How to Backup or Sync Photos and Videos?

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There are two ways available to backup or sync photos and videos from your iPhone. You can backup your iPhone photos and videos to computer/Macbook or cloud storage services. There are several cloud storage services available to backup photos and videos i.e. Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Google Drive and iCloud. Backing up your photos and videos to cloud is the very secure and safe way. You just need to download the app on your iPhone to backup your photos and videos.

Here are the cloud storage services to Backup Photos and Videos on iPhone:


Backup to Dropbox:

Dropbox is popular cloud storage service where you can backup photos, videos and important documents to share with others. It offers 2GB of free storage space to all its users. You can upgrade your free 2GB account to a paid monthly subscription plan up to 500GB for $49.99/month. Dropbox has a 'Camera Upload' feature which allows you to backup or sync photos and videos automatically to your Dropbox account. To automatically backup or sync photos to Dropbox, you need to turn ON 'Camera Upload' feature.

Backup to OneDrive:
OneDrive (previously known as SkyDrive) is an online cloud storage service provided by Microsoft Corp. It allows you to backup photos and videos to access and share them from anywhere on any device. It offers 7GB of free storage space to all its users. You can upgrade your free account to varios paid plans. Their paid plans start from as low as 50GB for $25 per year and goes as high as 200GB for $100 per year. OneDrive has a 'Camera Backup' feature which allows you to automatically backup photos and videos to OneDrive account. To automatically backup photos and videos to OneDrive, you need to turn ON 'Camera Backup' feature.

Backup to Box:
Box is a famous cloud storage service which allows you to backup photos and videos online. It offers 10GB of free storage space to all its users. You can upgrade your free account with various available paid plans. Their plans start from 100GB for $5/user/month with 2GB file upload size limit and customized unlimited plan for $35/user/month with 5GB file upload size limit. You can backup photos and videos to your Box account with simple steps. To backup photos and videos to Box, open 'Box' app on your iPhone and tap'+' icon and then select 'Choose from library' option. Select the photos and videos which you want to backup to Box account and tap 'Upload' button.

Backup to Google Drive:
Google Drive is a popular cloud storage & file synchronization service. It allows you to backup photos and videos to access them from anywhere on any device. It initially offered all its user a 5GB free cloud storage space which is now increased to 15GB. It does not provide you an automatic backup feature, but you can manually backup photos and videos to your Google Drive account from iPhone. To backup photos and videos to Google Drive, open 'Google Drive' app on your iPhone and tap '+' icon and then select 'Upload Photo or Video' option. Select photos and videos which you want to backup from camera roll and tap 'Upload' button.

Backup to iCloud:
iCloud is the Apple's cloud storage and cloud computing service which is designed to backup photos, videos, contacts and mails. It allows you to automatically backup or sync photos and videos to iCloud account from iPhone. To automatically backup photos and videos to iCloud, you need to connect your iPhone to Wi-Fi network. You can backup photos and videos to iCloud by simply turning ON 'Back Up to iCloud'. To turn it ON, go to 'Settings' on your iPhone and select 'iCloud' option. You will see 'Storage & Backup' window. Move slider from left to right to turn ON 'Backup to iCloud'.

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