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The new iPad mini is available today. Learn more >
The new iPad mini is available today. Learn more >
How do I set IPad back to beginning want to clear it so I can gift it to someone else
iPad mini, iOS 9
The following support article should help get it cleared:
The following support article should help get it cleared:
How old an iPad is this, exactly?
What year and model iPad do you have/own?
The “A” model number can be found on the aluminium back of your iPad, in small print, right under the larger bold print “iPad”.
What iOS/iPadOS version is this iPad, currently, running?
If this is a 9-10 year old iPad, then just forget about it and/or recycle it!
Apple ended support for all 8-10-year old iOS devices nearly 5 years, ago, in 2016.
Third party app developers abandoned and stopped supporting these 8-10-year old iOS devices nearly 3 years, ago, in 2018.
There are, virtually, NO MORE third party apps available from the iOS App Store, any longer!
Third party compatible apps for such old devices are few and far between, now, in 2021.
This includes apps for both iOS 9 AND iOS 10 devices!
AND, if a 9-10 year old iPad model, that nearly 5-year old default iOS Safari Web browser is too old, not secure and not safe to use to access the Internet, any longer.
There are virtually NO MORE third party Web browsers left for 8-10 year old iPads!
Simply put, 9-10-year iPad models are too old and obsolete now.
Sorry, but this is the reality for ALL 8-10-year old AND OLDER iOS devices now. Especially now in 2021!
Sorry & Best of Luck to You!
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