Ready to switch from your Apple Watch Series 7 to the new Series 8, Ultra, or SE? Or do you need to transfer your existing Apple Watch to your new iPhone? Learn how to seamlessly pair your new or existing Apple Watch with your iPhone without losing anything.
Apple Watch backups are automatic and stored on the iPhone your Apple Watch is paired with. however,[設定]There is no place to manually back up your Apple Watch or see when the last automatic backup was.
Read on to find out how to make sure your Apple Watch is backed up and ready to upgrade to a new one.
If you’re upgrading to the new iPhone 14 (or any other newer model), you’ll need to take care of that first.
Apple notes that these items aren’t included in Apple Watch backups: Bluetooth pairings, credit or debit cards used for Apple Pay, Apple Watch passcodes, and messages.
How to pair your Apple Watch with your new iPhone
New in iOS 16 – Auto Forward Existing Apple Watch
iOS 16 should introduce a fresh and seamless new process for migrating your existing Apple Watch from your old iPhone to your new iPhone.
- Set up a new iPhone and restore your backup, or complete a quick transfer option from your old iPhone.
- After setting up your new iPhone, make sure your Apple Watch is on your wrist (and your passcode is entered).
- Find the message on your watch and tap Would you like to pair your Watch with your new iPhone?
- Choose all right
- You can leave the watch on your wrist while the transfer takes place. Workout/ring progress from earlier in the day will also remain after the transfer.
If you don’t see this process, follow these steps…
Pair a new or existing watch with your Apple Watch backup
- If you’re upgrading to a new iPhone, set it up first (restore from a new backup).
- open clock app Start the pairing process on your new iPhone (You can also add a new Apple Watch before removing your existing Apple Watch: If you don’t see the automatic pairing screen,[すべての時計]>[時計を追加]).
- Turn on your Apple Watch look for Pairing sphere codefollow the prompts
- When prompted, choose to restore your new Apple Watch from a backup and choose the latest
- If you don’t see any available backups from your most recent iPhone backup, follow below to learn how to force an Apple Watch backup.
Pair your new Apple Watch with your new iPhone
If you need to pair a new Apple Watch with your iPhone, or want to pair your existing Apple Watch as new:
- open view apps on iphone
- tap all clocks in the upper left corner
- Choose add watch
- follow the prompts
- You will be given the option to restore the backup from your previous watch to your new watch.
Force Apple Watch backup
If you don’t see any backups you can restore from, you’ll have to force a backup.
Apple Watch backups are not done with iCloud on iPhone or all Mac/PC backups, so here’s how Apple enforces them.
- Keep your paired Apple Watch and your old iPhone close together
- open view apps on iphone
- Tap all watches Select the clock at the top and tap the “i” on the right
- Tap Unpair your Apple Watch (During the unpairing process, your Apple Watch will create a new backup on your iPhone)
- Follow the prompts to unpair your current watch
- Make a new backup of your old iPhone and restore that backup to your new iPhone
- Open the Watch app on your new iPhone to start the pairing process for your new Watch
- Power on your new Apple Watch, look for the pairing sphere code and follow the prompts
- When prompted, choose to restore your new Apple Watch from a backup and choose the latest
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