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Prepare your iPhone for iOS 26 - 6 things I do before every update
For the smoothest, safest upgrade experience, I recommend taking these steps first.
Every major release, I invariable get messages from people endlessly checking for an update only to find that their iPhone is at the end of the line of upgrades. Even if you don't lose any data, setting up an iPhone from scratch takes a lot of time and effort. Apple has a support document detailing how to make effective backups to iCloud on a Mac or PC.
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