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   Message 72,383 of 72,997   
   Alan to Andrew   
   Re: phone migration   
   20 Jul 24 19:37:10   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-20 18:49, Andrew wrote:   
   > badgolferman wrote on Sat, 20 Jul 2024 21:36:54 -0000 (UTC) :   
   >   
   >> I mentioned earlier, the transfer method used was direct phone to   
   >> phone.   
   >   
   > Hi badgolferman,   
   >   
   > My main point is that Apple's IPA dumb-terminal backup/restore is mired in   
   > the Stone Age in that no other operating system is as primitive as iOS is.   
      
   Apple's system works very well, thanks.   
      
   >   
   > If you don't have access to the IPA on the App Store, you can't back it up.   
      
   False.   
      
   > Right down to the exact version (if that's what you want to transfer over).   
      
   False.   
      
   >   
   > If you can't back it up, you can't move it over to another dumb iPhone.   
      
   'Download & Install Apps to iPhone & iPad   
   Manage your iOS apps your way. Download your apps (.ipa) to your   
   computer, and install them across your iOS devices.'   
      
      
      
   >   
   > The zealots lied. You can't do it on iOS.   
   > Yet, it works on every other operating system but the dumb-terminal iOS.   
   >   
   > That was my main point about how poorly designed Stone-Age iOS truly is.   
   > The rest of iOS backup/restore of your iPhone setup is just further detail.   
      
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