Restore process creates a duplicate backup

Hi Khreag,

In able for you to utilize the iCloud option, you would want to turn on iCloud backups on your iPhone. Here is how to do that: How to back up your iPhone or iPad with iCloud - Apple Support

1. "Connect your device to a Wi-Fi network.
2. Go to Settings > [your name], and tap iCloud.

3. Tap iCloud Backup.

4. Tap Back Up Now. Stay connected to your Wi-Fi network until the process ends. Under Back Up Now, you'll see the date and time of your last backup. If you get an alert that you don't have enough iCloud storage space to complete the backup, follow the onscreen steps to upgrade your iCloud storage.

Automatically back up with iCloud Backup

1. Make sure that iCloud Backup is turned on in Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup.
2. Connect your device to a power source.
3. Connect your device to a Wi-Fi network.
4. Make sure that your device's screen is locked.
5. If you get an alert says that you don't have enough iCloud storage space to complete the backup, follow the onscreen steps to buy more storage."

Once this is done, you can then plug in to iTunes, and you will see backups are managed by iCloud. It should reflect in that window with the iCloud section checked.

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

Hey Khreag,

Once you connect the device and go to the device page in iTunes, you'll want to uncheck the "This Computer - A full backup of your iPhone will be stored on this computer" option. This will stop iTunes from automatically creating backups every time your iPhone is connected.

Here's an example image. You'll see the option we're referring to under the Backups section:

Once you have that option unchecked, you can proceed with restoring the device. Once the restore is completed, if you'd like iTunes to automatically backup every time the device is connected again, you can just re-check the box next to “This Computer - A full backup of your iPhone will be stored on this computer".

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

We hope this helps!

Best regards.

Hi. This is the default behaviour. The backup you are restoring gets archived and a new rolling backup for the device is created. See Relocate iOS device backups for a way to place the backup data on an external drive. Note you still need to have sufficient space visible on the system drive (usually C:) for iTunes to think there is room for a backup before it will start one. I don't know why the restore process starts when it should be clear that it will run out of room.

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