I just purchased an iPad Pro M5. I’ve set it up the Home Screen with apps I use most, in the way it works best for me. I also have a G6 mini that I would like reconfigure the same way. Is there an easy way to do that? As a novice was thinking I could reset the mini to its defaults and then do transfer from pro?
Yes. You can restore the mini and then set it up from a backup of the Pro, or using Quick Start and it should then replicate the app layout from the Pro on the mini.
click here ➜ Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings using a computer - Apple Support
then here ➜ Use Quick Start to transfer data to a new iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
or here ➜ Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
Yes. You can restore the mini and then set it up from a backup of the Pro, or using Quick Start and it should then replicate the app layout from the Pro on the mini.
click here ➜ Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings using a computer - Apple Support
then here ➜ Use Quick Start to transfer data to a new iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
or here ➜ Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
Your Home Screen accommodates App/folder icons and Widgets in a fixed grid layout - the number of available rows and columns being determined by the screen size.
Your iPad mini and iPad Pro have different screen sizes. The iPad mini has a smaller screen that has fewer rows/columns than your iPad Pro. As there is no direct correlation between the two devices, you'll not be able to create a 1:1 copy of your Home Screen layout - any more than this would be possible between iPad and iPhone.
As such, your only option is to manually set-up the Home Screens of your two iPads to best meet your preferences; there is no method by which to automatically replicate the layout between dissimilar devices by transferring from the iPad Pro, or restoring an iCloud or iTunes backup.
Reconfiguring Home Screen/apps on mini iPad to match new iPad Pro
