So, you went ahead and purchased your new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus? When you set-up your new iPhone of the first things you are given the option of turning on iCloud back-ups. If you skipped this step at the beginning--no worries, we can walk you through setting it up right now.
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How to back-up your iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus to iCloud in iOS 8

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So, you went ahead and purchased your new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus?  Me, too!  Who could resist a larger screen iPhone?  When you set-up your new iPhone of the first things you are given the option of turning on iCloud back-ups.  If you skipped this step at the beginning–no worries, we can walk you through setting it up right now.

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iCloud back-ups are not located in the same spot they were in iOS 7.  It actually took me a few minutes to find it myself.  First go to Settings–>iCloud and then scroll down to Back-up.  Here you can turn back-ups on and initiate a new back-up immediately.  If this is your first iCloud back-up it might take a while to complete.  Once the back-up is complete, though, your iPhone will automatically back-up when idle for an extended period of time and on an active wi-fi network.  For me, this usually happens overnight.

 

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