Instruction Manual

1. Open
BlackBerry Link.
2. At the side of the
BlackBerry Link window, click your device.
3. Click
Back Up & Restore.
By default, BlackBerry Link performs a quick backup of your device, including all data except your media files and
applications.
4. Do one of the following:
• To set the option to back up your device automatically, select the
Automatically back up my device checkbox. In
the drop-down list, select how often you want to back up your device data.
• To back up all of your device data, select the
Full Backup option.
• To back up specific data, select the Custom Backup option. Click Configure. Select the checkboxes beside the
data that you want to include in your backup files.
On a
Mac computer, do the following:
1. Open
BlackBerry Link.
2. At the side of the BlackBerry Link
window, click your device.
3. Click
Back Up & Restore.
By default, BlackBerry Link backs up all of your device data.
4. Do one the following:
• To set the option to back up your device automatically, select the Back up my device checkbox. In the drop-down
list, select how often you want to back up your device data.
• To back up specific data, choose the Select data to include in your backup files checkbox. Select the checkboxes
beside the data you want to include in your backup files.
Back up your device data
You can manually back up the data on your
BlackBerry device at any time. By default, BlackBerry Link performs a quick
backup of your device, including all data except your media files and applications. If you set backup preferences,
BlackBerry Link creates a backup file containing the data you specify
1. On your computer, open
BlackBerry Link.
2. Connect your device to your computer using a USB cable.
3. At the side of the
BlackBerry Link window, click your device.
4. Click
Back Up & Restore.
5. On a
Windows computer, click Back Up Device. On a Mac computer, click Back Up Now.
Restore your device data
With
BlackBerry Link, you can restore backup files that include supported data from devices running BlackBerry Device
Software 5.0 or later and BlackBerry 10 OS.
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