How to prepare your iPhone or iPad to upgrade to iOS 8

Public release of iOS 8, which will contain a huge number of improvements and new features, will be held in the coming hours and now is the time to prepare your favorite iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to a great upgrade. We have broken the process of preparing a few steps, passing that you will be fully prepared to upgrade to iOS 8, as soon as it becomes available.

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1. Check your device compatibility

Before you begin, you should make sure that your device supports iOS 8. The list of compatible devices with iOS 8 as follows:

• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 5
• iPhone 5S
• iPhone 5C
• iPad 2
• iPad 3
• iPad 4
• iPad Air
• iPad mini
• iPad mini Retina
• iPod touch 5

According to the experience can tell immediately that the oldest device from the list (iPhone 4s and iPad 2) will have some limited functionality and performance is not as good as on the latest devices. If you did not find your device in the list, you will not be able to try a new operating system with its amazing features. Although in this there is a plus, it's a great reason to upgrade to the new iPhone 6, is not it?

2. Consider whether you should be updated?

This question concerns the owners of the aforementioned iPhone 4s, iPad 2 and iPad mini. Apple has officially made it to the list of supported devices, and technically they can run on iOS 8. But is it necessary? bystroydestviya level will be significantly lower than on newer devices, and then you have to double consider whether you will still be updated, since the return to the previous version of iOS will have impossible.

This is a private matter, but if you prefer to get a new operating system and use all of its features, keep in mind that the device will run slower than on the same iOS 7.

3. Remove unneeded applications

Global iOS updates - this is the best time to get rid of the burden of unnecessary or unused applications that have accumulated in recent years. Probably about half of the applications that we install, run one or two times, and then lie dormant, only taking up space. This is especially true for large applications, such as games and professional applications, such as Garage Band, although the little things they also recruited well. Look at all of your applications and ask yourself the question: "How long have I run them?". If the answer is "never" or "very long time" - safely remove them.

4. Update your app

Now that you've gotten rid of the accumulated trash, open the App Store and update all of the applications that are left. Support applications up to date, it's a great habit, the more important it is to yield major updates, as they are required for compatibility with new features. Yes, after installing iOS 8, you will have to update some applications again, because many of them will support widgets and extensions, and they are not compatible with the previous version.

5. Make backup copies of important documents and files

Before you upgrade a good idea to save important files, under which usually mean the photos and videos. The backup iTunes or iCloud - it's great, but caution is not superfluous, so spend little time to connect your iPhone or iPad to your computer and save photos and accumulated video. After the photo, it is not an application that you can always download more time, so you better take care of it in advance.

6. Make a backup of your iOS-device

Well, the last step is to backup your iPhone or iPad, which allows you to restore all of your files, applications, and their options and settings. There are two ways to create backups and both you surely know - is creating backup through iTunes; and iCloud, directly from the device. In any case, I recommend that you use both.

• To backup to iTunes is easy - connect your device to your Mac or PC and click the button on the home tab Create a backup. (Before that do not forget to turn on switch copyinginiCloud)

• With iCloud still easier. Open the iOS system settings, go to the section iCloud and choose Storage and copies — Create a copy.

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That's it, now you are completely ready to upgrade to iOS 8. We have questions, comments or suggestions? Welcome to the comments - I'm always happy to talk and help. Stay tuned, there is still a lot of interesting things!