如果你有一部 iPhone，尤其是最新款的 iPhone，你可能会用它来拍摄很多照片和视频。iPhone 上的摄像头非常出色，它们比巨大的单反相机(SLR camera)更方便拉出！好吧，至少对我来说是这样。
如果你在网上读过任何东西，你可能听说过Wired 作家 Mat Honan(Wired writer Mat Honan)，他被黑了，他的 iPhone、iPad 和 MacBook Pro(iPad and MacBook Pro)被黑客彻底清除，丢失了他女儿的所有珍贵照片和视频，因为他没有不要做备份。
读完那篇文章后，我很快意识到，如果有人擦除我的 iPhone、iPad 和 MacBook Pro(iPad and MacBook Pro)，我会丢失很多非常重要的数据。我定期使用Time Machine进行备份，并且我在iPhone 和 iPad(iPhone and iPad)上启用了iCloud Backup，但由于我的数据分散在各处，我仍然会丢失很多东西。
这让我浏览了我设备上的所有照片、视频和设置，并确保所有当前的内容都在外部备份，并且我的 iPhone 上拍摄的任何新视频和照片都会自动备份。在本文中，我将向您介绍如何正确备份我的所有 iPhone/iPad/MacBook 数据，包括照片和视频。
方法 1 – iTunes/iCloud
备份所有内容的最简单方法是使用 iCloud 或 iTunes。打开 iTunes，连接您的设备，然后右键单击它并选择备份(Backup)：
这会将您的设备手动备份到本地计算机上的 iTunes。请注意，如果您打开了 iCloud 备份，您仍然可以使用此方法在本地备份您的设备。我也强烈建议在 iTunes 中进行备份，因为我之前曾尝试恢复 iCloud 备份，但没有成功。iCloud 很好，但它是云，而云有时会表现得很挑剔。
此外，请务必在执行本地备份时对备份进行加密，因为这也将允许备份其他安全数据。
要打开 iCloud 备份，请转到设备上的设置(Settings)，点击您的姓名，然后点击iCloud，然后点击底部的iCloud 备份。( iCloud Backup)
打开它，然后让设备(device backup)自行备份，或者如果您不想等待，您可以手动执行备份到 iCloud。在开始备份之前，请(Make)确保您的设备已连接到电源和 WiFi 。(power source and WiFi)
以这种方式备份设备的唯一问题是，例如，如果您删除单个视频并想要恢复该视频，则必须完全恢复设备。现在，如果您的设备被完全擦除，那就太好了，然后您可以从备份中恢复整个内容，您将拥有所有照片和视频以及其他所有内容。
但是，最好的选择是同时启用 iCloud照片库(Photo Library)（下面的方法 2(Method 2)），这对于管理您的照片和视频更加方便。请注意，您还应该启用iCloud备份。(Backup)
方法 2 – iCloud 照片库
如果您几乎只从Apple设备上拍摄照片和视频，那么使用 iCloud照片库(Photo Library)非常值得。默认情况下，Apple非常吝啬，只为您提供 5 GB 的免费 iCloud 存储空间。如果您将 iPhone 用作主摄像头，这还远远不够。
幸运的是，iCloud 并不昂贵。每月 1 美元，您可以获得 50 GB 的存储空间，每月 3 美元，您可以获得 200 GB 的存储空间。在那之后，它只是以每月 10 美元的价格跃升至 2 TB，这是一个巨大的空间。
要启用 iCloud照片库(Photo Library)，请转到设置，点击您的姓名，点击iCloud，然后点击照片(Photos)。
继续打开它，确保(make sure)选中优化 iPhone 存储(Optimize iPhone Storage)，除非您的设备上有足够的空间来存储所有媒体。
现在，任何使用您的 iCloud ID 登录的设备都可以查看所有视频和图片(videos and pictures)。如果您有Mac，这非常棒，您还可以将照片应用程序(Photos app)与 iCloud照片库(Photo Library)一起使用。
方法 3 – 照片应用程序
如前所述，如果您已经拥有Mac ， Photos 应用程序(Photos app)是管理您的图库的绝佳工具。对于那些仍然想用专用相机拍摄更高质量的照片和视频，但又希望能够在他们的 iCloud照片库中查看所有这些的人来说，(Photo Library)照片应用程序(Photos app)非常方便。
您可以对其进行设置，以便每当您将设备连接到Mac时，它都会自动导入所有照片和视频。导入后，您可以选择是保留在设备上还是删除它们。如果启用了 iCloud照片库(Photo Library)，则所有导入的媒体都将上传并在您的所有设备上可见。
要在Mac上启用 iCloud照片库(Photo Library)，请单击菜单栏中的照片(Photos)，然后单击首选项(Preferences)。
Mac上的选项与 iPhone 上的选项类似：下载原件(Download Originals)或优化 Mac 存储(Optimize Mac Storage)。如果您有一个大硬盘并且可以在本地硬盘上容纳整个 iCloud照片库，我建议您选择(Photo Library)将原件下载到这台 Mac(Download Originals to this Mac)。如果iCloud 出现严重问题，您将拥有本地设备上所有内容的完整备份。(case something)
我唯一不喜欢照片应用程序(Photos app)的地方是所有内容都以专有的Apple 格式(Apple format)存储，任何其他应用程序都无法访问。我曾经喜欢使用Google Picasa，但它已经多年没有更新了。
方法 4 (Method 4) – Google Photos/Cloud Storage
最后一种方法，也是我最常用的方法是备份到Google Photos。您可以下载Google 相册 iPhone 和 iPad 应用程序(Google Photos iPhone and iPad apps)并自动上传您的照片和视频。就个人而言，我同时使用Google Photos和 iCloud 来创建我所有照片和视频的两个副本。这可能看起来有点矫枉过正，但我只是过于偏执。
在Google Photos上，点击三个水平线，然后点击齿轮图标。点击备份和同步(Backup & Sync)并将其打开。然后它将开始将 iCloud照片库(Photo Library)中的所有内容同步到Google 照片(Google Photos)。如果您的照片库(photo library)中已经有大量媒体，Google 相册(Google Photos)将同步整个库。
这样做的最大问题是它会强制您的设备从 iCloud 重新下载所有内容，以便它可以将其上传到Google Photos。这意味着您的设备将在一段时间内用完空间，直到上传完成。
这绝对是不方便的，尤其是第一次，但它多次证明对我非常有用。我拍摄了视频，并且在同一天它们被我喜欢 iPhone 的女儿删除了！这就是为什么我确保它在多个位置备份以防万一。
我备份到Google Photos(Google Photos)的另一个主要原因是它链接到Google Drive。使用Google Drive，您可以将整个照片库(photo library)同步到另一台计算机，甚至是NAS等网络设备(network device)。iCloud 也有一个Windows 程序(Windows program)，用于将所有内容同步到 PC，但我不喜欢它的工作原理。
除了Google Photos之外，您还可以真正使用任何您想要的云服务。Dropbox、OneDrive和其他云服务都以相同的方式工作，所以如果您已经绑定到某项服务，请继续使用该服务。您使用什么方法来备份您的 iPhone/iPad 照片和视频？让我们在评论中知道。享受！
4 Ways to Safely Backup iPhone iPad Photos and Videos
If you have an iPhone, eѕpecіally the latest one, you probably use it to take a lot of photos and videos. The cameras on iPhones are exceptional and they are way more convenient to рull out than а giant SLR camera! Well, at least it is for me.
And if you’ve read anything online, you probably heard about the Wired writer Mat Honan, who got hacked and had his iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro completely wiped by hackers and lost all of his precious photos and videos of his daughter because he didn’t make a backup.
I quickly realized after reading that article that if someone were to wipe my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro, I would lose a whole lot of very important data. I do backups regularly using Time Machine and I have iCloud Backup enabled on my iPhone and iPad, but because my data is fragmented all over the place, I would still lose a lot of stuff.
This got me to go through all my photos and videos and settings on my devices and make sure all the current stuff was backed up externally and any new videos and photos taken on my iPhone would be automatically backed up. In this article, I will walk you through what I have done to properly backup all my iPhone/iPad/MacBook data, including photos and videos.
Method 1 – iTunes/iCloud
The easiest way to backup everything is to use iCloud or iTunes. Open iTunes, connect your device and then right-click on it and choose Backup:
This will manually backup your device to iTunes on the local computer. Note that if you have iCloud backup turned on, you can still locally backup your device using this method. I highly recommend doing a backup in iTunes also as I’ve tried to restore an iCloud backup before and it didn’t work. iCloud is nice, but it’s the cloud and the cloud can act finicky sometimes.
Also, be sure to encrypt the backup when you perform a local backup as that will allow other secure data to be backed up also.
To turn on iCloud backup, go to Settings on your device, tap on your name, then tap on iCloud and then tap on iCloud Backup towards the bottom.
Turn it on and then either let the device backup on its own or you can manually perform a backup to iCloud if you don’t want to wait. Make sure your device is connected to a power source and WiFi before starting the backup.
The only thing about backing your devices up this way is that if you delete a single video, for example, and want to restore that, you have to do a complete restore of the device. Now it’s great if your device gets wiped completely, then you can restore the whole thing from backup and you’ll have all your photos and videos plus everything else.
However, the best option is to also enable iCloud Photo Library (Method 2 below), which is much more convenient for managing your photos and videos. Note that you should also keep iCloud Backup enabled too.
Method 2 – iCloud Photo Library
If you pretty much exclusively take photos and videos from your Apple devices, then it’s well worth the money to use iCloud Photo Library. By default, Apple is super stingy and only gives you 5 GB of free iCloud storage. This is not nearly enough if you use your iPhone as the primary camera.
Luckily, iCloud isn’t terribly expensive. For $1 a month, you get 50 GB of storage and for $3 a month, you get 200 GB of storage. After that, it simply jumps to 2 TB for $10 a month, which is a whopping amount of space.
To enable iCloud Photo Library, go to settings, tap on your name, tap on iCloud and then tap on Photos.
Go ahead and turn it on make sure to check Optimize iPhone Storage unless you have a a lot of space on your device for storing all that media.
Now any device that is signed in using your iCloud ID will be able to view all the videos and pictures. This is great if you have a Mac, where you can also use the Photos app in conjunction with iCloud Photo Library.
Method 3 – Photos App
As mentioned, the Photos app is a great tool for managing your library if you already own a Mac. The Photos app comes in handy for those folks who still want to take higher quality pictures and videos with a dedicated camera, but want to to be able view all of that in their iCloud Photo Library too.
You can set it up so that whenever you connect your device to your Mac, it will automatically import all of the photos and videos. After the import, you can choose whether to keep them on the device or delete them. If iCloud Photo Library is enabled, all of the imported media will be uploaded and visible across all your devices.
To enable iCloud Photo Library on your Mac, click on Photos in the menu bar and then click on Preferences.
You have similar options on your Mac as on the iPhone: Download Originals or Optimize Mac Storage. If you have a large hard drive and can accommodate your entire iCloud Photo Library on the local hard drive, I recommend choosing Download Originals to this Mac. In case something goes horribly wrong with iCloud, you’ll have a full backup of everything on your local device.
The only thing I don’t like about the Photos app is that everything is stored in a proprietary Apple format and not accessible by any other application. I used to love using Google Picasa, but that hasn’t been updated in years.
Method 4 – Google Photos/Cloud Storage
The last method and the one I use the most is to backup to Google Photos. You can download the Google Photos iPhone and iPad apps and have your photos and videos automatically uploaded. Personally, I use both Google Photos and iCloud to create two copies of all my photos and videos. It may seem like overkill, but I’m just overly paranoid.
On Google Photos, tap on the three horizontal lines, then on the gear icon. Tap on Backup & Sync and turn it on. It will then start syncing everything in your iCloud Photo Library up to Google Photos. If you already have a large amount of media in your photo library, Google Photos will sync the entire library.
The big problem with this is that it will force your device to re-download all the content from iCloud so that it can upload it to Google Photos. This means your device will run out of space for a while until the upload it finished.
It is definitely inconvenient, especially the first time, but it’s proved very useful for me on many times. I have taken videos and that same day they have been deleted by my iPhone-loving daughter! That’s why I make sure it gets backed up in multiple locations just in case.
The other major reason I backup to Google Photos is that it links to Google Drive. With Google Drive, you can sync your entire photo library to another computer or even a network device like a NAS. iCloud also has a Windows program for syncing everything down to a PC, but I’m not a huge fan of how it works.
Besides Google Photos, you can really use any cloud service you want. Dropbox, OneDrive and other cloud services all work the same way, so if you are already tied into a service, continue using that one. What method do you use to backup your iPhone/iPad photos and videos? Let us know in the comments. Enjoy!
