It's the same phone, new MacBook. I've spoken to Apple and they said to just back the phone up onto the new Mac, authorise it and de-authorise the other copy of iTunes on the old Macbook. Seems to have worked.
Rob ----------------- Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820 Twitter: @robbeattie Author of The Bluffer's Guide to Fishing <http://bluffers.com/product/bluffers-guide-fishing/> and 101 Things to do in a Shed <http://www.amazon.co.uk/101-Things-To-Do-Shed/dp/0091906113> On 5 January 2016 at 14:38, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rob > > Are you moving to a new phone or a new laptop? If it’s the iPhone, just > back up to iTunes as normal (tick to encrypt the backup in iTunes and it’ll > store your passwords) then plug the new iPhone in via USB and restore that > way. > > If it’s a new laptop, back up to an external drive using Time Machine, > then plug that into the new laptop and migrate the data that way. Your > iTunes library will be moved across and should sync as normal to the iPhone. > > Regards > > Sam > [image: MacAmbulance] [image: facebook] > <http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> [image: twitter] > <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> [image: linkedin] > <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing > Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development *Sam Mullen ACMT* > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 5 Jan 2016, at 12:35, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've synched my iPhone to my old MacBook for years. Now I want to move it > to a new one. > > 1. I don't have any music or movies or anything like that stored on the > phone or in iTunes > 2. I have quite a lot of apps downloaded over the years > 3. I have photos, videos, contacts, texts, FB and Whatsapp messages etc. > > It seems to be inordinately difficult to 'pair' the iPhone to a new Mac > without losing all the stuff (in my case, apps) that's stored on it. And > obviously I want to keep my contacts, texts, photos and videos. > > What's the best, simplest way to do it that doesn't involve iCloud? My > iPhone is currently backed up to my old Mac. > > It's driving me nuts, I tell you! > > Rob > ----------------- > Rob Beattie > Freelance writer and book author > www.robbeattie.com > 07769 902820 > Twitter: @robbeattie > Author of The Bluffer's Guide to Fishing > <http://bluffers.com/product/bluffers-guide-fishing/> > and 101 Things to do in a Shed > <http://www.amazon.co.uk/101-Things-To-Do-Shed/dp/0091906113> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
