

Under each account, you can see what's being synced: mail, contacts, calendars and so on. In any of these settings, you can tap Accounts to view your various accounts. You can double-check all this by going to Settings and then going into either Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes or Reminders. Email, contacts and calendars are usually synced with your email account like Gmail, but in some cases, you might also sync these things with iCloud. Things you buy with your Apple ID, such as apps or music, won't back up because Apple has a receipt that you already bought them and will allow you to download them again for free. However, it doesn't back up everything on your phone. ICloud is a free account (more on that later) that's tied to your Apple ID and can back up your iPhone. ICloud: When everything works like it's supposed to
