How to Use Google Drive for iPhone?

Updated Mar 30,2018 | by Admin

How to use Google Drive for iPhone? Google drive is a file storage and synchronization service created by Google in 2012. It allows users to store files in the cloud with 15 gigabytes free storage. What takes up the storage space? These items include Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. If you run out of the space, you won’t be able to sync or upload new files. To continue the service by Google Drive, you have to pay and upgrade the storage. Now, Google Drive app is available on Android, iPhone, and iPad. This article will show you how to use Google Drive for iPhone backup.

Part 1: How to Use Google Drive for iPhone?

By using Google Drive, you can back up your files and open or edit them on your devices.  Here I’m going to show you how to back up iPhone data with Google Drive step by step.

Step 1:  Before the backup, make sure your iPhone is on a Wi-Fi network.

Step 2: Download Google Drive from App Store, open it up and sign in. If you don’t have a Google account you can sign up one from the “More options” menu on the sign in page.

Step 3:  After you log in, tap the hamburger icon > Menu on the top left of the main screen.

Step 4: Tap the gear icon and the Settings interface will pop up. Then tap “Backup”.

Step 5: In “Backup” section, choose the data that you want to back up including Contacts, Calendar events or Photos& videos. Tap “START BACKUP” button. Then wait until the progress is done.

After backing up, you can view and use all the contents across your devices.

Part 2: How to Back up iPhone Data to PC?

Even Google Drive provides users 15 GB of online storage which is three time the size of iCloud, it is still not enough for users to back up their precious photos or clients’ documents. If you want to get more space, you have to pay the subscription. Meanwhile, the connection of Wi-Fi is another requirement for Google Drive backup. Is there any alternative tool for free to back up iPhone data in a fast and safe way?

In fact, there is an easy method to back up iPhone data to the computer. As a powerful iPhone manager, IOTransfer allows you to transfer everything from iPhone to PC for backup and restore them whenever you want. Let’s see how it works.

Step 1: Get IOTransfer on your PC and connect your iPhone to this PC via a USB cable. Wait until the iPhone gets recognized. Tap “Trust” if it asks for the permission on the screen.

Step 2: Open IOTransfer and it will begin scanning your device automatically. When the scanning is over, the main interface will display the file number respectively in each category – Photos, Videos, Music, and Contacts.

Step 3: Select the categories you want to backup to the computer and click the button “Transfer to PC”. By default, the data will be stored in the folder automatically created by IOTransfer. Click “Set transfer path” if you want to back up them in a certain folder.

How to back up your iPhone data? I believe you have learned the best method on how to use Google Drive for iPhone. As you can see, IOTransfer will be a better helper for you to back up iPhone data to PC because it is safer, more efficient and more time-saving. It is also a powerful video downloader, one-click iPhone cleaner, and iPhone manager of contacts, videos, music, and ebook etc.

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