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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.mobile.ipad
Subject: Re: phone migration
Date: 21 Jul 2024 04:02:22 GMT
Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2024-07-21, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2024-07-20 14:36, badgolferman wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-07-20 14:23, badgolferman wrote:
>>>> Alan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Apparently little Arlen  and his best buddy badgolferman have
>>>>>>> never heard of Quick Start - yet little Arlen constantly claims
>>>>>>> he knows more about Apple than anyone else.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe you didn’t read the original message. I didn’t migrate the
>>>>>> phone, the IT technician did.
>>>>>
>>>>> And he chose one method when he could have chosen another.
>>>>
>>>> She.  Does that make a difference?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>> As has been presented to you already:
>>>
>>> 'Choose how you want to transfer your data.
>>>
>>> If you download from iCloud, your apps and data download in the
>>> background so that you can start using your new device right away.
>>>
>>> If you transfer directly from your previous device, you'll need to
>>> wait for the transfer to complete on both devices before you can use
>>> them.'
>>>
>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-ca/102659>
>>>
>>> Note that if you choose the latter, you will wait for everything to
>>> come over directly from your old iPhone, but no downloading is
>>> required.
>>>
>>> Now: how long did the technician have your iPhone?
>> 
>> I think I was there 15-20 minutes.  That includes authenticating for
>> the MDM software and transfer of the phone number through VZW portal.
>> The required Microsoft apps were already preinstalled before I showed
>> up.
>> 
>> I mentioned earlier, the transfer method used was direct phone to
>> phone.  Considering this was a work phone, there was very little for
>> it to transfer since all mail is on the Microsoft Exchange servers
>> and I don't have personal apps or pictures on it.
>
> I think you'll find that the reason everything wasn't where you left
> it was because this wasn't the standard Apple iOS migration, but
> rather one mediated by your company's MDM software.

Nah. He'll just claim "ignorance" and pretend Arlen is right. 

> When you perform an ordinary iOS migration from an old device to a new
> one, everything is right where you put it.

Everyone but Arlen and badgolferman knows this from first-hand
experience. But they'll never acknowledge or admit this reality,
because: troll.

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