Was Santa good to you this year?
Got a new Apple Watch, or an iPad?
Good for you! Time to fire it up.
Apple makes it very easy to set up a new device, especially with Setup Assistants that guide you step-by-step through the process.
But there are always choices to be made — and some of them can be thorny.
One of the biggest thorny choices is also one of the first: Do you set up your new device as new, or from a backup? And if you choose from a backup, should you do it from iCloud, or device-to-device?
Choose wrong, and you might get stuck in data-migration hell all day when instead you should be enjoying your new device.
Whether you got a new Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch, we have a helpful guide to help you set it up. Sorry, we don’t have one for Vision Pro. If Santa dropped a headset under your tree, your on your own!
Happy Holidays everyone!
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
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