How to Transfer Everything from iPhone 5/5S to iPhone 6

With the release of iPhone 6 in Sept 9, many iPhone users like me are preparing to purchase the device when available. As we know, iPhone 6 is powered by iOS 8, which is a totally new mobile OS designed for iPhone 6. It’s a bit hard to transfer the content stored on iPhone 5/5S/4S to the new iPhone 6.

I have done some research on this topic and finally figured out two easy ways to help your transfer content to iPhone 6 without much effort. I have tested them on my new iPhone 6 and it works great for me in both way. Below are the details on how to get that.

Method 1: Using iCloud to Transfer Content

As one  of the leading cloud storage services, iCloud is used by millions of iOS users to back up content on your iPhone, iPod and iPad. If you have synced your service with iCloud before, then you can easily restore those content to your iPhone 6 with iCloud.

1. Go to Settings on your iPhone 6 home screen
2. Scroll down the table list and tap iCloud button
3. Sign in iCloud account with your Apple ID and password
4. Select the items you want to sync by swiping item button from left to right

When everything is set up properly, iCloud will start transferring contents from its server to iPhone 6. It takes some time depending how many files you are going to sync. Usually, the photo folder is much bigger than other documents.

Please note, iCloud is limited to transfer a few items. There are: Mail, Photo, Contacts, Reminders, Safari, Notes, Passbook and Document data. For other items, you have to use the method mentioned below.

Method 2: Using iPhone 6 Transfer App

In case you didn't use iCloud before or there are some private data that iCloud doesn’t support to sync, you have to figure out a new way to transfer such items to your iPhone 6. Previously, there are some good transferring apps for data copy between different iDevices. However, it will no longer work because of those apps are not ready for iOS 8. Luckily, iPhone 6 Transfer is not on the list.

iPhone 6 Transfer is a powerful tool that can be used to transfer all kinds of items between different mobile phones, such as iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia. The newest version has added support for iOS 8, so you can use it to transfer content from other smartphone to iPhone 6, including iPhone 5/5S/4S. Here is the step by step guide:

Step 1: Download and Install iPhone 6 Transfer

The download file is available below. Install the program on your computer when download is completed. Just stick to the default installation wizard, it only takes a minute to fully install it. Run the program when installation is done.

Windows Version        Mac Version

Step 2: Connect Old iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 to the Same Computer

Plug both devices on the same computer via USB cable. Make sure iTunes was installed previously and close it during this time. iPhone 6 Transfer will automatically detect both devices when they are connected well and display device info after device.

Step 3: Transfer Selected Items from iPhone 5 to iPhone 6

As you can see from the main screen, there are a number of files supported for transfer, like contacts, photos, text messages, media library and so on. Select the items you’d like to sync by clicking on the checkbox in front of the items. After that, click Start Copy button to start transferring selected items to iPhone 6.