Can I merge two iCloud backups? I have 3 iCloud backups. One for lost iPhone4, one for new iPhone5, one for iPad. The iPhone4 backup is much larger than the iPhone5 backup so clearly there is stuff in the old backup that I don't currently have access to.

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Can I merge two iCloud backups? I have 3 iCloud backups. One for lost iPhone4, one for new iPhone5, one for iPad. The iPhone4 backup is much larger than the iPhone5 backup so clearly there is stuff in the old backup that I don't currently have access to.

If I reset iphone5 and restore from old iphone4 iCloud backup, I'll lose my current iphone5 content. I'd like to keep new content plus restore content that was on old phone. The old backup was under an old AppleID. I changed AppleID a few weeks ago but when I go Settings----> iCloud on new iphone5, the account ID is still the old one. Can't see how to update the ID, but may be useful to keep old ID on there until the restore from old backup issue is sorted out?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Dec 28, 2012 5:00 PM

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randers4

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Dec 28, 2012 5:38 PM in response to I'mAllEars

You can't merge iCloud backups. You could create a current backup of your phone, then restore the backup of your old phone to it and save any data you want to keep, the restore it again to the current backup. Some of your old recovered data could then be synced back to your new phone (such as photos), but other data cannot (such as text message conversations). You may not want to save any of your old data but restoring the backup would be the only way to see what's there.

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