How to transfer your data to your new iPhone using iTunes
Here’s the deal: If you make an encrypted backup of your old iPhone using iTunes, then restore it to your new iPhone, it’ll bring most — if not all — your password information along with it. That’ll save you a lot of time and effort getting set back up.
You do need a Lightning to USB cable (or 30-pin Dock to USB if you have an iPhone 4s or earlier), and you’ll still have to re-download apps — the App Store gives you slightly different versions for each device, optimized to run best on that specific hardware — but overall I still find it to be much, much faster.
- Make sure you’re running the most recent version of iTunes.
- Plug your old iPhone into your Mac or Windows PC.
- Launch iTunes.
- Click on the iPhone icon in the menu bar when it appears.
- Click on Back Up Now.
- Click on Encrypt Backup and add a password.
- Skip Backup Apps, if asked. (They’ll likely re-download anyway.)
- Unplug your old iPhone when done.
- Turn off your old iPhone.
- On iTunes on your Mac or Windows PC, select Restore from this backup.
- Choose your recent backup from the list.
- Enter your password if your backup was encrypted and it asks.
- Take your SIM card out of your old iPhone. (If you don’t have a new or separate SIM card for your new phone.)Wait for the backup to complete before proceeding.
- Put your SIM card into your new iPhone. (If it didn’t come with a new or different SIM card.)
- Turn on your new iPhone.
- Plug your new iPhone into your Mac or Windows PC.
- Slide to set up on your iPhone.
- Follow the directions to choose your language and set up your Wi-Fi network.
- Select Restore from iTunes backup.
- On iTunes on your Mac or Windows PC, select Restore from this backup.
- Choose your recent backup from the list.
- Enter your password if your backup was encrypted and it asks.
Keep your iPhone plugged into iTunes until the transfer is complete, and on Wi-Fi until all re-downloads are complete. Depending on how much data you have to re-download, including music and apps, it might take a while.Your iPhone might feel warm or even hot, and you might burn a lot of battery life for the first few hours or even a day or due to the radios working and the Spotlight search system indexing. Just let it finish.
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