Back up the collection

Create a portable backup and know what restore replaces.

1. Choose contents

Personal images are optional.

Mac

Backup & Restore with create and restore actions. — Create a recovery backup, with personal images optional, separately from sync.

iPhone

iPhone Backup and Restore with Create Backup and Include Personal Images on. — Backup on iPhone is a recovery copy, separate from iCloud sync.

2. Create the backup

Create Backup writes the file. Restore replaces the on-device collection.

Mac

Backup & Restore with create and restore actions. — Create a recovery backup, with personal images optional, separately from sync.

iPhone

iPhone Backup and Restore with Create Backup and Include Personal Images on. — Backup on iPhone is a recovery copy, separate from iCloud sync.

Additional platform screenshots will be added as this guide is expanded.

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