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

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

Apple has made some significant announcements about iCloud that will impact users with older devices. We previously reported that starting December 18, 2024, iPhones and iPads running iOS 8 or earlier will no longer be able to back up to iCloud. However, we are also now seeing reports that this change extends to some key functionality in Safari.

Apple is urging users to update their iPhones to iOS 9 or later to avoid losing their iCloud backups. Starting December 18, 2024, devices running older iOS versions will no longer be able to create new backups,

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.

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

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

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.