Transfer Messages from iTunes to iPhone 7

“I got the new iPhone and it is very fantastic. However, there is some messages of my old iPhone 5 in iTunes. I need these messages these days. Is there the way to transfer only messages from iTunes to iPhone 7? I don’t hope to restore all of the data in iTunes to my iPhone 7. Thank you for your help.”

When you change your iPhone, you may want to transfer part of the data like messages in your iTunes backup to your new iPhone, such as the newly released iPhone 7. When it comes to transfer messages from itunes to iPhone 7, there are two ways for you to make it. In this article, we will introduce these two ways for you.

Transfer Messages from iTunes to iPhone 7 with iTunes

1.Open iTunes on the computer that used to back up your device.

2.Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable. If a message asks for your device passcode or to Trust This Computer, follow the onscreen steps.

3.Select your iPhone 7 when it appears in iTunes and select Restore Backup in iTunes.



4.Look at the date and size of each backup and pick the most relevant. Click Restore and wait for the restore time to finish. If asked, enter the password for your encrypted backup.

Note:

-Keep your device connected after it restarts and wait for it to sync with your computer. You can disconnect after the sync finishes.

-Restore from iTunes backup will transfer all of the data in iTunes backup including messages to your iPhone 7, and it will overwrite all of the existed data in your iPhone. If you want to transfer only messages from iTunes to iPhone 7, see below method.

Transfer Messages from iTunes to iPhone 7 with iRefone

In order to selectively transfer messages in iTunes to iPhone 7, you need the help of iRefone. As the professional iOS data backup, recovery and extractor tool which can help iPhone, iPad and iPod users to backup data, recover lost data and extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup. It supports to up to 16+ kinds of data including Messages, Notes, Contacts, Photos, WhatsApp, WeChat and more. Download the free version to get to know how to transfer messages from iTunes to iPhone.



1.Run iRefone and connect your iPhone 7 with computer. Choose “Recover from iTunes Backup” as the recovery mode. There will be some backup files listed on the interface. Choose the backup you need, click on “Select” or double click it.



2. Choose the data you want to preview in iTunes backup, click the Messages icon and the software will automatically scan and analysis your file.



3.After preview Messages in iTunes backup, select these messages you need and click on “Recover to Device” to transfer to your iPhone 7.