How to transfer passwords to new iPhone?
When a new iPhone is released, you obviously want to buy it. Of course, who doesn’t want to have an upgraded phone? But, you shouldn’t want to give up all your data on your old iPhone. You want to transfer all the data to your new iPhone from the old one.
Other than transferring photos, messages, and apps, you also need to transfer your password. After all, you need to log in to your accounts to get the information from Apple’s iCloud server.
Do you need to type all your passwords to manually enter them one by one into all your apps on your new iPhone? Of course not.
Well, there are many different ways to transfer your passwords from an old iPhone to a new iPhone. In this article, we will tell you the smartest and easiest ways to do it.
Now we will discuss the above points in detail:
Transfer passwords using iCloud Keychain
The most convenient service for sharing data between iPhones is iCloud sync. It allows you to upload iPhone data to the server and easily access and download the data to all your iOS devices.
Passwords are very important data and private data, so iCloud protects your passwords very carefully and will not read your passwords. You can easily download passwords from iCloud.
# Steps to import passwords to iPhone using iCloud Keychain:
Connect your old iPhone to the Internet.
Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
Click on your profile.
Tap iCloud.
Select Keychain.
Turn on iCloud Keychain and enter your passcode or Apple ID password. Wait a few minutes.
After activating your new iPhone, connect it to the Internet.
On your new iPhone, open iCloud keychain the same way.
Your passwords will be downloaded within a few minutes.
2. Transfer Passwords Using an Encrypted iTunes Backup
Your passwords can be transferred to a new iPhone when you completely migrate your iPhone using iTunes. You need to save the encrypted iPhone backup in iTunes and then transfer it to your new iPhone.
There is one thing you need to know that you cannot transfer data from new iOS to previous iOS or the process cannot be completed.
# Steps to transfer iPhone passwords using iTunes:
Download the latest version of iTunes.
Connect your old iPhone to your computer using a USB cable.
Click on your iPhone icon in iTunes.
Check the local backup encryption, create a password, and then click Backup Now. Wait a few minutes for the process to complete and then disconnect your old iPhone.
Connect your new iPhone to iTunes and click the device icon.
Open Restore Backup, select Encrypted Backup. Enter the password and transfer everything including passwords to new iPhone.
3. Transfer Passwords with AirDrop
AirDrop lets you easily share content on another device face-to-face, such as transferring songs from iPhone to iPhone. You can transfer passwords after setting up a new iPhone.
# Steps to transfer passwords using AirDrop:
Turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on both iPhones. Keep them nearby.
View your passwords.
Select the password you want to transfer.
Press and hold the password for a while.
Select AirDrop.
Select another device as the recipient.
Get the password on your new iPhone.
# If AirDrop doesn't work
There are times when users are unable to transfer passwords to new iPhone by following the above method. In this case, I recommend you to go through these quick tips to troubleshoot and fix the passwords not transferring to new iPhone issue.
• Make sure both devices are running iOS 11 or later.
• WiFi and Bluetooth options must also be enabled on both devices.
• Sometimes, even after transferring passwords, Safari fails to autofill them. To fix this, go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts on your iPhone and enable the “Autofill Passwords” feature.
4. Export apple passwords?
To do this, do the following:
Select the items you want to export in the Keychain Access window.
In the menu bar, click File and then Export.
Select the destination location and file type, and click Save.
Enter the administrator password when prompted.
# Now we will discuss some other applications that help in this process.
5. Import Apple passwords to 1Password?
You can transfer your passwords from Safari to 1Password at 1Password.com. 1Password can import your iCloud passwords from Safari. Your iCloud passwords will be converted into 1Password logins.
6. Convert passwords using Passwarden
If you manage passwords on your old device with Passwarden , transferring them to a new phone is as easy as 1-2-3.
That's all you have to do:
Download Passwarden on your new phone.
Log in to the app on the new phone using your account credentials.
Get instant access to all the passwords and data you have stored in your Passwarden vault. No need to manually transfer any passwords.
7. Transfer Passwords with MobileTrans
With it, you can transfer passwords, photos, videos, audios, contacts, call logs, Safari history , notes, apps and more directly.
To transfer passwords to a new iPhone using MobileTrans , you can follow these steps:
Install and launch MobileTrans : From the MobileTrans welcome screen, select the “Phone Transfer” module and choose the Phone to Phone feature.
Connect the source and target device.
Transfer Data: Simply enable all the data or the specific data you want to transfer. And press Start.
That’s it! You just have to wait for some time and let the app complete the data transfer process. Once it’s done, you will be notified so you can safely remove your device from the system.
Apps and websites on your new iPhone still need your account and passwords on your old iPhone. To avoid typing them one by one, you can use the methods in this guide to transfer passwords directly to your new iPhone.