New iPad and transfer process

These support pages should get you started with setup of your new iPad - and the methods of transferring your data from old to new iPad:

Set up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch – Apple Support

Transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Use Quick Start to transfer data to a new iPhone, iPad or iPod touch – Apple Support

If the donor iPad, from which you are transferring your data precedes iOS12.4, QuickStart will not be available.

“Transfer” is rather a misnomer. In reality, your data and setup is merely cloned to the new device. Nothing is moved or removed from the original device.

An alternative is to restore either an iCloud or iTunes backup to the new device:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – Apple Support

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

As for Apps, these are not directly transferred between devices, but for Apps that are still available (and are compatible) are downloaded and installed on the new iPad. This process is largely automatic if the above transfer procedures are used.

Sometimes the App-restore process can hang. A simple restart of the iPad is often sufficient to resolve the problem.

SteveBari wrote:

I bought a new iPad and followed instructions on transferring info to new. All went as normal but apps are not transferring. Say they are loading on new iPad but are not. What do I do?

What exactly does that mean? How long have you been waiting for the apps to download? Are you see “Waiting” under the app icons that are downloading? If so, that’s normal.

You can try turning off WiFi, restart your iPad, then turn WiFi on again and see if the apps will download.