My husband passed away a few years ago, all the passwords on my desktop mac were his, it keeps asking me to enter his iapple password, but I don't know it. How do I get it changed to my details.

My husband passed away a few years ago, my daughter changed the Apple I'd on our desktop to me, but the computer keeps asking for an icloud password which is still my husbands and I don't know how to get that changed as I don't know all of his security info

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 19, 2021 2:45 AM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2021 2:49 AM

Start by looking in Applications>Utilities>Keychain Access. In the list of save passwords you may find the iCloud one: the password itself will be hidden and you will need the User Account password to view it.


You cold also try https://iforgot.apple.com - this will send a reset password to the email address registered with Apple, so it's a question of whether you can access that account.


If all else fails, please see How to request access to a deceased family member's Apple accounts - Apple Support : I'm afraid it's a bit of a performance as you will have to get a Court Order.

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Sep 19, 2021 2:49 AM in response to Dibbies

Start by looking in Applications>Utilities>Keychain Access. In the list of save passwords you may find the iCloud one: the password itself will be hidden and you will need the User Account password to view it.


You cold also try https://iforgot.apple.com - this will send a reset password to the email address registered with Apple, so it's a question of whether you can access that account.


If all else fails, please see How to request access to a deceased family member's Apple accounts - Apple Support : I'm afraid it's a bit of a performance as you will have to get a Court Order.

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My husband passed away a few years ago, all the passwords on my desktop mac were his, it keeps asking me to enter his iapple password, but I don't know it. How do I get it changed to my details.

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