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SteveJawbs

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Is it correct to assume that I cannot restore an iOS 16 iTunes backup to iOS 17?

Pretty sure I can only do iCloud restore but wanted a confirmation.

Thanks
 
Is it correct to assume that I cannot restore an iOS 16 iTunes backup to iOS 17?

Pretty sure I can only do iCloud restore but wanted a confirmation.

Thanks

Pretty sure you have it backwards. You can restore from older. But not the other way around.
 
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Pretty sure you have it backwards. You can restore from older. But not the other way around.

Cool. I knew that backward compatibility limitation but assumed both directions had a limitation.

Thanks
 
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