iPhone Setup Practices
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iPhone Setup Practices
A very happy iPhone day to you all. To mark the occasion, I wanted to share the iPhone setup practices that I’ve been using for several years now.
I used to restore new iPhones from iCloud backups each year, but three or four years ago I began setting them up as new devices instead. The reason was twofold. Partly, I had grown annoyed by the standard restore process whereby it takes a very long time to download everything, and even when the device thinks it’s downloaded everything, often it hasn’t. There’s nothing like thinking that all the apps and data you need are ready to go, then finding yourself outside of Wi-Fi and being surprised by things that are missing. Even more important in my decision to start fresh every year, however, is that it’s a nice way of decluttering, removing unnecessary apps from my device while also taking the opportunity to rethink whether my Home Screens are best optimized for my needs.