iCloud would automatically bring the photos overI would setup as a new device and copy the old pics to the new phone. That's it.
Installing from a fresh setup get's you rid of all those apps you don't use ;-) and give's a lot of free space on the new phone ;-)
Can’t you just set it up as new and then enable iCloud afterwards so it’ll start syncing your photos?
Restore from backup and then head to settings > general > reset > reset network settings. AFAIK this just removes carrier settings, saved wireless networks and bluetooth devices.
Doing what I do I get to keep my app and app layouts ie folders etc which I wouldn’t with settings up as new
When you do it via a Mac all your passwords are kept with all apps. Liters;lay just like using your old iPhone.Those of you planning on restoring from a backup, are you using iCloud backups or local backups on your computer??
Right now I have everything but my photos backed up via iCloud but I’m wondering if I should plug my iPhone X into my new MacBook Pro to back it up and then restore my 11 pro when it arrives from the MacBook backup.
Any advantage or disadvantage of doing it either way?
Yes.I have always restored from iCloud in the past, but its a pain having to set up passwords etc in all apps again.
This time, assuming the new device comes with iOS 13 already, I will update my current handset to iOS 13, then do a full encrypted backup via iTunes, before doing an iTunes restore. I have been told that should sync all passwords etc across as well?
When you do it via a Mac all your passwords are kept with all apps. Liters;lay just like using your old iPhone.
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Yes.
Do you have iCloud? If you do and that’s where you store your pictures, the backup won’t be that large.Ok so I’ll go for a backup/restore with my MacBook, then can I delete the backup file so it doesn’t take up more than half of my MBP’s hard drive?
My incoming 11 pro has a bigger hard drive than my 2019 touchbar MBP.
I start every new phone with a fresh build. It’ll sound bad, but I kind of enjoy the set up process. I do a purge of all the apps and downloads that have accumulated over the year and start with the basics I know I need.
Imagine thinking this lolThere is no advantage to setting it up as new, the only people who believe that are the living fossils who are still stuck in the windows 95 era
Do you have iCloud? If you do and that’s where you store your pictures, the backup won’t be that large.
I have iCloud photos and they all stay in the album. Also, if you keep them on your phone and your done gets lost or stolen, then what?If you have iCloud photos.
I don’t.
I like having my photos locally on my phone.
And even with iCloud photos I don’t know if they go to the camera roll or a different album for iCloud.
I start every new phone with a fresh build. It’ll sound bad, but I kind of enjoy the set up process. I do a purge of all the apps and downloads that have accumulated over the year and start with the basics I know I need.
There's a new option to copy across settings from one phone to another too now which doesn't seem to be mentioned above. There's also a change in Reminders which haven't been compatible between iOS12 and 13 yet - I assume if I update my existing X before setting up my new 11 then that'll take of itself.