My son has inherited my wife's old iPhone SE and we've set him & it up on iCloud as a family member and everything's running fine. But... I've just connected his phone to my iMac to back it up and iTunes is asking me to either set up the phone as a new handset or to restore from one of my wife's old backups. How do I get round this? I don't want to restore his phone.
iPhone SE
Hi BenfromHove,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
I see that you are having an issue connecting your son’s iPhone SE to iTunes. You can select to set up the iPhone as new to bypass this screen. It won’t affect the data.
This article has more information on How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Reach back out to us in the community with any questions.
Happy Holidays!
Hi BenfromHove,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
I see that you are having an issue connecting your son’s iPhone SE to iTunes. You can select to set up the iPhone as new to bypass this screen. It won’t affect the data.
This article has more information on How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Reach back out to us in the community with any questions.
Happy Holidays!
iTunes asking to set up as new device but it's already done.
