Apple store gave me answers. It took them 30 minutes and 3 people.
I had been doing everything right
I had tried the cloud, quick start, two different apps, wired transfer. None worked because none *could * work.
official apple support page instructions for my model phone was wrong
basically apple changed the structure of the message app so you can no longer use your phone service if you want to save, you have to use imessage. My model phone only had phone service messaging, that meant I couldn’t transfer messages…
also, all apple IDs have to be the same across all devices if you want to use apple now. This is a copyright nightmare, meaning if you buy stuff from other copyright zones you will lose it…
I’m printing out old stuff, transfering data by hand and then it’s off the cloud baby and no more apple ID either
Apple store gave me answers. It took them 30 minutes and 3 people.
I had been doing everything right
I had tried the cloud, quick start, two different apps, wired transfer. None worked because none *could * work.
official apple support page instructions for my model phone was wrong
basically apple changed the structure of the message app so you can no longer use your phone service if you want to save, you have to use imessage. My model phone only had phone service messaging, that meant I couldn’t transfer messages…
also, all apple IDs have to be the same across all devices if you want to use apple now. This is a copyright nightmare, meaning if you buy stuff from other copyright zones you will lose it…
I’m printing out old stuff, transfering data by hand and then it’s off the cloud baby and no more apple ID either
There is a reason paper is archival standard. Not sure which physical audio media to back
But I’m a boomer who is just frightened of tech!!
audio? I reckon phonographs. They don’t degrade. Can be played even without electricity. I have records that are over 100 years old.
I have been putting music on usbs