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On 2024-07-20 18:49, Andrew wrote:
> badgolferman wrote on Sat, 20 Jul 2024 21:36:54 -0000 (UTC) :
> 
>> I mentioned earlier, the transfer method used was direct phone to
>> phone.
> 
> Hi badgolferman,
> 
> My main point is that Apple's IPA dumb-terminal backup/restore is mired in
> the Stone Age in that no other operating system is as primitive as iOS is.

Apple's system works very well, thanks.

> 
> If you don't have access to the IPA on the App Store, you can't back it up.

False.

> Right down to the exact version (if that's what you want to transfer over).

False.

> 
> If you can't back it up, you can't move it over to another dumb iPhone.

'Download & Install Apps to iPhone & iPad
Manage your iOS apps your way. Download your apps (.ipa) to your 
computer, and install them across your iOS devices.'

<https://imazing.com/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADytgEF3dcSLTUxfyuBso4k_WsVHY&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwO20BhCJARIsAAnTIVTNdmVp44EWW1tAaVERWPvqsFBvblM9XxATwCVrYCs6HGdA2IFmifQaAkyLEALw_wcB>

> 
> The zealots lied. You can't do it on iOS.
> Yet, it works on every other operating system but the dumb-terminal iOS.
> 
> That was my main point about how poorly designed Stone-Age iOS truly is.
> The rest of iOS backup/restore of your iPhone setup is just further detail.