With the drop in icloud pricing i decided to pony up for the $1/month tier, and start using it for backups on my iphone 6s plus. however when i check in settings/icloud/backup it always shows my last backup from when i manually started a backup.. If so, how often does it do it because i cannot see an option to change the frequency of this macrumors forums how often does icloud backup? discussion in 'ios 5 and earlier' started by superdudeo, oct 16, 2011. hands-on with the new nike+ apple watch series 4. new emoji coming in ios 12.1. lg v40 thinq vs iphone xs max - first. How often does icloud backup on ios 7? update cancel. ad by truthfinder. gemmar lois, works at apple music converter. answered aug 27, 2015. you can do the manual backup yourself from icloud setting. 104 views