Restore iTunes Backup on iPhone 6S Plus

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   Before you begin, connect your phone and computer using the Lightning cable

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   Then, make sure the iPhone is selected at the top left corner of the screen when you are in iTunes.

   

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   Additionally, "Find my iPhone" must be turned off before your iPhone can be restored

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   If you try to restore backup with "Find my iPhone" turned on, a popup message will appear prompting you to turn it off. In order to turn off "Find my iPhone", click the gear-shaped "Settings" icon on your iPhone.

   

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   In the Settings menu, click on iCloud

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   You may have to scroll down a bit to locate the option that says "Find My iPhone"

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   Click on "Find My iPhone" once.

   

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   At the top of the "Find My iPhone" screen, click the switch at the top to turn it off

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   When the switch is grey, this feature is turned off. If the switch appears with a green highlight, it is turned on.

   

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   To turn off this feature, you will be prompted to enter in your Apple ID and password

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   Once your information is entered, "Find My iPhone" will be turned off. Then, you can return to iTunes on your Mac and click on "OK".

   

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   With "Find My iPhone" turned off on your iPhone, go back to iTunes and click the blue button that says "Restore Backup" on the iPhone screen

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   A pop-up box will appear with a drop down menu

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   You can select this drop down menu to choose which backup you want to restore.

   

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   For this tutorial, I will choose the latest backup

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   Below the drop down menu, we can see that my latest backup was today at 4:09 PM. When you have selected the backup you want to use, click on "Restore".

   

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    In order to proceed, you will be prompted to enter your password

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    When your password is typed in the text box, click on "OK".

    

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    Then, your iPhone screen will show "Restore in Progress"

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