Re: [MacGroup] iPad Activation Lock

2018-05-30 Thread Ed Wiser
Is this a pop up during a web browser session? If so it is not a system wide issue. My wife gets these all the time from websites. When she is reading an article someone post’s on Facebook. It’s an ad for software or a subscription to a service in most cases. Sent from my iPhone > On May 30,

Re: [MacGroup] iPad Activation Lock

2018-05-29 Thread Anne Cartwright
I don’t remember if it is on the latest version of iOS or not and can’t tell until I activate it. which I should be able to do but am concerned if this is a legitimate (really Apple) query or not. It doesn’t really look like something Apple would so. Too plain. Anne > On May 28, 2018, at 6:

Re: [MacGroup] iPad Activation Lock

2018-05-28 Thread Ed Wiser
Had the iPad been updated recently? Sent from my iPhone > On May 28, 2018, at 12:20 PM, tom holloman wrote: > > First thing is do a hard reset. If that doesn’t work restore from backup. > One of the two usually fixes that type problem. > Good luck. > >> On May 28, 2018, at 5:37 AM, Anne Cartw

Re: [MacGroup] iPad Activation Lock

2018-05-28 Thread tom holloman
First thing is do a hard reset. If that doesn’t work restore from backup. One of the two usually fixes that type problem. Good luck. > On May 28, 2018, at 5:37 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > > My iPad has entered an activation lockup. This is the first time I have > encountered such a thing sinc

[MacGroup] iPad Activation Lock

2018-05-28 Thread Anne Cartwright
My iPad has entered an activation lockup. This is the first time I have encountered such a thing since I got the 3rd generation iPad in 2012. In the middle of browsing news, it suddenly locked up and now requires my Apple ID and Password. Is this OK? It has never happened before and I wonder w