Smartphones are a tool for more than just communication. You use them to get work done, get your daily news scoop, entertainment, listen to music, stay in touch with your loved ones, and capture all the best moments around you. With so many use cases, your phone also stores a lot of information that you might want to protect if you change phones or, in the worst case, lose them.

iPhone users have the option to choose between iCloud backup or Mac backup. If you have a lot of data to backup and iCloud’s free 5GB of storage space isn’t enough for you, then your best option is to backup your iPhone to Mac. In this post, we’ll help you backup your iPhone data to Mac with iTunes or Finder, and then show you how to restore them easily.

When you use your Mac to back up your iPhone data, the backup includes almost all of your device's data and settings, with the exception of the following items:

You can also restore your iPhone backup to another iPhone or iPad, but keep in mind that certain types of content will not transfer.