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Trying to restore back up to new phone, Comes up with not enough space to restore, how can I see the size of the back up? any way around this?


iPhone 11

Posted on Jul 3, 2020 2:28 AM

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Jul 3, 2020 3:46 AM in response to Tinydancer145

Watch the iTunes BackUp Size on a GIF below


Note this is a compressed backup size. (During restoration it will expand)

See the GIF which shows as 28.03 GB used space on iPhone 6 and the Backup Size id 5.26GB




Same is true for iCloud Backup too. What you see the size is compressed Size


iCloud backup size on iCloud is 3.5 GB for the same iPhone same date that is because iCloud backup doesn’t include information that are synced and stored in iCloud, like Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Mail, Notes, Voice Memosshared photosiCloud Photos*, Health data, call history, and files you store in iCloud Drive.

*-If you had turned on iCloud Photos, your content is automatically stored in iCloud. 


Watch the GIF below



What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support


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