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June 18, 2017, 05:20 PM
P229 357SIG Man
iPhone backup
I backed up my iPhone to my MacBook's iTunes. Now I want to wipe (No Hillary, not with a cloth) my phone and restore it with just my Contacts. Is there a way to do that?


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June 18, 2017, 05:43 PM
jbcummings
Is there a way to do that? Yes!


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June 18, 2017, 06:17 PM
P229 357SIG Man
Thanks JB, I guess I left out one important point. My iCloud account is maxed out at
5 gigs of storage and I'm trying to do this without paying for more iCloud storage.


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June 18, 2017, 07:44 PM
AH.74
Maybe you could try de-selecting your photos from the icloud backup options, if you have that checked. That may free up enough space so that you don't have to jump through all those hoops. Especially if you have them backed up to your local system.


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June 18, 2017, 08:03 PM
P229 357SIG Man
It really doesn't have to be this hard. It's Apple's way of making you buy their product.


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June 18, 2017, 08:13 PM
Broadside
Is your Mac computer synced with your iClould account. If it is then everything should already be on your Mac where you can access it.

It should then be a matter of just wiping your data on the phone and setting your iClould settings to just sync contacts and not anything else.
June 18, 2017, 09:06 PM
henryaz
 
Change your backup option to "local computer", then backup and restore from your Mac.
 
June 19, 2017, 05:44 AM
imfrogman
quote:
Originally posted by P229 357SIG Man:
Thanks JB, I guess I left out one important point. My iCloud account is maxed out at
5 gigs of storage and I'm trying to do this without paying for more iCloud storage.


50 gb icloud storage is only 99 cents a month


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