Apple has revealed that it will stop supporting iCloud Backup on devices running iOS 8 or earlier starting on December 18, 2024.

Owners of iPhones running on iOS 8 and earlier will soon lose the ability to use iCloud device backups, unless they update to iOS 9 or later.

People with devices running older iOS' will need to update the operating system or find another way to back up their iPhones.

Apple will delete iCloud backups for devices running iOS 8 or earlier from December 18, 2024. Users must update to iOS 9 or later to continue using iCloud backup services.

Apple has announced that as of next month, backing up your iPhone or iPad to iCloud will require that the device is running iOS 9 or later.

Apple has admitted that the Notes app can cause problems in connection with iCloud. The company will also be stricter with backups in future.

If you have a very old iPhone or iPad with iOS 8 or earlier, you better update to iOS 9 or newer if you want to keep it backed up in iCloud.

Starting next month, making a device backup over iCloud will require iOS 9 or later, Apple has informed some customers via email. New backups

Apple will end support for iCloud backups on devices running iOS 8 or earlier on December 18, 2024. Old iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices won't be able to create or access cloud backups after that point in time.

Apple has announced that it will soon stop supporting iCloud backups on iPhones running iOS 8 or older operating system models. The company, in an update on its support page wrote that starting December 18,

Apple is about to start discontinuing and deleting iCloud backups for devices running iOS 8 and older, as a new support document outlines.