How do I make / load an Apple Watch backup?

How do you make an Apple Watch backup and how do you load one to restore the watch? In this little guide to backing up data on the Apple Smartwatch (currently: Apple Watch Series 3) you will get all the answers to these questions as well as other useful information. The iCloud, the preservation of achievements, health data and the like also play a role. So if you want to make a backup of the Apple Watch, please read on. And: Have your iPhone ready;)

How do you make an Apple Watch backup and how does the restore work? Here you can find all information about pairing and data backup including iPhone.
How do you make an Apple Watch backup and how does the restore work? Here you can find all information about pairing and data backup including iPhone.

Apple Watch Backup - not possible separately

A real Apple Watch backup, i.e. the backup copy of the system and data of the smart watch to be created individually Cupertino, there is not any. Apple Watch backup is created when you back up your iPhone and make a restore/reset copy of it. Here is some other important information that you should know when backing up and uploading data to Apple iPhone and Apple Watch:

  • Important data of the watch such as achievements, health data, etc. are saved in the iCloud and synchronized from there.
  • If you play an iPhone backup on the Apple smartphone via iTunes, you will be asked whether you want to use it to equip the watch with the image of the corresponding point in time.
  • If you have played a backup on the clock, you have to be patient - the iCloud data is not often automatically synchronized. Recovering health data, statistics and fitness achievements can take one to seven days.
  • By the way, an Apple Watch backup is also created when you decouple the watch and the iPhone.

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Restore backup copy

If you had to reset the clock, for example, or you have disconnected it, and now want to set it up again and restore the previous storage status, ergo a backup, then it goes like this:

  1. Turns on the clock
  2. Hold the watch and smartphone together until the pairing message appears (alternative: start the watch app and tap on "start pairing")
  3. Aligns the iPhone camera with the animation on the watch display (alternative: select "Pair manually" and follow the appropriate steps)
  4. Do not set up the watch as a new device, but select "Restore from backup"
  5. If prompted, enter your Apple ID - then you have to specify settings and load the iCloud image

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Data backup on all devices is important!

Not only with the Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and the watch should you come up to the Mac or Windows PC more often to create a backup copy via iTunes. And the iCloud synchro should take place more often; not only if you happen to notice it. This must also be observed on the Mac, iMac and MacBook. No matter if you use iCloud, Backblaze, a external hard drive or uses other methods. A backup protects you against data loss in an emergency; especially if this one unexpectedly via ransomware comes. But more about that in the linked articles;) I hope you now know everything you need to know about the Apple Watch backup!

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