My son got a new phone and we want to set him up with his own Apple ID to get him off mine. How do we do this without losing his apps and contacts, etc? We already backed up his phone.
iPhone 6s, iOS 12
If you want to keep your Apple ID and assign him a new one, There is NO way for him to keep his apps and contacts. Purchases are permanently tied to the Apple ID they were bought with and cannot be transferred or merged with another Apple ID. Sorry.
What you can do is create a new Apple ID for him, then set up Family Sharing with your account as the “master” and his as a family member. That way he can download and update apps that were acquired with your Apple ID.
That’s a good idea. Thank you.
Setting up a new phone, but changing the Apple ID without losing info
