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Setting up an iPad from an iPhone backup

I am setting up my new iPad and it gave me my phone for a backup option. It then says: If you restore this iPad from an iPhone backup, settings will not be restored. i don't understand


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Posted on Jul 11, 2022 4:44 PM

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Posted on Jul 11, 2022 4:56 PM

Your iPhone (iOS) and iPad (iPadOS) do not necessarily have the same features - or the same settings. As such, iPhone settings may be incompatible with the iPad - and these settings will not be replicated when restoring the iPhone backup to the iPad. Your data, however, will be restored from the iPhone backup.

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Jul 11, 2022 4:56 PM in response to VanGoghfan

Your iPhone (iOS) and iPad (iPadOS) do not necessarily have the same features - or the same settings. As such, iPhone settings may be incompatible with the iPad - and these settings will not be replicated when restoring the iPhone backup to the iPad. Your data, however, will be restored from the iPhone backup.

Setting up an iPad from an iPhone backup

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