Originally Posted By: JoBoy
Incredible: Problem solved! iCloud backup is up to date.

Lessons learned:
1. Keep your iPhone WiFi password up to date. (my biggest stupid mistake)

That one will do a lot of good things for you
  • save costly cell phone minutes
  • reduce batter drain. Cellular data connections don't just eat data minutes, they also use more battery power
  • speed up downloads significantly.
  • Some Apple downloads will not even download over a cellular data connection.
  • and as you have discovered is essential for the automatic backups.
Glad the problem is solved and everything is working again. 😊


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