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  1. MacinMan

    Looking for a reliable solution to exract iCloud backups

    Hey all, I have a unique situation here that I'm hoping to be able to get some data back and save time. In December I upgraded from, iPhone 7 Plus to an iPhone 12 Pro Max. As part of this process I restored an iCloud backup of the 7 Plus to the new phone, and for the most part it was fine...
  2. christiann

    Restoring a beat up and abused MacBook Pro 15” 2011 i7. It’s a mess!

    So, I got this Mac in a trade. When I got it, it was so beat up on the bottom case that I considered spray painting it. Scratches and dings, marks everywhere. The serial number was from a different Mac but I couldn’t sand it off the Unibody casing. Here’s what I’ve done: 1. S.O.S steel wool...
  3. Tekzilla

    Apple Music on new iPhone w/Backup

    So I've had Apple Music for a while now and I download it directly to my phone due to terrible service during my commute. It looks like everything in my Music app has a Cloud download icon on it, does that mean I have to manually download every single item again? I figured it would come back...
  4. H

    iPhone Updating to a newer iOS version

    I am on 11.2.2 and would like to update to 11.3.1. However, after trying to do it yesterday through iTunes (restoring with a downloaded 11.3.1 ispw) it wouldn’t let me saying “The iphone could not be restored. Declinded to authorize this image on this device for this user”. I am stuck and don’t...
  5. K

    iPod touch Getting my 4th gen iPod Touch ready to sell

    Hello everyone :) I recently found my old 4th gen iPod Touch and decided to sell it. It's on iOS 5.0.1 and it's jailbroken. Looks like I did loads of theming and tweaking back in the day. I'm not sure what's the best way to get it ready to sell. Do I just restore it through iTunes or should...
  6. asleep

    Restoring from backup causes "a bunch of radio/processor overhead"???

    That's a quote from the below iMore iPhone SE review that MR posted, at the 2:50 minute mark... Can someone explain this to me... like I'm a 4th grader? I get the impression we should not be restoring our iPhones from backup, no?
  7. N

    Pangu9 iPhone 6s restore problem

    *I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO PLEASE HELP* I am running on a Mac. I have followed every step, but my Pangu will say installing cydia app, go to 10% then start backing up. After that it would say configuring environment, then my phone would show a mars sage saying "There was a problem during the...
  8. M

    Weird Issue - Photos Not Restoring in Photos App - HELP!

    I’m having an issue with my phone which even Apple seem confused by. Excuse the long post but I wanted to give all details. There are photos on my iPhone 5S which it doesn’t seem to recognise. 50gb are taken but it won't tell me exact taken by photos, probably around 25000 (obviously too many...