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When changing to new phone, and my old phone’s iCloud is full, what do I do?

When I change to an iPhone 12 from and iPhone XR, and the iCloud is full in my XR, how do I temporarily get to have more space before I switch phones?

Posted on Nov 26, 2021 9:43 PM

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Axel Foley

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Posted on Nov 26, 2021 9:54 PM

When you purchase a new iPhone then you Get temporary iCloud storage so that you can upload your data from your old iPhone and then transfer it to your new iPhone.

The procedure is listed in details in this article published by Apple ➔ How to use temporary iCloud storage when you buy a new iPhone.

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