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Why does it take so long to back up data from my iPhone to the cloud?

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I have never backed up the data from my iphone to the cloud. Now I am trying to do that, but it is taking forever. Why?
 

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1. You've never backed it up via iCloud.
2. You may have a good deal of data to backup.
3. Your internet/Wi-Fi connection may be temporarily slow.
4. Apple release iOS 9.1 and WatchOS 2.01 today, therefore, millions of people around the globe could be overloading Apple's servers trying to update.
 

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