For the first time ever, setting up the iPhone was a PITA. I gifted my mother and aunt a iP12 Pro Max and Homepod Mini. My mother only had one iPhone previously which is the 8+, my aunt has always had iPhones and always able to restore and setup herself. They both have a MB Air.
I backed up both of their previous iPhones to their MB Airs using the encryption full backup option.
When I restored to their new iPhones, and it asked to verify the passcode, it didn't work. So I had to sign out their Apple ID, then sign back in multiple times, worked for my mother. For my aunt I had to create new passcode on old device, which I put the same passcode, then it finally worked on her new device.
Then to get their keychain working, I had to enter their MB Air password multiple times until it finally worked. Was bombarded with popups explaining how the IP passcode and Mac password are all connected to the Apple ID.
Too many pop ups, too many failed verify attempts, too much logging in and out, too many warnings, too much WTF is going on!!!
If I wasn't there to set it up for them, they would have never been able to do it. It was a lot more confusion compared to how I explained it. Everything is good now though. If it was just one phone and one account, I could easily say stuff just happens. But this was two phones on separate accounts.
I never experienced this for my iPhones and Apple devices, maybe cause I start fresh when I upgrade a phone. Are these new measures Apple is doing? Cause one wrong issue or mistake becomes a cluster F.
Also the HomePod Mini calling feature didn't work until I plugged it into their MB Air and did a restore/update. This was a day later after already plugged in and synced. It should have did a OTA update from jump.
I backed up both of their previous iPhones to their MB Airs using the encryption full backup option.
When I restored to their new iPhones, and it asked to verify the passcode, it didn't work. So I had to sign out their Apple ID, then sign back in multiple times, worked for my mother. For my aunt I had to create new passcode on old device, which I put the same passcode, then it finally worked on her new device.
Then to get their keychain working, I had to enter their MB Air password multiple times until it finally worked. Was bombarded with popups explaining how the IP passcode and Mac password are all connected to the Apple ID.
Too many pop ups, too many failed verify attempts, too much logging in and out, too many warnings, too much WTF is going on!!!
If I wasn't there to set it up for them, they would have never been able to do it. It was a lot more confusion compared to how I explained it. Everything is good now though. If it was just one phone and one account, I could easily say stuff just happens. But this was two phones on separate accounts.
I never experienced this for my iPhones and Apple devices, maybe cause I start fresh when I upgrade a phone. Are these new measures Apple is doing? Cause one wrong issue or mistake becomes a cluster F.
Also the HomePod Mini calling feature didn't work until I plugged it into their MB Air and did a restore/update. This was a day later after already plugged in and synced. It should have did a OTA update from jump.
this is correct