How to Encrypt an iPhone
- 1). Download iTunes from the Apple site (see Resources for link), and install it onto your computer.
- 2). Run iTunes, and plug the iPhone's dock-connector cable into the bottom of the iPhone. Insert the remaining end into your computer's high-powered USB port.
- 3). Click the iPhone's name located in the "Devices" section of iTunes, and click the "Summary" tab in the iPhone preferences window.
- 4). Click the empty box next to "Encrypt iPhone backups" and click the "Apply" button to save the changes.
- 5). Click the "Eject" button next to the iPhone's name in the "Devices" section, and push the "Home" button.
- 6). Tap the "Settings" icon on the screen, and tap the "General" tab. Touch the "Passcode Lock" tab, and tap "Turn Passcode On."
- 7). Create a four-digit passcode for your iPhone, and re-enter the passcode to enable the passcode lock.
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