Motivation:
You want to sync content between your MacBook and iPhone over Wi-Fi.
Solution:
- Connect your iPhone to your MacBook using a USB or USB-C cable.
- In the Finder on your MacBook, select iPhone in the Finder sidebar.
- Click General tab in the button bar.
- Select the Show this iPhone when on Wi-Fi checkbox.
- Click Sync button.
- Unplug your iPhone from your MacBook.
- Restart both devices.
- From now on, when your iPhone and MacBook connect to the same Wi-Fi you will see your iPhone device in the Finder sidebar, and you can sync content between them without having to use a cable.
- Sometimes if your MacBook cannot find your iPhone then just restart your MacBook and it will find your iPhone device again.
Motivation:
You want to transfer all your data from your old iPhone to your new one without using iCloud.
Prerequisites:
- Your iPhones must run iOS 16.2 or later (i.e. iPhone 5S or later)
- Your iPhones must have Bluetooth enabled.
Solution:
- Plug your old and new iPhone in.
- Place them next to one another.
- Turn on your old iPhone, connect to the Internet, enable Bluetooth.
- Turn on your new iPhone.
- On your new iPhone, choose your language, then select your country or region, then tap on Continue on Apperance screen.
- On your old iPhone, you should see a pop-up screen asking if you want to ‘Use your Apple ID [[email protected]] to set up your new iPhone’. Tap Continue.
- Pick up your old iPhone and position the camera view so it overlaps with the circular blue pattern that appears on your new iPhone. Aternatively you can select manual authentication and enter code generated on your old iPhone to your new iPhone.
- On your new iPhone, follow the instructions on the screen to transfer data from your old iPhone to your new iPhone.
- The transfer process is complete when you see Transfer Complete message on your old iPhone.
- It will then take some time to download apps to your new iPhone.
- On your old iPhone, open Microsoft Authenticator app if you are using it. Open Settings. Then enter your personal Microsoft account to act as your Recovery account. Then enable iCloud Backup.
- On your new iPhone, delete Microsoft Authenticator app. Then reinstall it. Open MS Authenticator app. Select Restore from backup option. Log in your personal Microsoft account. For some accounts, you may need to manually tap Action required and follow the instructions to complete the transfer.
- On your old iPhone, open Google Authenticator app if you are using it. Tap three bars on the top left. Then tap Transfer accounts. Then tap Export accounts. Tap Next.
- On your new iPhone, open Google Authenticator app. Tap three bars on the top left. Then tap Transfer accounts. Then tap Import accounts. Tap Scan QR code. Hold your phone on the QR code on your old iPhone for a minute.
Motivation:
You want to sell or give away your iPhone. You want to ensure that the new owner will not access any of your data.
You may also need to give your iPhone to a technician to fix the broken display of your iPhone. You want to ensure that the technician cannot access any of your data.
You may also have so many buggy applications on your iPhone and want to increase stability and performance of your iOS.
Procedure:
- Import your Photos to a MacBook.
- Create a backup of data. It is best to let your iPhone synchronize everything with iCloud, including Photos and Contacts.
- Turn off Find My iPhone.
- Plug your iPhone to a MacBook.
- Open Finder. Click on your iPhone on the left panel.
- Click Restore iPhone… button.
- Click Backup button.
- Click Restore and Update button. Click Next button. Click Agree button.
- Follow the instructions to install a clean iOS to your iPhone.
Post Installation Configuration:
- Setup your iPhone.
- Activate your iPhone.
- Setup Face ID.
- Restore your Apps & Data from iCloud backup.
- Synchronize music to your iPhone.
- Go to Settings > Generals > Software Update > Automatic Updates. Turn off Automatic Updates.
- Go to Settings > Generals > Display & Brightness > Text Size. Drag the slider to the right to increase text size.
- Go to Settings > Messages. Enable iMessage.
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