Migrating from old iPad to new iPad on Bell Mobility

Would you mind checking my stepwise plan for migrating from my old iPad 2 to a new iPad Air when I get one? Family member wants my old iPad.

Thank you.

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Do not set up the new iPad as soon as you unbox it.

Plug it into a wall outlet though to ensure battery is charged.



Back up the old iPad:



Attach the old iPad to the iMac and iTunes.

Back up to iCloud and the iMac.

Deauthorize the old iPad in iTunes — apparently this does not affect the backups, only the ability to play iTunes-authorized media on that device.

Turn off the old iPad: hold down the power button and slide to power off.



Upload data and apps to the new iPad:



Turn on the new iPad and step through the setup procedure.

At the appropriate step in this procedure, when prompted to restore from a backup: Connect the iPad to the iMac and iTunes to authorize it to iTunes and restore apps and data from the old iPad’s iMac or iCloud most recent backup (is there a difference between the two backups?).

Set up iTunes preferences for the new iPad to sync selected music playlists and Aperture albums the way I did with the old iPad.



Transfer Bell Mobility cellular account to the new iPad:



Turn off the old iPad: hold down the power button and slide to power off.

Ensure the new iPad is off that way too.

Remove the Bell SIM card from the old iPad and put it into the new iPad.

Call Bell to activate the new iPad on the same account (I assume there is no easy way to do this without calling Bell?).



Deauthorize and wipe the old iPad:



AFTER SETTING UP THE NEW IPAD and ensuring all is well, reset the old iPad to “new” state:

Go to Settings, tap on General, and then tap the Reset button. Next, tap the Erase All Content and Settings button. When you erase your content, Activation Lock is also turned off.

Let the new owner set it up as new.

via ehMac.ca http://www.ehmac.ca/showthread.php?t=112025&goto=newpost