By Julie Clover
iCloud backup now requires iOS 9 or later, meaning iPhones and iPads running iOS 8 or earlier will no longer be able to back up using iCloud.
Apple announced the change in November, and it went into effect this week. Support for iCloud backups on devices running iOS 8 or earlier has ended, and Apple has removed all existing iCloud backups of these devices.
Apps and data stored on an iPhone or iPad running iOS 8 or earlier are not affected, and these devices can still be manually backed up to a Mac or Windows PC. If you have a device running iOS 8 or earlier, if you are able to update it, you can restore iCloud backup capabilities. Otherwise, all backups will need to be done manually.
Apple says it has discontinued iCloud backups for older devices to “more closely meet” minimum software requirements. With the iOS 9 update a few years ago, Apple adopted CloudKit for iCloud backups. and stopped using the old system, and it looks like it's the old system that's going away.
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