Before I unpaired my Apple Watch 4 I searched online for instructions to make a backup because it’s not immediately obvious. Then I came across the Apple support page that says a backup is made automatically when you unpair the watch. So I unpaired it.
Now when I try to pair the Apple Watch 5 the most recent backup is from a year ago! I read in another thread the issue may be because my old watch is on a higher software version. My AW4 is on watchOS 6.0.1 and the AW5 is on 6.0. I can’t figure out how to update it without pairing it. So I started pairing it with the old backup and then I canceled it and it shows a backup made from that unpairing now, but still no recent backup from my AW4. It’s extremely frustrating.
Now when I try to pair the Apple Watch 5 the most recent backup is from a year ago! I read in another thread the issue may be because my old watch is on a higher software version. My AW4 is on watchOS 6.0.1 and the AW5 is on 6.0. I can’t figure out how to update it without pairing it. So I started pairing it with the old backup and then I canceled it and it shows a backup made from that unpairing now, but still no recent backup from my AW4. It’s extremely frustrating.