
the iTunes Store
Apple iTunes Download and installation steps:
·
First download Itunes software on your computer
from here
·
Then it will prompt you to enter your e-mail
address and select “Download now” option.
·
Select “Run” to install iTunes on your PC
·
Select “Next” option
·
I unselect “Use iTunes as the default player for
audio files” and click on “Install”
·
During the installation, you get couple of “User
Account Control” prompts, select “Yes” to proceed with iTunes installation.
·
With this, you have finished install iTunes and
as soon you click on Finish, it will open iTunes window.
·
As per following screenshot, click on small
arrow at the top of the iTunes screen and select “Show Menu Bar”
·
This will help you to unlock File, Edit, View,
Controls, Store and Help buttons.
·
Then select “store” and authorise your computer
to access iPhone by selecting the option “Authorize this computer”. It will
prompt to select “Trust” on your iPhone so that your iPhone can trust the
computer going forward.
·
Here, you need to enter your iTunes account
details. If you are not sure about your Apple password, click on “forgot?”
Note : If you don’t have Apple or iTunes ID, go to this page and register yourself.
·
Finally we can backup or restore iPhone from
here. To backup iPhone, navigate to File- Devices- Backup.
·
To Restore iPhone from existing backup, select “restore
from backup” option.
·
In the following screen, you can see “Backing up
…. iPhone”
I know some of you are curious to know the backup location
of iPhone on Windows systems.
Backup location of iPhone on Windows based system is : C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Apple
Computer\MobileSync\Backup
This location is not visible by default. You need to enable
option to show hidden files as per following links.
How
to unhide files and folders in Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server systems
Please share on social media using following buttons if you found this post
helpful.