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  Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2014-02-06 16:20 +0000
    Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-06 16:04 -0500
      Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2014-02-07 00:39 +0000
        Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-06 19:44 -0500
        Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-07 03:13 +0000
        Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-02-07 07:23 +0000
          Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-07 17:15 +0000
        Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-02-07 00:37 -0800
    Re: Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-07 03:32 +0000

#30564 — Process for brain transplant among 3 iPads?

I'm moving the contents of an existing 4th gen iPad to a new iPad Air
(delivered today, I think), and then moving the contents of a 1st gen
iPad to the the 4th gen device. 

The process for moving an old iPad into a virgin iPad is clearly
explained, but moving the contents from one used machine into another
used machine isn't so clear. 

Is it as simple as performing a "restore to factory settings" on the 4th
gen machine and then doing the transfer? 

In the end, I want the Air to assume the identity of the 4th gen
machine, and the 4th gen to assume the identity of the 1st gen machine,
and have iTunes continue to recognize them as such. 

-- 
bert@iphouse.com	St. Paul, MN

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#30568

In article <XnsA2CC69478A587VeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1>, Bert
<bert@iphouse.com> wrote:

> I'm moving the contents of an existing 4th gen iPad to a new iPad Air
> (delivered today, I think), and then moving the contents of a 1st gen
> iPad to the the 4th gen device. 
> 
> The process for moving an old iPad into a virgin iPad is clearly
> explained, but moving the contents from one used machine into another
> used machine isn't so clear. 
> 
> Is it as simple as performing a "restore to factory settings" on the 4th
> gen machine and then doing the transfer? 
> 
> In the end, I want the Air to assume the identity of the 4th gen
> machine, and the 4th gen to assume the identity of the 1st gen machine,
> and have iTunes continue to recognize them as such.

first, be sure the older ipads are synced/backed up prior to starting
so you have the most recent content to restore. 

next, set up the ipad air from a previous backup and choose the 4th gen
backup. after the restore is complete, it will be identical to what was
on the other ipad. since it's new, it will ask you to set it up out of
the box. 

then restore the 4th gen and set it up from the 1st gen backup. since
it has already been set up and in use, you will need to click restore
in itunes, at which point it will ask you to choose the backup from
which to restore. 

it actually doesn't matter which order you do it in, since the backups
are on the computer.

itunes will track which ipad is which, but you will likely want to
rename them, as even the names of the ipads will be restored.

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#30586

In news:060220141604065396%nospam@nospam.invalid nospam
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: 

> itunes will track which ipad is which, but you will likely want to
> rename them, as even the names of the ipads will be restored.

It all worked pretty much as I hoped and expected, except that none of
the music or videos got carried over. No big deal, since they're all in
iTunes. 

Slightly more annoying was that most of the passwords for apps that used
them didn't come across. Some did, but I can't see the pattern. 

Anybody know a practical use for a 1st gen iPad? Night Light? Serving
platter? 

-- 
bert@iphouse.com	St. Paul, MN

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#30587

In article <XnsA2CCBDBFFCEC8VeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1>, Bert
<bert@iphouse.com> wrote:

> > itunes will track which ipad is which, but you will likely want to
> > rename them, as even the names of the ipads will be restored.
> 
> It all worked pretty much as I hoped and expected, except that none of
> the music or videos got carried over. No big deal, since they're all in
> iTunes. 

didn't you say the other ipads didn't have music? if they did, that
should have been copied over. if not, they won't. 

> Slightly more annoying was that most of the passwords for apps that used
> them didn't come across. Some did, but I can't see the pattern. 

it depends how the app stores passwords. it's a security measure. 

if you used an encrypted backup, all passwords will be stored in the
backup, no matter what the app does. if not, only some are, because
someone could potentially look in your backup and get the passwords.

> Anybody know a practical use for a 1st gen iPad? Night Light? Serving
> platter?

flip it on ebay.

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#30592

Bert <bert@iphouse.com> wrote:
> In news:060220141604065396%nospam@nospam.invalid nospam
> <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: 
> 
>> itunes will track which ipad is which, but you will likely want to
>> rename them, as even the names of the ipads will be restored.
> 
> It all worked pretty much as I hoped and expected, except that none of
> the music or videos got carried over. No big deal, since they're all in
> iTunes. 
> 
> Slightly more annoying was that most of the passwords for apps that used
> them didn't come across. Some did, but I can't see the pattern. 
> 
> Anybody know a practical use for a 1st gen iPad? Night Light? Serving
> platter? 

To do things wiped out by newer ones.  I'm struggling with an iPad Air that
won't do simple things my old one did right now.

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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#30608

On 07/02/2014 00:39, Bert wrote:
[]
> Anybody know a practical use for a 1st gen iPad? Night Light? Serving
> platter?

I use mine to watch streaming video as a screen for the extra data and 
images sent down by programs such as Sky's F1 coverage.

-- 
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

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#30624

On 2014-02-07, David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> On 07/02/2014 00:39, Bert wrote:
> []
>> Anybody know a practical use for a 1st gen iPad? Night Light? Serving
>> platter?
>
> I use mine to watch streaming video as a screen for the extra data and 
> images sent down by programs such as Sky's F1 coverage.

We use our for all of the things we used it for when we originally
purchased it. Go figure! *smh*

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#30609

Bert <bert@iphouse.com> writes:

> Anybody know a practical use for a 1st gen iPad? Night Light? Serving
> platter? 

As has been recently posted here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6WuHzE-1fk

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#30598

In message <XnsA2CC69478A587VeebleFetzer@127.0.0.1> 
  Bert <bert@iphouse.com> wrote:
> I'm moving the contents of an existing 4th gen iPad to a new iPad Air
> (delivered today, I think), and then moving the contents of a 1st gen
> iPad to the the 4th gen device. 

> The process for moving an old iPad into a virgin iPad is clearly
> explained, but moving the contents from one used machine into another
> used machine isn't so clear. 

It's exactly the same process.

> Is it as simple as performing a "restore to factory settings" on the 4th
> gen machine and then doing the transfer? 

Yep.

-- 
A cubicle is simply a cell without a door.

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