Not Sure If You Have an iPhone Backup? Here's How to Check
iCloud, Finder, and old iTunes installs stash backups in different places, and most people have at least one they forgot about. This five-minute audit finds all your backups, shows when they were made, what they contain, and whether the backup is recent enough to be useful for recovery.
Key Topics Covered
Checking iCloud backup status on iPhone and iPad
Finding Finder backups on Mac (~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync)
Finding old iTunes backups on Windows
Reading backup dates and sizes to assess usefulness
Encrypted backup — verifying you know the password