To ensure your Apple Watch is backed up, open Settings → your name → iCloud, and toggle on Watch.If you want to restore backup, select restore from backup while pairing Apple Watch to your iPhone.
Well, when you pair an Apple Watch with an iPhone, it automatically backs up your data to the iCloud. But it’s good to ensure that the data is synced. Read along to see how you can check if the backup is enabled by default on your Apple Watch and, if not, how to restore the data. Let’s start with the basics!
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What data does the Apple Watch backup?
Before you learn how to back up your Apple Watch, it is good to know what all information will be backed up.
Data of the inbuilt appsApp settingsHomescreen app layoutThe current watch face and other customizationsDock settingsSystem settings such as brightness, sound, and hapticsHealth and fitness dataNotification settingsMusic settings such as playlists, albums, and mixes are synced to your Apple WatchSiri settingsPhoto albumsTime zone
While Apple Watch backs up most data, some won’t sync despite enabling backup. These include:
Paired Bluetooth devicesCredit and debit card details for Apple PayPasscodesMessages
How to back up Apple Watch to iCloud
To backup your Apple Watch to iCloud, you must pair Apple Watch with iPhone, and the backup process happens automatically. You can double-check if the backup is on by: That’s it! You can tap Backup now to back up all the data to iCloud. But make sure you have connected your iPhone to a Wi-Fi network.
Backup Apple Watch to a computer
For macOS 10.15 or above, you need to use Finder to back up your Apple Watch data to Mac. Since there is no straight method to do this, you must first backup data from Apple Watch to iPhone and then back up iPhone data to Mac. Now you have to wait for some time for the backup to finish. Regarding the size of the files in your iPhone, the time taken to backup will vary. But somewhere in your mind, you will still doubt whether the data in your Apple Watch has been synced with the iCloud? Let’s remove that doubt forever.
How to check Apple Watch backup
Through the Watch app on your iPhone, both devices contact each other, make changes such as customizations, and sync the data to iCloud. In the app, you can see the latest backups. Here, you will see a list of Apple Watch backups. But what if you want to remove all those data? That’s what we will be looking for next.
How to delete Apple Watch backup
If you are about to unpair Apple Watch from iPhone and want to delete all the data related to your Apple Watch, read along: Thus, data from your iPhone and iCloud will be removed. Keep in mind that once deleted, you can’t retrieve those backups.
Restore Apple Watch data
After the setup, it will take time for the Apple watch to sync data. Wait until the sync is completed; after that, you can use your new Apple watch with the old backup. Signing off… Apple Watch is an important accessory if you have an iPhone, and you can only experience its full features once you back up and sync the Watch’s data with the iPhone. Which is your favorite feature of the Apple Watch? Tell me in the comments section. Here are some more Apple Watch guides for you…
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