How to recover a forgotten password "screen time" on the iPhone
Ios / / December 20, 2019
Introduced in iOS 12 feature helps keep track of how much time you and your children spend on the particular application, and allows you to set usage limits and other restrictions. But, unfortunately, she gives a lot of trouble if you accidentally forget your password.
Apple in this situation does not offer anything other than a complete reset and reconfigure the device. However, there is a better solution - a free utility PinFinder, with which you can learn a forgotten password, pulling it from a backup copy of the gadget. Here's how it's done.
For users macOS Mojave. To Pinfinder was able to open a backup copy, you must enable access to the drive for the terminal program. To do this, go to "Settings» → «Protection and Safety» → «Access to disk", click the lock icon and enter an administrator password. Then press the "+" and add the "Terminal" by choosing it in the folder "Programs".
1. Download Pinfinder with official site.
2. Connect your iPhone and select it under "Devices".
3. Make a backup copy of the same name by pressing the button.
4. If you are using iOS 12, Choose to create a copy of an encrypted password and specify.
5. Start PinFinder, by double-clicking, and if necessary, enter the password.
6. A few minutes later the utility finds forgotten PINs.
That's all. It remains to enter the password to unlock the device. This works for both "screen time" and password restrictions. Gadgets are supported by a firmware version iOS iOS 8 to 12.
About the security of its data can not worry: Pinfinder does not send them to an external server and is open source code that the developer tools published on GitHub. The utility is completely free and is available on macOS, Windows and Linux.
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