Retaining Data

My wife died and I want to get everything off her phone and iPad and save it on my phone and my iPad. I don’t want to lose her messages, photos, sound recordings, and so on. I don’t want two sets of devices on two different Apple IDs. Is this possible? Or is there a way to copy her phone and iPad to my PC so I don’t lose it?

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Dec 20, 2021 8:12 AM

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Limnos

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Dec 20, 2021 8:15 AM in response to Joycie3

For information as to 'How to request access to a deceased family member's Apple accounts'', and through this their equipment, click here --> https://support.apple.com/HT208510

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