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OtinG · 04-14-2020, 06:51 AM

I bought a refurbished iPad mini 5 with 64GB.

I like it and I’m glad I bought it. I had a mini 2 previously, and currently have the 2016 iPad Pro 9.7” with 32GB.

Prior to receiving the mini 5 I made iCloud backups of my Pro 9.7 after deleting most of the emails and several old apps I seldom used. I left about 12 already read emailS on the Pro 9.7. After receiving the mini 5 I set it up then chose to restore the Pro 9.7 latest backup. That is a lot easier than adding all the apps and data manually, then having to reconfigure the settings to taste.

So far the restore from iCloud backup appears to have gone fairly well. Despite the clunky wording by Apple, this option is more appropriately a cloning of the Pro 9.7 settings, apps, and data onto the new mini 5. The actual cloning only took a few minutes and went through without a hitch. Everything seemed to make it onto the mini 5. Afterwards it takes longer to actually bring over all the data, so I’ve kept it plugged into a charger. After 12 hours it seems to be still bringing over some data as it shows that an initial backup has not yet been executed due to the restoration still taking place.

The one odd thing was that the cloning process brought over hundreds of emails that should have long been deleted from the Pro 9.7. Not sure why, but really clunky. All these were marked unread. Every time I would select all but the 12 I wanted to keep and delete the rest, more would appear! Friggin stupid on Apple’s part, and it took a solid half hour before it finally stopped resurrecting long since deleted emails. BTW, all those emails had long since been sent to the Trash on the Pro 9.7, then the Trash had been deleted. Leave it to Apple to find a way to bleep that up. The process of getting rid of all those long gone but resurrected emails from hell was lengthy, annoying, and aggravating! I finally got it done though.

If you are planning on using iCloud to clone an old iThingie to a new one, you might want to research this issue before hand to make sure that the old emails you buried stay in the darn grave!

Other than that issue, everything seems to be working well. BTW, last year I bought a new iPhone XR and used this iCloud cloning method to clone my old iPhone 7 onto it, and that worked without any issues. Of course that was pre-iOS 13, which seems to still have quite a few bugs.

04-14-2020, 06:51 AM	#1
OtinG Old Gadget Guy Posts: 1,913 Karma: 6854865 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Oasis 3, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPad mini 6, iPad Air 2020, Alexa Devices	Bought new iPad mini 5 I bought a refurbished iPad mini 5 with 64GB. I like it and I’m glad I bought it. I had a mini 2 previously, and currently have the 2016 iPad Pro 9.7” with 32GB. Prior to receiving the mini 5 I made iCloud backups of my Pro 9.7 after deleting most of the emails and several old apps I seldom used. I left about 12 already read emailS on the Pro 9.7. After receiving the mini 5 I set it up then chose to restore the Pro 9.7 latest backup. That is a lot easier than adding all the apps and data manually, then having to reconfigure the settings to taste. So far the restore from iCloud backup appears to have gone fairly well. Despite the clunky wording by Apple, this option is more appropriately a *cloning* of the Pro 9.7 settings, apps, and data onto the new mini 5. The actual cloning only took a few minutes and went through without a hitch. Everything seemed to make it onto the mini 5. Afterwards it takes longer to actually bring over all the data, so I’ve kept it plugged into a charger. After 12 hours it seems to be still bringing over some data as it shows that an initial backup has not yet been executed due to the restoration still taking place. The one odd thing was that the cloning process brought over hundreds of emails that should have long been deleted from the Pro 9.7. Not sure why, but really clunky. All these were marked unread. Every time I would select all but the 12 I wanted to keep and delete the rest, more would appear! Friggin stupid on Apple’s part, and it took a solid half hour before it finally stopped resurrecting long since deleted emails. BTW, all those emails had long since been sent to the Trash on the Pro 9.7, then the Trash had been deleted. Leave it to Apple to find a way to bleep that up. The process of getting rid of all those long gone but resurrected emails from hell was lengthy, annoying, and aggravating! I finally got it done though. If you are planning on using iCloud to clone an old iThingie to a new one, you might want to research this issue before hand to make sure that the old emails you buried stay in the darn grave! Other than that issue, everything seems to be working well. BTW, last year I bought a new iPhone XR and used this iCloud cloning method to clone my old iPhone 7 onto it, and that worked without any issues. Of course that was pre-iOS 13, which seems to still have quite a few bugs.