Thank you all for useful replies. I do monthly encrypted backups of iphone on iTunes and it is precisely all the passwords (and sundry app content not stored in iCloud backups). I know that if you sync an iPhone to one computer, oTunes on another computer will know this and offer to erase all data. After Windows Migration Assistant has transferred itunes from pc to Mac mini, and I then hook up my iPhone, am I going to lose all data previously saved like passwords etc? Or do I need to transfer iphone backups separately from pc onto new Mac so I can do a sync and restore from encrypted backup? Sorry if I'm being obtuse here! Harry
> On 22 Oct 2014, at 16:25, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Why not just back up your devices on the Mac Mini once it's all set up. You > don't really need the backup from the Windows machineand making a new backup > is probably better anyways. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Harry Bell > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:48 AM > To: Abridged Recipients > Subject: Migrating to Mac mini > > I am awaiting delivery of new mac mini to replace my old windows 7 pc on > which I have backed up my iphone 5s and iPad. I understand that one good way > to transfer my iTunes library is to run windows migration assistant during > set up of mac mini. If I do that, will iTunes on the new mac recognise my > iphone? Or will it protest that the iphone is linked to a different pc? And > do I de-authorise my old pc before or after running migration assistant? I > am at a loss: can anyone on the list give me a steer in the right direction? > Thanks. Harry > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.