How Do You Force Reset An Ipad. Again the steps differ based on whether your iPad has a Home button or not. You typically do this when you have a black screen of death frozen unresponsive.
On your Mac locate the connected device. Press and release the Volume Up button. Then use a USB cable to connect iPad to PCMac while pressing the Top button and you should keep holding the Tip button until the Recovery mode screen comes up.
Hold down the home and onoff buttons at the same time.
Hold down the Top button and Volume Up button at the same time for seconds to power off your iPad. Then select Reset Device on the main interface. Click Restore and wait for the process to end. Step 2 On the next screen you should choose Factory Reset section and click the Factory Reset button.