How To Transfer Everything From Your Old iPad to a New iPad Pro, Air, iPad or Mini

[@RobbieCupples]

I'm still using my iPad 6, but man... the new iPad Pro M4 looks really nice!!

[@pranrangsit2444]

Same!! I used my ipad 6 but it got rly slow and laggy so i got the new Ipad air 6 🥹🥹

[@1alb]

Does this method transfer music that I’ve loaded manually? NOT from iCloud or Apple music, which I don’t use due to limited choices.

[@dlavant1]

This worked exactly as you stated. I have transferred from one iPad to another for myself and mother. Also used it on an iPhone helping my aunt setup her a newer iPhone. Thank you!

[@callumcourtnadge8823]

I clicked on my old ipad transfer data right from my ipad but on my old ipad it has just been wirring for 45 mins without any indication of how long it will take. Shall I stop it now and download from the icloud backup which I did recently or let it keep going?

[@PWingert1966]

An interesting item when I placed the order though Apple for my new iPad Air 11" on their website. They sent an email that allowed me to activate additional iCloud storage temporarily until my new device complete the transfer. A neat feature of ordering from Apple.

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

Late night special. Thanks for this tutorial! Your step-by-step guide made it super easy to follow. Keep it up Aaron!

[@furst3089]

You made this so easy I was so scared at first. But following your steps listening to your voice, I did everything perfect that never happens. I will always see your advice from this moment on. Thank you so much for a wonderful video.❤🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@GadgetReviewVideos]

FYI: my transfer via WiFi took forever from the M1 iPad Pro estimated at 5 hours so after an hour I canceled it. I did a setup with a iCloud backup restore. Since I don’t store my photos and videos on the cloud I did used a thunderbolt 3 cable and connected them together and transferred them over the cable. It was about 45GB in about 2 minutes.

[@chrisbrown-lx7qz]

it’s because your WiFi is just absolutely slow and it sucks too get a better internet connection

[@GadgetReviewVideos]

@@chrisbrown-lx7qz Thanks for the suggestion. My wifi 6e is quite fast from device to device within my house when testing file transfers to my server or using iPerf3 for testing wifi bandwidth. My internet is pulling on average 750 down and 100 up. So I don’t think that was the issue I was having.

[@anitacriddle8997]

All I have is a wheel turning can't even turn it off

[@tc7486]

I don’t understand the Beta thing. How do I know what to click when it asks do I want to continue in Beta?

[@d-zone]

WhatsApp?? it's absurd that you can't do it via the usb-c to c cable that comes in the box (or usb-c to lightning for older devices)

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

I pad pro 9.7", on second battery...battery runs out in 45 minutes.

[@djnaz5746]

Excellent! Thank you for the info!

[@UnknownApproach]

Do you have to do the iCloud backup for it to transfer the data to a new iPad?

[@zollotech]

No

[@jsmurd]

I’m using the first iPad Air. I just purchased a new iPad 9th Generation. The iPad Air has iOS 12 and the new iPad should at least have iPad OS 15 on it. I hope the transfer goes smooth.

[@Alvin-l9n]

mine is old ? maybe 8 yrs ? can i still do this with a new ipad air ?

[@DingusBatus]

I've got an old iPad Pro 9.7", not sure how much I would like it or use it I got it 2nd hand/used. I like it and use it more than I thought I would. I'm thinking about getting somethings newer and was wondering how easy it would be to transfer everything over. Looks easy enough. My credit card is shaking with fear (giggle) I'm off to try calm it down before it runs away. (hehe).

[@JonathanCline25]

I’m asking Santa for a new iPad Air M2 Chip 13 Inch WiFi Only 128GB Starlight for Christmas and my parents for iPad Air Accessories (Apple Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil Pro)

[@nathanumipig4237]

Right now I’m using my IPad Pro 9.7 Inch but very soon I’m actually gonna upgrade my iPad (finally) to the all brand new M4 IPad pro

[@edmasters4454]

Apple's process for transferring from an older device to a newer device, has improved over the years. The glaring omission if you have a large amount of IAP's, is having to manually redownload IAP content. As someone who has music production apps (E.g., Samplers), all the sample data must be manually re-downloaded with each new device. Very time consuming and for me, a deterrent to updating my device more often.

[@yogajoeguy]

Using 2018 iPad Pro 12.9 inch. It has a burnt ring around the edges in the display. Apple said oh well! Think it's time for an upgrade

[@evlnte]

I really wish they would also allow QuickStart transfer over a wire vs wifi. For that reason I chose to do a full encrypted backup to my Mac desktop and then restored from that.

[@adventurekitty101]

I set up my new ipad pro with this exact method. Got all my character reference sheet photo albums from my iPad Air directly onto my new iPad so I wouldn’t have to spend another 12 hours of my life reorganizing all of my 1 million character pictures into their albums all over again. Now that’s been a few months my iPad suddenly deleted all of my albums in front of me. My pictures are all still here. My albums are just gone. My iPads are still synced, and the albums still remain on my iPad Air, but all of my albums are now gone on my iPad Pro. Guess I’ll have to spend another boring 12 hours of my life reorganizing my albums again, but this time with double the amount of artwork. I just don’t understand why my ipad pro out of the blue with no warming, several months later, decided to delete all my transferred photo albums, yet let me keep all of the pictures in the main recents and library folders.

[@ChessInstructorSF]

(7:34) Hum! The Redfin (I guess) app MOVED from the old to the new iPad? And the last group of apps also changed, not the same apps??? We lost the Settings app icon even though it was before the last group icon???? What happened? Also one of the major reasons why one would buy a new iPad is the battery on the old iPad is misbehaving. Yet we see in multiple videos on this subject with no charging cables attached to any of the iPads??? No! I will do this process ONLY after both iPads have a fully charged battery and connected to a power supply!

[@chanthetechman]

I found the best way is to use iCloud backup.

[@paulscott7501]

GREAT TUTORIAL!!!! Well spoken, easy to understand, short but complete. Thank you so much!!!

[@S-TECH-61323]

Got the notification at 12:37 AM ET and did not wake me up, I wish it did though. I do not have an iPad, just to expensive. The configuration that I would need is $2846 dollars. It feels like we are in 2050! Wow! I could get an M3 Max 14 Inch MacBpok Pro for and it would be more worth it in my opinion.

[@marisemcowan1470]

I have an iPad that is many years old.I am totally lost with your video.If only it was so easy.Wondering whether this purchase was worth it.We are being forced into using these!!!

[@mattbosley3531]

Except it doesn't transfer everything. It installs your apps on the new iPad. It transfers some data, but not all. You still have to log into many of your apps again using user names and passwords and set up biometrics again if you use that. You also have to download data again on some apps. I had to download all of my books in the Kindle and Nook apps and there were hundreds of them, it took hours. They don't offer a Download All option. I had to dig up my list of user names and passwords to log into all of my bank apps again. I had to pull out my credit cards to set them up on Apple Pay again. It's a long process and a total pain. Too bad they couldn't really transfer everything.

[@nikkihoffman2891]

My Kindle books and Audibles downloaded completely from the cloud in moments. That was a nice surprise!

[@erino7960]

still happy with my iPad 9th gen. dreading any eventual upgrade to an iPad without a home button.

[@michoumisalade]

I missed the window to recognize the old iPad by the new one. Since, the new one does not found the old. How can I back the window to connect both?

[@ElemeStudios]

Don't do the iCloud backup and restore if you have old apps that are no longer on the iStore. What ends up happening is that the transfer appears to work, but for those apps that are no longer supported, the restore cannot find the app on the iStore, and that app is gone forever. I called Apple support about this, and was told there's no way to get them back. In my case, the app was from a company that went bankrupt, and it was an important app.

[@frankgreco]

How do you get the "Hello" on the new device? My new iPad shows the standard array of apps.

[@squange20]

Is there a way of transferring without using iCloud? Thanks for the great tutorial.

[@Paradiiiice]

4am eastern here waking up for work and seeing Aaron posts a new video! Yes please 😎

[@88fearx]

Guys my ipad air 3 has a broken screen i can see it barely lighting up but pitch black i got a new m4 ipad pro and i wanna transfer my data/apps how do i do that??

[@jedgould5531]

But how do I put FILES app on iCloud? Even “On my iPad”

[@MishaG9]

Aaron, can this be done on an older iPad? I'm trying to transfer apps from an iPad Air 2 iOS 13.4.1 to another iPad 5th gen iOS 16.7.2. Is it possible? I really wouldn't want to update the iPads, since they are a bit old, esoecially the iPad Air. Will some apps from the old iPad not work? Do you have another tutorial for something like this? Thank you so much in advance.

[@zollotech]

As long as it’s up-to-date as much as it can be, it should use the same method

[@MishaG9]

@@zollotech All right, I'll give it a try. Thanks.

[@Tjoeb123]

It's worth noting that on the old iPad, you'll need a recent version of iOS to be able to transfer directly, so if your iPad or version of iPadOS is too out of date, you'll need to use one of the other options (iCloud or Mac/PC backup) to transfer your data. You will get an error if this is the case.

[@janplexy]

Sent items in Mail are not transfered. Why is that?

[@RatBastard-f4l]

What I do in my password iCloud or iPad password?

[@hey-youngspringer9474]

When should I transferred the SIM card?

[@LudrinokAndCaptainDeadbeardFan]

Question: How Much Hours You Using Ipad Pro`S 12.9 A.K.A 13 Inch And How Much You Have Ipad Pro`s To Not Using, Just I Need To Know What Status Ipad Pro`S You Have???

[@vegasdealer777]

My old iPad Mini recognized my 10thGen iPad and I clicked on the transfer button. Everything got moved over in about 15 minutes. Thanks for the nice video.

[@RTSchramm]

If you use your iPhone for storing passwords and as a security key you need to ensure that both the "Passwords and Keychain" and the "Sync this iPad" settings are ON, and then back up the old iPad to the iCloud. On the new iPad restore the previous backup and then ensure that the "Passwords and Keychain "and the "Sync this iPad" setting are turned ON, and if not then turn them ON.

[@karenkaverman4966]

I just got the new iPad Air 13”. On my new iPad under iCloud backup it still shows my old iPad and says the backup size is 6.1GB. I’ve already reset that iPad and everything has been transferred to the new iPad. Can I turn off and delete from iCloud now? My new iPad has already backed up and has everything on it.

[@pablomanc]

I’m getting a new iPad tomorrow, my current iPad is running 16.7.8?? (Pretty old model) Can I still do the transfer easy or will that be a problem?? - thank you

[@gilgomez7848]

Excellent tutorial, clear and concise! I’m having iPad Pro to iPad Pro M4 slow data transfer blues… using the wireless side by side transfer and slow as molasses! 6 hours left to finish…. Ugh! So want to start using my new iPad but looks like it’ll be a long slllloooowwww evening. Thanks for the video; subscribed to your channel.

[@AboutFocusTV]

Thanks Aaron, very interesting. I’m shorty to upgrade my 2018 iPad Pro 11” to a new M4 IPad Pro and have been wondering about this. It won’t be a cellular version so not sure if the same process will work and I don’t use iCloud. I do have an M1 MacBook Pro and thought I might be able to backup and restore via that route but not sure if it will do so like for like or again the process I need to go through ? Any help or pointers you can provide would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@jeanclaudeboutique6526]

Salut, moi je vais faire le transfère en mon IPad Pro 9,7" de 2016 a mon nouveau Ipad Pro 2024 M4 11"

[@SolitaryWolf]

My direct transfer creeped up to 24 hours. Twice. I have 50gb of data on the old iPad. I gave up and did a transfer from my backup. We have fiber internet. The data moved in about 20 minutes.

[@billmuirhead8338]

how does the procedure change if your previous iPad has a SIM card and the new iPad uses an eSIM ?

[@JosePacheco-e4w]

You just pick set up cellular later in settings and contact your carrier and tell them to switch you to an eSIM and they will ask for your IMEI and you give that information and then you will get a notification saying eSIM is ready to download. Hope this helps.

[@zollotech]

During the set up, you’ll have the same option and it will just convert it to an e-Sim and then transfer it. Or you can do it afterwards if you choose.

[@brotherurth1625]

I recently transferred from an iPad mini to an iPad Pro (M2), and lost the pro wallpaper that was on the box. Did I do something wrong?

[@kinocchio]

Can you not transfer by connecting them both via USB-C

[@lesnla]

nope. followed exact process and my new iPad does not have any of my settings or prefs. looks entirely different!

[@gcntech9071]

Somehow I can't transfer my pdf books and magazines. Is there a way to do this?

[@gaelanubis]

I'm going to use the M2 iPad Air 11", I just need to wait until Saturday.

[@jakedunlap8809]

Awesome video! Apple has made it so much easier to transfer data from one device to another. I’m beginning to think that I should just deposit all of the money I’ve been saving and then purchase my new iPad online. Right now I have the iPad Pro from 2018, but since the iPad Air has one terabyte of storage, I’m leaning towards downgrading to the iPad Air.

[@nileshjdarji]

How does it feel to write with an Apple Pencil Pro on the nano textured display? Is it better or worse compared to the writing on direct glass?

[@neilyoumans4131]

So erasing the iPad doesn’t also eras the update as well?

[@zollotech]

No, it will be on the update you’re already on

[@davidwatson2900]

I’d rather know about the screen issues some have reported about the 11 inch pro and the blue colour issue

[@BabyKhan-pb9ov]

Will it migrate all my open tabs on safari?

[@zollotech]

yes and if you use icloud it will sync everything else as well.

[@CSXEK]

I got the new iPad 10 for $180 through my carrier but they had to order it so I have to wait till Wednesday it get it and this video will help me a lot Arron!

[@ryanzmuda3167]

Make sure to turn off find my and logout if Apple ID

[@HaunchoJackHD]

Why is the files app a separate thing and you can’t even access it through a MacBook . It’s so tedious to transfer files because you have to export them to photos then to another device . It’s 187G of 4k videos

[@lotusflowerrr]

Gonna cry?

[@marymadigan9707]

Thank you as always you go above and beyond for us 😎

[@sugargliderdude]

you know people only do this to make money right? that's all they do it for

[@danraz0ralice340]

Nice now I just need a new Ipad 😅😅

[@danohanlon8316]

Not everything. I lost all my KZbin watch history.

[@jeffhale1189]

Thanks for sharing. I’m using M1 11” iPad. Blessings on your day.

[@maryhadd2002]

This was awesome! Thank you!!!!!!! Setting up new iPad Mini 6

[@Niku25]

I did this same thing from my old I pad to this new one. However, the name of the device is the same under the I cloud devices list. I was able to change the name of my device when I went to settings > general > about and device name. But how do I change it under the I cloud devices name ? Because my old I pad pro was called iPad Pro 11. When I did this type of transfer to the new one, it’s showing as I pad pro 11(2)

[@kevjazzele]

The name change will update automatically in iCloud, It doesn’t update right away, It will within a few hours.

[@louisemacdonald9345]

I have iPad Pro 2021 iPad

[@MatrixGirlRevolution]

Does it transfer music a playlist

[@goattakerstudios8374]

I’m currently have iPad Air 4

[@StevenYoungcaptual]

Did you first Remove Old iPad from FIND ME? (Another great video👍)

[@zollotech]

No, you don’t have to do that until you erase it

[@StevenYoungcaptual]

@@zollotech Thank You👍

[@scooterthelibra2526]

I m early this time

[@emilyatkins8204]

Na I’ll do it the old way lol

[@Arsalan_2210]

This video was very useful, Thanks Aaron :D

[@sneakyray9160]

Would,it be recommended to add a screen protector even when you have a Nano-textured display?🤔

[@kenroman777]

I would without a doubt as the screen protector I use will prevent screen breakage in addition to scratching.

[@YusufAkhtar-wb9in]

This is actually amazing

[@Ams_79]

Can the iPads with esim recieve SMS?

[@AndyBlaha]

I’m currently using the iPad Air 4 from 2020

[@AA-ed6ek]

How does it hold up?

[@MatrixGirlRevolution]

And playlists

[@thumbsupgameing4800]

I use a iPad eight

[@196940oz]

Great Info!!

[@NateTaggart5692]

I am using a iPad Air 2

[@kienhwengtai8113]

What if the eSIM transfer goes pearshaped?

[@zollotech]

Then you can try it again later or you would have to contact your carrier if it’s still not working

[@_MOB662]

First

[@drnimish333]

Good 👍

[@sugargliderdude]

you basically put the two devices next to each other and follow the instructions :)

[@Jordi9049]

If you buy this new iPad refresh you are basically telling Apple to take money you don’t like. Until better software comes to the iPad, there’s no point in upgrading. M1 iPads are stilling doing just fine.