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ilovejedd · 01-07-2020, 11:34 PM

I'm surprised AirDrop allowed you to transfer a file that big.

Yes, you'll need enough free space to hold both the backup file and the books being extracted.

How many books did you have in it? The Marvin backup is a simple zip file so you can extract it to PC to check which files are taking a lot of storage space and how much storage it actually consumes uncompressed. You can copy the backup to PC via iTunes file sharing.

Crashing may be due to out of memory errors.

Perhaps you can Erase all content and settings on the new iPad and try setting up again from scratch. Make sure to disable iCloud Photo Library, delete all the pre-installed apps and force close all background apps before you try the Marvin migration again.

If that fails, do you know someone with a fairly empty 256GB+ iPad or iPhone that you can borrow? Perhaps you can do the migration there, create a backup and restore the converted backup to your new iPad (which is hopefully simpler compared to a restore with Marvin 2-to-Marvin 3 migration).

By the way, assuming you're logged in to the same iTunes account where you purchased Marvin Classic, you can still install the old Marvin Classic on the iPad 7. Text would just look a bit fuzzier.

01-07-2020, 11:34 PM	#3
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	I'm surprised AirDrop allowed you to transfer a file that big. Yes, you'll need enough free space to hold both the backup file and the books being extracted. How many books did you have in it? The Marvin backup is a simple zip file so you can extract it to PC to check which files are taking a lot of storage space and how much storage it actually consumes uncompressed. You can copy the backup to PC via iTunes file sharing. Crashing may be due to out of memory errors. Perhaps you can Erase all content and settings on the new iPad and try setting up again from scratch. Make sure to disable iCloud Photo Library, delete all the pre-installed apps and force close all background apps before you try the Marvin migration again. If that fails, do you know someone with a fairly empty 256GB+ iPad or iPhone that you can borrow? Perhaps you can do the migration there, create a backup and restore the converted backup to your new iPad (which is hopefully simpler compared to a restore with Marvin 2-to-Marvin 3 migration). By the way, assuming you're logged in to the same iTunes account where you purchased Marvin Classic, you can still install the old Marvin Classic on the iPad 7. Text would just look a bit fuzzier.