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My iPad Air 4 got updated to iPadOS 15.6.1 and the following problem began after that. After the update got completed, the iPad got stuck in recovery mode. I mean the mode where there is a logo of a computer appearing on the screen with the link support.apple.com/ipad/restore written on top...

Hi all, I usually join the PB at around this point and just wanted to double-check something. In the past, having gone through the remaining betas, once the public release was out for all, I would always restore my devices, wanting to clean up any remaining beta stuff still lingering. Kind of...

I had an iphone 6 and I lost it. later on i bought another iphone 6 and put the iCloud backup from the old iphone to the new one. It's been a year. Can I recover the original iCloud backup from the first iphone or has it been overwritten by the new iphone?

Hello! Last month my MBP was stolen, and I couldn't recover it. I finally received my replacement last night. Just got some questions about restoring my new laptop from my backups. So I backed up my previous MBP using both time machine and backblaze. I will preface by saying I'm an idiot cause...

Hi all, new here, could really use some help… I’m currently using a 2017 256G 13inch MacBook Pro, and I upgraded to Monterey right after its release (a very dumb decision in hindsight). Aftering playing around with the new features, I decided to downgrade back to Bigsur because of app...

I've been trying to restore the software on my HomePod minis to troubleshoot some HomeKit problems I have. I have two HomePod minis. I tried doing the restore by holding down the display on top. That wouldn't work (nothing happened). So I tried plugging into my M1 Mac. That wouldn't work...

In order to restore from a Time Machine backup via the command line I can use tmutil with the restore verb like One the I could not figure out is what exactly the -v option here does. With the option I would write tmutil's manpage lists -v as an option, but doesn't detail what the option...

I'm trying to restore my iPhone XR from a backup i made on my Mac, but the backup wont go through. I connect my iPhone to my Macbook, and select the "Restore Backup..." button in the finder window, type in my password, and then a spinning wheel will show up, and say, "loading..." followed by...

My old iPad Pro 9.7" has been really slow to start up lately and i would have to hold down the button for a very long time before it would boot up. So i was planning on buying a new regular iPad 8th generation, but then the other day it wouldn't boot up at all...i tried a lot of different button...

Hello All! I wanted to share my latest victory with my first iBook G3. I bought it about 3 months ago in a local site (Mercadolibre, the Argentine Ebay), payed for it about $10 plus shipping. This pictures where in the post of the seller: it came in this state in a champagne box: No...

I just want to ask if will I be able to do downgrade/restore from iOS 15.x to 14.8 because I am expecting Apple Service Center to update my phone's OS from 14.8. Phone: SE 2nd Gen @ 14.8 I will be sending my phone tomorrow for repair because of this lame bs thing. I have checked ipsw.me but it...

I recently got a new iPhone, and restored from my iCloud Backup. I have iMessage in iCloud enabled, and overnight all my conversations were synced down to my new device. However, I just realized that media content (pictures, video, audio, etc) did not sync over. It just shows an empty chat...

A family member (who lives elsewhere) got their personal MacBook Air back from Apple Support with the hard drive wiped (as expected). They only have a cloud back-up of their home directory (user / (name) / {Documents | Downloads | Photos | etc.}. This was the admin account (no other users)...

Hello, I want to restore from my time machine backup. My time machine backups where saved on a QNAP NAS. After a clean install (forgot password) off my macbook I wanted to reinstall from my time machine backups. This was not possible because the file was corrupted. I couldn't fix it with disk...

After having fun playing with Monterey I found there were a few crucial apps and capabilities missing and decided to restore to Big Sur. This means a deep wipe of the system. Luckily I have other Macs to make this easy. I found this site particularly helpful in using the Configurator 2...

I installed iOS 15 beta 2 with it came out. But, now obviously I’m having some issues and with to go back to iOS 14 is there ANY way go back to iOS 14 without restoring the iPhone. I have already removed the profile from settings and turn off and turn on the iPhone. I read somewhere that...

As the title mentions, I have come across serious audio issues with the TV OS 14.5 update and Apple TV. I am writing so that hopefully some one else doesn't run into the same issue or can fix it for themselves. I have several ATV4 HD and ATV4 4k's in my house. Yesterday morning I decided to try...

I have iPhone 11 and its screen was broken, so I will send it to an authorized reseller for Apple. but before doing so I will remove all the data I have these data include; photos, videos, apps (mail app, WhatsApp, and other apps). so I have these 2 questions:- Is there a way to backup all my...

Hi, Have tried multiple times now restoring my Apple TV 4 via iTunes and USB-A/C-cable.. Getting this error message: "The Apple TV software update server could not be contacted. The requested source was not found." Also when I option click "Restore Apple TV..." and try uploading a IPSW-file...

Hello! I'm having a problem with the photos app. I had an iPhone 8+ and 100GB or so of photos and videos, maybe more. Yesterday I bought an iPhone 12 and chose to transfer the data from my old phone to the new one. It sent all of my old photos and videos to the iPhone 12. Unfortunately, my...