How to recover iPhone and iPad data from a backup without the device’s passcode
Mar 16, 2021
3 minutes
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
pple strongly protects data stored on an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, and macOS (with FileVault enabled or a T2 Security Chip, or both). However, there’s an exception for mobile devices that can be useful in extremis, such as if you’ve forgotten your passcode (say, for an older device), you’re helping someone who has forgotten it (possibly due to dementia or an accident), or you need to recover data on a device
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