1. generate an empty migration 2. move the migration from `old_app` to `new_app` 3. edit the migration file to change all instances of `old_app` to `new_app` 4. add a forward migration to rename the table from `something` to `something_else` 5. add a backward migration to do the opposite 6. move models.py from `old_app` to `new_app` 7. apply the migration