EASY IPAD DONATION GUIDE
YOU HAVE JUST UPGRADED TO THE LATEST AND GREATEST IPAD. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR OLDER, USED IPAD? IF YOU ARE UNSURE, CONSIDER DONATING TO A CHARITY. CHARITIES, SUCH AS COMPUTERS WITH CAUSES, WILL FIND YOUR USED IPAD DONATION A NEW HOME WITH INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE IN NEED. COMPUTERS WITH CAUSES IS ABLE TO ACCEPT ALL APPLE IPADS AS WELL AS ALL TYPES OF TABLET COMPUTER DONATIONS. WITH THE IPAD TAKING ON A LARGER ROLE IN THE CLASSROOM, SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS ALIKE CAN BENEFIT FROM YOUR GENEROUS DONATION. YOUR FORMERLY MUST-HAVE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY WILL BE PASSED ALONG TO A DESERVING NONPROFIT, CLASSROOM, OR INDIVIDUAL IN NEED.
TO START THE DONATION PROCESS WITH COMPUTERS WITH CAUSES , YOU MUST FILL OUT THE ONLINE FORM FOUND HERE. IF YOU DO DONATE YOUR IPAD TO CHARITY, MAKE SURE TO GET A RECEIPT. YOU AND YOUR TAX PREPARER CAN DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF YOUR DONATED IPAD FROM YOUR CURRENT TAX YEAR. MOST CHARITIES LIKE, COMPUTERS WITH CAUSES, HAVE RESOURCES AND IT PEOPLE TO CLEAR YOUR IPAD OF DATA AND SET IT UP LIKE NEW. HOWEVER, WHETHER YOU GIVE AWAY YOUR IPAD OR DONATE IT, YOU MAY WANT TO WIPE IT FIRST TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL OR SENSITIVE DATA THAT MAY BE STORED ON THERE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PREPARE YOUR IPAD FOR DONATION, FOLLOW THE EASY INSTRUCTIONS FOUND BELOW. BACKING UP AND CLEARING YOUR DEVICE BEFORE DONATION THE ICLOUD BACKUP FEATURE STORES YOUR INFORMATION ON AN ONLINE SERVER IN CASE IT IS LOST OR ERASED FROM YOUR DEVICE. IT WILL STORE YOUR INFORMATION TO BE USED WITH ANY APPLE PRODUCTS YOU MAY HAVE. TO DO THIS YOU MUST FIRST CONNECT YOUR IPAD TO WI-FI. BE SURE YOU PLUG IN YOUR IPAD TO A POWER SOURCE. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN, SELECT “SETTINGS” AND THEN SELECT “WI-FI.” IF YOUR IPAD IS CONNECTED YOU WILL SEE A BLUE CHECKMARK NEXT TO THE NETWORK’S NAME. IF YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO A NETWORK, RE-ENTER THE PASSWORD AND TRY TO CONNECT AGAIN. IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY CONNECTING TO A WI-FI NETWORK, YOU CAN TRY RESTARTING YOUR IPAD AND TRY AGAIN. TAP ON THE ICLOUD BANNER AND INITIATE A BACK UP OF YOUR DEVICE. IN THE SETTINGS MENU, SELECT THE ICLOUD AND THEN “THIS IPAD.” SELECT “ICLOUD BACKUP” AND CONTINUE WITH “BACK UP NOW.” YOU SHOULD WAIT FOR A MESSAGE THAT TELLS YOU THE BACK UP IS COMPLETED BEFORE CLOSING OUT. NOW ALL THAT IS LEFT IS TO RESET YOUR IPAD, THIS WILL ERASE ALL THE CONTENT AND SETTINGS. LAUNCH SETTINGS AGAIN AND SELECT “GENERAL.” SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND SELECT “RESET.” CHOOSE “ERASE ALL CONTENT AND SETTINGS” AND CONFIRM WHEN PROMPTED. YOUR IPAD WILL NOW RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL FACTORY SETTINGS ONCE THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE.