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restoring a new iPhone

can you restore a new iPhone with a MacBook if the old phone was only backed up to the cloud

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 28, 2021 11:08 AM

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Posted on Feb 28, 2021 11:15 AM

You can restore your new iPhone from the iCloud backup file that you created with the old iPhone. You can do this while connected your computer however the backup file to restore from, in your case, will still be the iCloud file.


Axel F.

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restoring a new iPhone

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