Access to a deceased person's icloud backup?

I had access to all of my mother's passwords. After she passed away, I backed up the contents of her ipad and then re-set it. I don't have the ipad anymore. I thought she and I had all the same photos in our shared albums, but now I suspect there were photos in her library that I do not have. Can I see them without going through a whole backup/re-set/restore/repeat on my own device?

Posted on Dec 31, 2021 8:49 PM

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muguy

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Dec 31, 2021 8:54 PM in response to kacky

You'll need to restore a device using the backup.

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