Michael, I am not sure what your solution might be, but you have one thing on your side which is you at least know the Apple Id. If you try doing a reset on either the password or passcode the device might send a text message to confirm the change. The question is where will it send that code – if its one of the locked devices then you’re still in the same problem. Have you tried calling Apple accessibility to see what they might suggest.
Apple was helpful to me when my husband passed, but then I knew the codes to his Apple stuff. Eileen From: Michael Busboom Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 10:03 AM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries Subject: Recovering data from iPads 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/ --- 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/56283AFB0662426294EB76B616FE709C%40eileen.
