How to prepare your iPhone for iOS 13

Today Apple will release the final public version of iOS 13. The update contains many new features, including

Dark mode, updated Reminders app and more. Below we will tell you how to prepare your smartphone for the update.

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1. Check update compatibility with your iPhone

It’s best to make sure your iPhone supports iOS 13. Here’s a list of supported models.

  • iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE
  • iPod Touch 7th Generation

On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 13 will also be installed when they appear in stores, so you don’t have to prepare them.

2. Remove unused applications

Operating system update release is gooda reason to review your installed applications and remove those that you rarely use. You can always delete them directly through the home screen, but there is another way:Settings &gt; Basic &gt; Storage and iCloud &gt; Manage. There you can select an unnecessary application and click “delete”. You can see how much space the applications occupy and delete at least the largest ones.

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3. Free up memory

IOS 13 update will weigh at least 2 GB, soit’s better to free up memory on your device in advance if you have a little memory. To do this, you can delete everything that you do not really need, including photos, videos, files, etc. Just in case, it is better to free at least 2.5 GB of memory.

Also read: How to easily and quickly free memory on your iPhone or iPad

4. Update applications

Most application developers have already updatedthey are for iOS 13. Update all applications to the latest versions in advance in order to immediately enjoy all the new features of iOS 13. In addition, problems can arise due to incompatible versions.

5. Update iTunes

If you plan to install iOS 13 via iTunes, be sure to download the latest available version of the program.

6. Save a backup

It is always useful to keep a backup of your device before installing the iOS update.

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You can do this through iTunes or iCloud.

  • How to backup iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

We recommend using the method with iTunes, because in the future it will allow you to roll back to iOS 12, if necessary.

Warning for users with jailbreak

If you have a jailbreak tool installed on your device that you cannot live without, we do not recommend upgrading to iOS 13. For iOS 13, jailbreak is not yet available.

After you have completed all the steps above, youYou will be ready to install iOS 13. You can install the update via iTunes or “over the air”. If you have jailbreak, then updates over the air are disabled. To install the update, you need to restore the device via iTunes.

Downloading and installing the update may take some time.up to two hours, so start the download in your free time, and preferably at night. Immediately after the release of the new version, everyone will begin to download it, so the process will be very long. We advise you to wait at least a few hours, and then download the update yourself.

IOS 13 release time

Apple will release iOS 13 at 20:00 Moscow time. You can find out the time in your time zone here.

Once again, we advise you not to download the update immediately after the release, but to wait a few hours or even better a day.