You can set it up from your iPhone. And back up to their cloud service and restore from their cloud service. Those are the happy path. Example: https://www.eddgrant.com/blog/2025/09/10/migrating-unifi-clo... Or: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/1h52ieh/best_way_...

You can do manual shenanigans but it's not recommended. And yes, more like Apple than like, say, Eero, since Apple lets you fiddle inside your Mac. You might be preferring the new Eero PoE Router and Gateway along with a few of the PoE WiFi 6 or 7 slim antennas.

Just need to find a network geek to give your present full time hobby a loving home. Make them pay cash and don't let them know where you live.