Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Computer Help and Support

canetoad

(18,507 posts)

5. It certainly is possible

Reply to demosincebirth (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2023, 10:57 PM

Sep 2023

I was given the ipad of a person who had died and a bit of searching online found a method to reset the password.

Try here:
https://www.lifewire.com/fix-forgot-ipads-password-1994344

This was a while ago; from memory, I needed to create an apple account and have details sent to it.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

5 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

My partner's mom passed a year ago, she had an [View all] demosincebirth Sep 2023 OP

Have you tried your partner's birthday? jls4561 Sep 2023 #1

She's tried that and also every name and number she could think of. demosincebirth Sep 2023 #2

It's worth a call to find out. jls4561 Sep 2023 #3

You will need your partners Apple ID to start TC 1 Sep 2023 #4

It certainly is possible canetoad Sep 2023 #5