I was eventually able to get this to work. I ended up backing up the old phone to iCloud and restoring that way, which worked great.įor phone 2, I no longer have the old phone, so restoring from this Mac backup is my only option. I left my phone connected for several hours just in case it was working, but the screens never changed, so I disconnected my phone, and it is still in the initial setup state.įor Phone 1, I gave up and tried restoring from the old phone with Quick Start (holding the phones next to each other), and that failed three times in a row after almost two hours each time.

I can even tap 'Back' and continue with setup. Meanwhile, my phone just shows the 'Connect to Mac or to a PC with iTunes' screen and gives no indication that a restore is in progress. it feels like it's doing something but still deciding how long it will take), but after maybe 10-20 seconds, the progress bar shows completely filled, and there's no animation or indication that anything is happening. Issue 2: When the phone starts restoring from backup, the Finder initially shows the progress bar moving left and right (i.e. Maybe this isn't an issue, but I wanted to include these details

After waiting 30 minutes with no changes in Finder, I unplugged the phone (eject didn't work) and plugged it back in, and then Finder recognized the phone (the name updated to the name from the backup) and automatically shows 'Restoring iPhone from backup'. Issue 1: When I plug my phone in and then select 'Restore Backup' in Finder, the Finder hangs on 'Erasing Phone', even though I can see that the phone has been erased and is now on the new phone setup screen.

I am experiencing the exact same issues restoring backup 1 to a new iPhone 13 and restoring backup 2 to an iPhone XS. I am now having issues restoring those backups. I have two phones, both iPhone XS running the latest iOS (15.1 or 15.2), that I backed up to my Mac yesterday from Finder. I've also updated the iPhone to the latest software version. Edit: I upgraded to Monterey 12.1 and am still seeing the same issue.

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