08.08.2010 ~ Getting at your iPhone backups
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:16:21
I recently upgraded to the delightfully snappy iPhone 4 (yes, the 'antenna-gate' problem exists, but I've yet to experience it during any real-world usage). My old iPhone was immediately snapped up by a sibling who shall remain nameless but I found the need to recover some memories.
So, my old phone is gone, but I know backup is part of the iTunes sync routine. I've also chosen not to encrypt those backups. Taking a quick look at where they sit on the filesystem (~Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup on my trusty Mac, c:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup if you're a PC user) I raise an eyebrow and quickly figure there's got to be an app for this. Google quickly leads me to supercrazyawesome.com - the perfect tool for the job!
Those steps...
- Grab the app and open it
- Click 'Read Backups'
- Pick the phone with the data you want to recover (iPhones and iPod touches that you've previously chosen to sync with your computer will appear)
- A list of apps on that phone will appear, I was after SMS and photos so I click 'iOS Files'
- Click the shiney 'Extract' button and choose where you'd like the files to go (I suspect 'Desktop' will be the typical destination!)
- Twiddle thumbs (this will be brief, but some will welcome a distraction!)
- You will find a sqllite database containing your SMS messages at Library/SMS/sms.db and your photos at Media/DCIM/100APPLE
- Go YAY!
Respect goes to Pádraig of supercrazyawesome.com!
Tags: 10, Damn useful, iPhone, phone, software.