How to unlock an iPhone, iPad or Mac when its owner passed away
Losing someone is a traumatic experience, so you don't want to add to the potential frustration and stress of not being able to access important information or content trapped on their iPhone, iPad, or Mac. But how to unlock an iPhone when the owner has passed away? Here are a few things to try and details about Apple's new Digital Legacy initiative that should make the process a lot easier. What is Apple's Digital Legacy feature? At WWDC 2021, Apple announced that as part of its new iCloud+ service, which will replace the standard iCloud subscription in iOS 15, iPadOS15 and macOS Monterey, a new feature called Digital Legacy will become standard (although not directly will be available after Monterey launches - Apple says it will arrive "later this year"). Once it arrives, users can appoint specific users who can request any data stored in their iCloud account to be made available should they die. The process seems straight forward. You can add a leg...