How to prepare your iPhone or iPad to upgrade to iOS 7

At the moment, iOS 7 is already preparing for public release and soon we will be able to update their device to the latest version of the software. To be ready to upgrade to do a few important things: check the compatibility of your devaysa make cleaning, backup, etc. Just 7 simple steps, which I will discuss below.

1. Checking device compatibility

List of supported devices is the same, since the release of the first beta, however, make sure that your device is there. Some devices have limited support (some functions will not be available), it can also be seen in the table below.

A word of caution. If you are the owner of older devices such as the iPhone 4 or iPad 2, it makes sense to postpone the upgrade and wait for feedback on speed and battery consumption. Such troubles happened before, with the release of new versions of iOS. This time, things may be different, but caution does not hurt, given that the return on iOS 6 has not come out.

2. If you installed the beta - update to GM or rolled back to 6.1.3

Some users have installed the beta version of iOS 7, if you too are among them, do not forget that they have a limited duration. Not to stay with the "bricks" on their hands, take the time to upgrade to the GM-version or return date is still 6.1.3.
It is also important to note that users of iOS 7 GM will not be able to get "air" to upgrade to the final version, as opposed to the owners of devices running iOS 6.1.3 management.

3. We do an audit of your collection of apps

I think it is not necessary to remind once again the problem a large number of installed applications that are rarely used. Updating a good reason springbord clear and remove "dead" application. This is a very simple and fast procedure. Especially because the harm in it there is no - you can always download your application from the tab "bought" in the App Store.

4. Remove all the garbage that is created by the application

you can go further to free memory and reduce the size of nenavisnogo section "Other", which we carry with them from one firmware to another if desired. Many are not clear it is the "other", but not many people know what it contains. Nothing good, I tell you - there are various utility files that create the application in the process.
Clear the file system from the cache, temporary files and other debris can be with the help of simple tools PhoneClean. Not so long ago, my colleague Alexander Marfitsin, in his article She explained how it works. Purification can obtain a decent amount of free space (from 500MB to 5GB).

5. Save your photos and videos to your computer

Now our iPhones quite suitable for everyday shooting and many people use them as the main camera. Therefore, in the memory device contains a large number of photos and videos that you do not want to lose. For various reasons, not all use iCloud Photo Stream, and therefore it is important to save your photos to your computer. In OS X has a built-in utility "Image Capture", with which is very easy to import photos and videos from your device. You can also use Dropbox, if you prefer to cloud storage.

6. Create a backup of the iTunes and iCloud

I do not get tired to remind of the importance of backup and recommend you to keep a backup, both locally and in the cloud via iCloud. It is very easy to do in both cases.

For iTunes:

Connect the device to your computer, launch iTunes, select the device in the sidebar. After that, on the main tab "Overview" choose "Duplicate now" and wait for the process to complete.

For iCloud:

With the iPhone, launch the "Settings" and open the item iCloud. Select all that we need zabekapit, turn on "Copy to the iCloud" and click "Duplicate". Strongly recommend that you make backups before installing any updates. This is especially important for such global updates like iOS 7.

7. Installing or iOS 7 update

Now you're ready to install the new OS. You will be able to update their device over the air or traditionally - through iTunes. Come soon - the update will be available in a couple of hours.

Stay tuned, we'll keep you posted!