This article pretty much says that if you don’t have the deceased individual's AppleID password or device passcode, you can’t access anything. The rest of the article is full of “it may be possible” and other filler that doesn’t provide any real help once the individual has passed.
- Brad - On Dec 29, 2020, at 10:57, Jonathan C. Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: Believe it or not, there’s an article about this. Unfortunately, it’s from a more which means it will be full of ads. But here is the link: https://www.imore.com/how-access-iphone-content-when-someone-passes-away <https://www.imore.com/how-access-iphone-content-when-someone-passes-away> Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Michael Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Recently a very close friend of mine died, and I inherited two iPads that he > and his wife owned. One of the iPads is three years old, and the other is > five or six years old. On one of the iPads, there are apparently a lot of > pictures that family members would like to have, provided I can gain access > to them and send them. > > Here are my problems and questions: > > Although I have the Apple user IDs for the iPads, I do not have the passwords > or unlock codes. Since I didn’t know that I would one day be getting the > iPads, I never asked for them, prior to my friend’s death. Is there any way > for me to recover their pictures? > > If there is no way to gain access to the content of these iPads, how do I do > a complete reset and start setting them up for my own personal use, using my > current Apple ID? I have never done a complete restore to an iPad, but I do > back up my iPhone to the Cloud regularly. If someone can refer me to a > podcast that addresses these issues, that’d be great. > > With gratitude for any thoughts and best wishes for 2021, > > Mike > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/BBEA4312-ABA6-42D6-979C-D57EF47F6CEE%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/E5F37A07-B99D-4878-BCE0-DC701926D012%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/E5F37A07-B99D-4878-BCE0-DC701926D012%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AF787194-584E-47CE-B645-0537F20F3E6D%40swbell.net.
