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What is digital estate planning?

Digital estate planning is not only about passwords. It is the wider plan for accounts, documents, recovery details, and trusted access later.

Digital legacy planning guide

If you want one place to start, use this guide to move from loose concern to an actual digital legacy plan.

Digital assets checklist

If you are building a digital estate plan, this checklist helps you identify the passwords, devices, records, and instructions your family or executor may need later.

What is a digital executor?

A digital executor is not just 'the tech person in the family.' The role needs authority, context, and a clear handoff plan.

Apple Legacy Contact requirements

Apple Legacy Contact is useful, but it only works smoothly when the setup and access requirements are handled in advance.

Apple Legacy Contact waiting period explained

Legacy Contact helps, but there is still a request and review process. It should not be your family's only urgent-access plan.

Can Apple Legacy Contact access photos?

Apple says photos may be included in Legacy Contact access, but families should not confuse that with full device or password access.

Can Apple Legacy Contact access notes?

Notes may be available through Apple's Legacy Contact process, but notes alone rarely equal a full digital legacy plan.

What happens to your iPhone data when you die?

Your iPhone data does not simply become available to family automatically. Apple has a process, and it still leaves planning gaps.