None of us likes to think about our own mortality, but as the old saying has it, nobody is going to make it out of here alive.
Things were simple enough in the old days. We wrote a will, took out a life insurance policy, maybe left a letter explaining where to find important documents, and that was about it. But in an age where many of our documents and assets are in digital form, it’s worth taking a little time to ensure that our loved ones don’t encounter major hassles when it comes to accessing them.
There was a case recently where a widow was unable to use the apps on her late husband’s iPad because she didn’t know the password for his Apple ID – and Apple wouldn’t give it to her even with his death certificate. There have been other cases of family members being locked out of a lifetime’s collection of music for the same reason.
Fortunately, there are a few simple steps we can take to ensure that technology is one less thing fo
