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The iPhone Settings I Always Enable First

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The iPhone Settings I Always Enable First

Due to a series of unforeseen circumstances that involved upgrading to the iOS 17.4 beta and wanting to downgrade back to iOS 17.3, I recently found myself losing access to my iPhone’s iCloud backup and having to set up my iPhone 15 Pro Max from scratch again.

I eventually “fixed” the issue by giving up and upgrading to the iOS 17.4 beta again despite some severe Shortcuts issues I’m encountering, but in the process, I thought it’d be fun to make a list of all the settings and options I immediately tweak when setting up a new iPhone.

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