Is there any benefit to starting from scratch with my new iPad or are most people simply restoring from a backup of their existing iPads (I have an original).
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Setup as new or restore from original iPad backup
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Darth.Titan
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I backup in case of emergency.
Whenever I get a new iDevice, I start it from scratch. Nice and clean and more fun working back the settings and save games!! 😀
Whenever I get a new iDevice, I start it from scratch. Nice and clean and more fun working back the settings and save games!! 😀
I'm in the process of restoring mine since i at first did a back up which I didn't want. After the restore finishes then I'm going to start it as a new iPad. I forgot i had a bunch of crap on my old restore.
Trying to imagine what type of emergency can happen...
Oh, your high score from Plants vs. Zombies gets erased. I understand completely.
what does restoring do ?
i restored it but when i loaded up itunes i still had to copy everything over
i restored it but when i loaded up itunes i still had to copy everything over
What the heck, you can go either way. I'm 10 minutes into it, and I'm setting up as new rather than restoring from a backup of my iPad 1. A fresh start.
ReallyBigFeet
macrumors 68030
This.
You also seem to eliminate all the little "phantom bugs" that somehow manage to migrate from old to new when you restore a new device from a previous generations backup. I've done both and really feel I get better performance when I set up as new.
Besides, its a good opportunity to re-evaluate all the junk apps you've collected.