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Quick Start isn't working. The first try failed, I tried to start again, and my new Ipad is stuck on the Quick Start screen -- it's looking for the "nearby devices" and not finding anything despite my old ipad being right there, and wifi and bluetooth on.
QuickStart does work - and very effectively. In situations that this feature doesn't work as expected, there is always a reason - such as...
For situations where QuickStart is not available, you can restore either a pre-existing iCloud or iTunes backup of the source device to the target device.
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
It’s very frustrating that this feature doesn’t work. Or almost seems like an intentional bug to get people to buy iCloud storage for backups.
I'm trying to use Quick Start to transfer data to my new ipad and it's not working.
