# Moving NR from one Pi to another

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/moving-nr-from-one-pi-to-another/101875>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [8 October 2026 13:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/moving-nr-from-one-pi-to-another/101875 "2026-10-08T13:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2026 10:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/moving-nr-from-one-pi-to-another/101875/21 "2026-10-09T10:33:54Z")

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> [@cymplecy](#):
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> the new Pi doesn't let me VNC into it anymore (since I tried apt updating/upgrading)

It's very annoying how every now and then the Raspberry folk make some fundamental change - logging, networking, etc, and it's hard to find documentation on the new ways.

I don't use VNC to access my Pies (doesn't that imply a full desktop OS?), instead I use PiOS Lite and connect to a terminal over ssh.  
It's always worked, though nowadays you do need to enable ssh in Pi Imager.  
Bonus: without the desktop, `apt update` has very many less packages to modify.

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2026 10:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/moving-nr-from-one-pi-to-another/101875/22 "2026-10-09T10:39:29Z")

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I use a GUI on a computer whenever possible 🙂

I'm just going to start again with the new Pi now that I know the NR transfer is going to work 🙂

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