New iPad Pro coming - can I restore from my old one (beta…)?

[John Grana]

I just realized I’m running iPad OS Beta 14.6 B2 on my iPad Air. I’m expecting a new 2021 iPad Pro 11” this Friday.
I have the existing Air backed up on iTunes hoping to restore on the Pro.
Realizing I have 14.6 beta installed…. Doubt it will restore.
Advice/help!

 

[TimFL1]

You need to have your new iPad on a 14.6 beta too or you can't restore. There's a hacky way that has you downgrade your old iPad & then do another backup, but it causes more harm than good most of the time.

That being said, iCloud has a lot of data synced that restores on its own when you set up as new (stuff like Messages, contacts, photos, passwords, health and activity data and so on). You'll lose stuff like personalisation and settings though.

 

[John Grana]

You need to have your new iPad on a 14.6 beta too or you can't restore. There's a hacky way that has you downgrade your old iPad & then do another backup, but it causes more harm than good most of the time.

That being said, iCloud has a lot of data synced that restores on its own when you set up as new (stuff like Messages, contacts, photos, passwords, health and activity data and so on). You'll lose stuff like personalisation and settings though.

Thanks, great to hear that. Does Safari’s bookmarks get restored as well?
At this point I will just setup as new and see how it goes!
Thanks again

 

[Slartibart]

That being said, iCloud has a lot of data synced that restores on its own when you set up as new (stuff like Messages, contacts, photos, passwords, health and activity data and so on). You'll lose stuff like personalisation and settings though.

if you have enabled that. check the iCloud settings in the system preferences and select what’s synched with iCloud.

 

[gwhizkids]

You need to have your new iPad on a 14.6 beta too or you can't restore. There's a hacky way that has you downgrade your old iPad & then do another backup, but it causes more harm than good most of the time.

That being said, iCloud has a lot of data synced that restores on its own when you set up as new (stuff like Messages, contacts, photos, passwords, health and activity data and so on). You'll lose stuff like personalisation and settings though.

14.6 may well be out by then (and if so, delete your beta profile in case they release a 14.7 beta). If 14.6 is not out by then, Apple will almost certainly release a beta build customized for that device within 24 hours of it first being delivered to customers. If you are ok staying on 14.6 beta on the new device, just wait for that and then restore from your 14.6 backup.