How many incorrect passcode entries it takes before the iPad locks is up for debate. This is a built-in security feature that cannot be disabled. And before you ask, no, this feature is not related to the Erase Data feature in Settings > Touch ID & Passcode that erases the data on your iOS device after 10 incorrect passcode entries. Until finally, the tablet seized up, displaying this message: “iPad is disabled connect to iTunes.”Īfter I ranted about this situation on Twitter and in our TidBITS Slack team, I discovered that most techies don’t even know that this is something that happens, because they don’t forget their passcodes!Īlas, I know this problem all too well because I have a tech-addled toddler who likes to use the iPad Lock screen as a drum, so he disables his iPad regularly. So when it prompted her for a passcode, she entered her Apple ID password. And when we had set up the iPad, she had insisted on an alphanumeric passcode. But I failed to explain that Touch ID would require her to enter her passcode every few days. The iPad was her first iOS device, and she was thrilled, especially with Touch ID. The Asus 1000HE, dating from the first days of the Obama administration, was literally wheezing and I didn’t even want to imagine what security vulnerabilities its copy of the long-abandoned Windows XP had. She had a Mac in the past, but after it died, she started using an old netbook running Windows XP that I had left lying around her house.
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