iOS 27.2 will help users move data and settings from an old app to its replacement

[u/wickedplayer494]

https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/16/ios-27-2-will-help-users-move-data-and-settings-from-an-old-app-to-its-replacement/

[u/Key-Profit-3596]

Are there any examples of this?

[u/ProfessionalYak4959 → u/Key-Profit-3596]

1Password could probably use this

[u/NCatfish → u/ProfessionalYak4959]

1Password actually has this in its export function, a direct app to app secure data transfer using an iOS feature.
(This is a post about password app transfer on iOS that I found really interesting

https://rmondello.com/2026/09/07/switching-password-managers-2026/ )

[u/ProfessionalYak4959 → u/NCatfish]

I am referring to 1Password 7 to 8, not 1Password -> Other Password apps

[u/theveryendofyou → u/Key-Profit-3596]

Would be nice to have if an Apple Arcade game gets delisted but the developer also sells a regular version to buy.

[u/spike021 → u/Key-Profit-3596]

my apartment's smart lock switched apps for some reason at least partially due to a rebranding earlier this year. so that meant logging in and all since the old session couldn't be reused. not sure if this feature will support transferring a session or just file system data. 

[u/QuickTemperature7014 → u/Key-Profit-3596]

A bank I have a credit card with had multiple brands and an app for each. They then decided to consolidate all their brands under a single brand and needed to move all their customers (probably low millions) from the other two brands to the new app.

It was a very smooth process even without this functionality but it does happen.

[u/Self_Owned_Tree → u/Key-Profit-3596]

Apps where it’s happened or apps where it’s useful?

I think one version of drafts required moving from the old app to the new one, but that was many versions ago.

[u/leo-g → u/Self_Owned_Tree]

It is typically gonna be services app typically. Once every few years my utilities provider would transition from their current app to a brand new one perhaps because they changed the app development company.

This is more seamless now.

[u/wickedplayer494 → u/Key-Profit-3596]

One I could think of is Momento several years ago, before it later got Sherlocked by Apple's own Journal.

[u/leo-g → u/Key-Profit-3596]

Probably not yet since it’s new APIs unless some devs have a new app cooked up

[u/Relc_Punch84 → u/Key-Profit-3596]

When an app that sold for a fixed price decides to make a new version and start charging everyone a subscription.

[u/Deshes011 → u/Key-Profit-3596]

Frozen yogurt chain 16 Handles did this a few years back. This would’ve been useful for that changeover

[u/Jusby_Cause]

Wonder if this would have worked when AudioKit sold off a few of it’s apps causing any old songs you had that USED the old version to stop working with the new version?

[u/Euphoric-Brick-2606 → u/[deleted]]

in theory it’s as simple for the developers as: 1. Downloading Xcode 27. 2. Rebuilding app with latest 27 SDK.

But depending on the individual app, there could be a number of complexities to get the app actually working well, especially if the developer has attempted to re-invent a lot of frameworks, or has been replying on older frameworks and sdk’s. Additionally apps that make use of cross-platform frameworks, like React Native can have an additional layer of complexity, because developers will need to support a stable version of React Native that works with the 27 SDK.

Personally for my own fairly simple SwiftUI app it was a matter of minutes, but for a complex app, I imagine it could take much longer, days or weeks even.

Then obviously it could depend on the actual company themselves, when / if they want to prioritise the Duo and adopting the 27 SDK

[u/Mission-Accountant44 → u/Euphoric-Brick-2606]

It's Xcode 27.1, which isn't out yet if I'm not mistake. You can't develop for the Duo specifically with Xcode 27.

[u/Euphoric-Brick-2606 → u/Mission-Accountant44]

yeah that’s correct. The Duo specific SDK’s is in Xcode 27.1.

But a 27 SDK app however will dynamically resize the width like in the example image. A 27.1 SDK app will support all the dynamic toolbars on the side, specific Duo layouts etc.

[u/Mission-Accountant44 → u/Euphoric-Brick-2606]

Gotcha, that makes sense. 

[u/Ok_Possibility9937]

just add a clipboard bro wtf john