If you’ve treated yourself to a new iPhone you’ll probably want to dive right into it the moment you get the box in your hands, but try to contain your excitement and do a little prep first.
Before you start playing with your new iPhone, we have a little set-up advice you’re going to want to heed. Sure, it seems like an unnecessary drag, but this stuff is going to save you a lot of time and frustration later.
There are two ways to set up your new iPhone: you can use a backup of your old handset or you can use Apple’s Quick Start feature to sync the two devices. We’ll run through both options in this article.
1. BACK UP YOUR OLD iPHONE
Whichever way you want to transfer the data from your old iPhone to a new one, we recommend making a backup your old device before you begin. You should make this after you have your new iPhone in hand, so the backup is up to date. You can back up via iCloud, in iTunes (on a Windows PC or older Mac), or in the Finder (on macOS Catalina or later).
With a backup of your old iPhone it is easy to set up your new handset so that everything is exactly the same as before. The backup includes all the settings on your device, such as your wallpaper, Home screen layout, your app data and the way you have your apps organized on your device. Your backup also contains contacts, Calendar and
