{"id":8161,"date":"2021-10-01T13:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/?p=8754"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:31:28","slug":"when-migrating-to-a-new-iphone-or-ipad-try-quick-start-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/when-migrating-to-a-new-iphone-or-ipad-try-quick-start-first\/","title":{"rendered":"When Migrating to a New iPhone or iPad, Try Quick Start First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have a new iPhone or iPad\u2014congratulations! When transferring your data to the new device, you have three options: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT210216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quick Start<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iCloud backup<\/a>, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mac backup<\/a>. All will work, but they don\u2019t quite provide the same end result (particularly if you didn\u2019t encrypt your Mac backup). Our advice\u2014backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2021\/09\/24\/how-to-set-up-a-new-iphone-or-ipad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this post from Apple expert John Gruber<\/a>\u2014is to try Quick Start first because it transfers everything directly from your old device to your new one, maintaining app logins in most cases and allowing you to transfer your Apple Watch pairing. It may seem like it\u2019s taking a long time before you can use the device, but it\u2019s worth it to avoid logging in to numerous apps and unpairing and repairing your Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8756\" src=\"https:\/\/macworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/when-migrating-to-a-new-iphone-or-ipad-try-quick-start-first-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"623\"><\/p>\n<p>(Featured image by Adam Engst)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have a new iPhone or iPad\u2014congratulations! When transferring your data to the new device, you have three options: Quick Start, an iCloud backup, or a Mac backup. All will work, but they don\u2019t quite provide the same end result (particularly if you didn\u2019t encrypt your Mac backup). Our advice\u2014backed by this post from Apple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,69,106,880,8,112,185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-apple","category-apple-consulting-ct","category-apple-support-ct","category-ipad","category-iphone","category-mac-support-ct","category-mactech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8174,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8161\/revisions\/8174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}