Hi Peter, it was an ST3 file that I made at the Apple Store before we ever started working on the transfer. The 2 reasons I didn't use it before was the fact that Apple kept saying to me it wouldn't work because of the Mac and iPad being two different languages -- obviously not true in this case, as you have said! The second was that when I first looked at the backup file, it appeared to only contain about 8 items. Because it held 5+ Gigs, I kept trying to get Apple to show me how to open it and look at it before running, which they weren't able to do and were dubious about anyway. When I felt at the end of my rope, I did decide to go ahead and install the file, and as you said it would, it worked brilliantly -- and in an instant! Thank you so much for checking in on the thread 🙂. Leanne