How To: Prepare Yourself for iOS 7

iOS 7 is imminent. With Apple announcing new iPhone(s) this week, the final version of iOS 7 seems imminent. Thus, it's time to prepare to upgrade in case anything goes wrong. Here's what you can do to ready yourself for iOS 7.

Backup your device.

Look, you never know when an upgrade might go wrong. Make sure your iPhone, iPod, or iPad is backed up so that you can restore in case something goes wrong. And if the update process 'bricks' your device, know how to enter DFU mode. It will save you a call to Apple support, which will likely be busy during iOS 7 update times.

Make space.

If you download and install the update on your device, you will naturally want to make sure that you have room to download the file, of course. But you will also want to have plenty of room to update your apps. Many developers will be issuing updates to their apps to ensure that they are compatible with the released version of iOS 7. Many ensure that their apps work with the betas, but things can obviously change between now and then. Especially for large games, it's recommended to free up some space around this time. As well, you need enough free space that's double the size of the app in order to update it. Might be time to do a good spring cleaning?

Know how to update!

You can obviously update on your device itself since iOS 6 introduced this feature, but you may want to download and install the update via your computer. iTunes will let you download the file on to your computer, but you can also obtain it through other sources like downloading through a web browser or through a mirror (since Apple servers will likely be hammered) and install iOS 7 from the downloaded file.

Be patient!

Installation will take time. App downloads will take time. Developers may be slow to update apps because many developers are not large faceless corporations, but actually just individuals or small teams working part-time. So be patient: you likely won't be able to get everything you want right away!