Starting next month, Apple will officially prohibit backing up devices via iCloud on iPhones and iPads running iOS 8 or earlier. This is reported by the MacRumors portal.
The changes will take effect on December 18, 2024. After this date, backups will require iOS 9 or a later version of the system. Apple will also delete all existing iCloud backups on older devices without the ability to restore them.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000The official Apple website states that applications and data stored on the iPhone and iPad themselves running iOS 8 and earlier will remain in place. At the same time, if desired, gadget owners can manually create backups on a Mac or Windows PC.
The company explained this step as a desire to meet the current “minimum software requirements”.
These iPhone and iPad models will lose access to the iCloud cloud:
