If you are someone who owns an Apple iPhone and an iPad, you would have come across the term, ‘Apple Ecosystem’. It is one of the main reasons that make more people buy Apple devices and make them stay in the ecosystem.
In the Apple ecosystem, all your devices work together. For example, you can sync your clipboard and messages across your devices. You can even sync your files, photos, and even your calls.
You need to do a setup process on all your devices before you can sync them together. A tool by Apple called iTunes was the only way to do that before.
But with the help of iCloud, you can now sync all your Apple devices without needing iTunes or a PC. Once you have synced your devices, you can share all your data between them and even sync your messages.
All you need to do is follow the below steps and you would be able to sync all your data between your iPhone and your iPad.
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How to sync your iPhone and iPad with messages, calls, clipboard and more
The most important thing you need to keep everything between your iPhone and iPad in sync is the access to an iCloud account on both your devices. You can either use a free account with 5GB of storage or upgrade to a paid account depending on the number of emails, messages, files, and photos you have stored on your devices.
After the initial setup of the iCloud account on both your devices, your devices will stay in constant sync without you needing to do anything else as long as they are connected to the internet. Here are the steps you need to follow for the initial setup of the iCloud account on your iPhone and your iPad.
Step 1:
Open the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on your name at the top of the app.
Step 2:
Now tap on iCloud and enable the data you want to sync to your iPad.
Step 3:
Open the Settings app on your iPad and follow the same steps to make sure the selection is identical.
Step 4:
Now open the ‘Passwords and accounts’ from the main settings page. Make sure the same email accounts are present on both your devices.
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If the 5GB free storage option is not enough for you, you can buy more storage by going to iCloud in the settings app and selecting the ‘change storage plan’ option. From here, you can buy a plan according to your requirements.
Once you have performed all the above-mentioned steps, your iPhone and iPad devices will now be in sync. You can access all your photos, emails, and your files and documents from both your devices as long as they both are connected to the internet, and the sync option is turned on.
Sync iMessage
Follow the below step by step instructions to sync all your text messages in the iMessage app between your iPhone and iPad. You can also continue a conversation on iMessage from any of your devices using this method.
Step 1:
Open the Settings app on your iPhone and go to the Messages settings page.
Step 2:
From here, click on the ‘Text message forwarding’ option and then enable your iPad from the list of available devices.
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If you get any verification code on your iPhone, enter it on your iPad and all the text messages on your iPhone will now be synced to your iPad.
Sync clipboard
To sync the clipboard between your devices, you need to follow the below instructions. You can then copy something on your iPhone and paste it on your iPad and vice versa without any extra steps.
Step 1:
Go to the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on the ‘General option’.
Step 2:
Now click on the ‘Airplay & Handoff’ option from this page and then enable the handoff option on the next page.
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Enable the handoff option on your iPad as well by following the same steps. Handoff will now sync your clipboard across your devices.
Sync passwords
If you also want to sync your saved passwords between your devices, you can do that using a tool called Keychain.
Keychain is a built-in tool used to store and share your login details across your Apple devices. Follow the below steps to use the tool to sync your passwords between your devices.
Step 1:
Go to the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on your name to access the iCloud settings.
Step 2:
Open the Keychain option from here, and then enable it.
Step 3:
You might need to create a new password if this is the first time you are using the Keychain tool.
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After enabling the keychain option on your iPhone, follow the same steps to enable it on your iPad as well.
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Your passwords are now synced between your devices. You can use the Safari browser to autofill your login details whenever you are trying to login to a website.
Sync calls between your iPhone and iPad
You can also make and receive calls from your iPhone on your iPad. Follow the below steps to sync calls between your iPhone and your iPad.
Step 1:
Open the Settings app on your iPhone and go to phone settings.
Step 2:
Select the ‘Calls on other devices’ option on this page and enable the ‘Allow calls on other devices’ option. After this, select your iPad from the list of available devices.
Step 3:
Now go the Settings app on your iPad and then open the FaceTime settings. From here, enable the ‘Calls from iPhone’ option.
Step 4:
You can now make and receive calls on your iPad as long as it is on the same network as your iPhone.
Syncing your messages, calls, clipboard, passwords, and more
If you follow the steps mentioned in this post all your data between your iPhone and iPad will remain in sync. If you want to stop any of your data from syncing, go to the iCloud settings on any one of your device and disable it.
