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iBackup Viewer Changelog

What's new in iBackup Viewer 4.2740

Sep 11, 2023
  • Fixes problem with loading messages from backups for iOS 16.6.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2730 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • Adds option to export edited photos with Markup.
  • Fixes problem of displaying photos.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2720 (Feb 21, 2023)

  • Fixes problem of loading backups of latest iOS.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2710 (Jan 13, 2023)

  • Fixes problem of saving message attachments.
  • Improves performance of loading photos.
  • Adds new feature to select chats and messages for output to text, csv, pdf files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2700 (Dec 7, 2022)

  • Fixes problem with iOS 16 backups.
  • Fixes locale problems for calendars.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2690 (Sep 18, 2022)

  • Works with iOS 16 backups.
  • Fixes problem of loading photo attachments of iMessages from iOS 16 backups.
  • Fixes problem of loading Recordings of iOS 16 backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2680 (Sep 7, 2022)

  • Fixes bugs of loading photos from backups of legacy iOS from 4.x to 7.x.
  • Fixes problem of displaying thumbnails for videos.
  • Fixes potential crashes when reload backups frequently.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2670 (Sep 2, 2022)

  • Adds option in preferences to display number of photos.
  • Bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2660 (Aug 29, 2022)

  • Saves voicemails to files using senders as filenames.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2650 (Aug 24, 2022)

  • Fixes problem of loading latest version of iOS backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2640 (Jul 14, 2022)

  • Fixes problem of missing HEIC image attachment in output pdf for iMessages.
  • Bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2630 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • Bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2620 (Jul 8, 2022)

  • Fixes crashes while exporting contacts to vCard files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2610 (Jul 3, 2022)

  • Fixes hanging problem when saving iMessage attachments on some legacy macOS.
  • Bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2600 (Jun 24, 2022)

  • Adds new feature to export WeChat messages to PDF files.
  • Supports outputting links to PDF files.
  • Improves performance of saving files.
  • Improves saving progress UI, now shows progress for individual files.
  • Ignores trashed photos in normal albums (folders), only shows in "Trashed" folder.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2580 (Apr 13, 2022)

  • Makes compatible to iOS 15.4.1 backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2570 (Mar 22, 2022)

  • Makes compatible with iOS 15.4 backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2560 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Adds new feature to detect WhatsApp Business version in iPhone backups.
  • Improves performance on exporting photo albums with huge number of photos, and optimizes memory usage.
  • Fixes problem of filter photos by dates.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2550 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • Fixes fatal bug of loading attachments of iMessages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2540 (Feb 2, 2022)

  • Fixes problem on legacy macOS systems (macOS 10.10 ~ 10.11 ).
  • Updates legal copyrights of the app.
  • Fixes problem of loading iOT devices information for MiHome.app.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2530 (Jan 31, 2022)

  • Works on macOS Monterey 12.2 systems
  • Works with iOS 15.3 backups.
  • Fixes problem of loading third party apps data.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2520 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Fixes problem on M1 mac computers.
  • Fixes problem of loading iOS15.2.1 backups
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2510 (Dec 27, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of matching iMessage senders of iOS 15 backups.
  • Fixes problem of displaying sender images.
  • Fixes contacts problem of WhatsApp messages, Line messages and WeChat messages.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2500 (Dec 27, 2021)

  • Adds new feature to extract purchased ringtones of iPhone backups if available.
  • Fixes problem of loading new version of WhatsApp messages of iOS backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2400 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • Adds options for filtering iMessage attachments, filter by dates and send/receive.
  • Adds options to customize output filenames of attachments based on date, source and filename.
  • Fixes problem of loading photo albums which were not completely synced from iCloud.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2360 (Nov 17, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of loading legacy iOS backups on macOS Monterey
  • Fixes problem of creating backups for iPhone devices with legacy version of iOS installed.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2350 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Fixes problems of running on macOS Monterey.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2340 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • Makes compatible to iOS 15 backups.
  • Fixes problem of loading notes from iOS 15 backups.
  • Fixes bug that loads less photos than the number appears for certain album.
  • Adds right click context menu for photos.
  • Improves context menu for raw files.
  • Adds new menu item in context menu to reveal backup file in Finder.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2330 (Oct 12, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of missing titles for photo attachments in WhatsApp messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2320 (Sep 30, 2021)

  • Makes working with iOS 15 backups.
  • Fixes problem of generating PDF for iMessages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2310 (Sep 14, 2021)

  • Adds feature to detect file format for previewing automatically.
  • Various bug fixes

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2300 (Sep 5, 2021)

  • Adds new feature to preview files as text, image, binary hex, property list and SQLite without saving.
  • Adds supports to output SQLite data to CSV file in preview mode.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2220 (Aug 29, 2021)

  • Fixes infinite loading problem while saving iMessage attachments.
  • Fixes problem of loading specific incomplete backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2210 (Aug 26, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of loading videos from legacy iOS backups (earlier than iOS 7 ).
  • Fixes text encoding problem.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2200 (Aug 10, 2021)

  • Improves performance on handling Mac Messages.
  • Fixes problem of loading photo albums from iPhone backups.
  • Fixes bugs of failing to save Live Photos when choose to export current selected folder.
  • Adds new features to load new types of photos from backup, including Live Photo, Portrait, Panoramas, Time-lapse, Slo-mo, Screenshots etc.
  • Improves UI design to show date range of currently displayed photos and videos.
  • Supports loading Photo Moments from backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2120 (Aug 6, 2021)

  • Fixes bug of saving Mac Messages as text file.
  • Fixes bug of saving Mac Messages as csv file.
  • Fixes problem of exporting Mac Messages to PDF with long filenames.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2110 (Aug 5, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of creating backup for iPhone with latest iOS version.
  • Bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2100 (Jul 18, 2021)

  • Adds new feature to create backup for iPhone.
  • Fixes bugs of opening single backup.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.2000 (Jul 7, 2021)

  • Builds for running natively on Apple Silicon (M1) Mac computers.
  • Fixes problem of loading note attachments from iOS 14 backups.
  • Improves performance on generating PDF files for notes.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1920 (Jun 25, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of missing messages while outputting Mac messages to PDF file.
  • Fixes problem of loading senders of group conversation for WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes problem of rendering senders of group chatting messages in PDF file.
  • Fixes showing dates problem for messages in output PDF file.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1910 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • IBackup Viewer for Mac 4.1910 includes:
  • Improves fetching password from Keychain Access for encrypted backups.
  • Fixes problem of generating incomplete PDF file when option for output senders enabled.
  • Adds several options to control the layout of result PDF file.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1900 (May 21, 2021)

  • Adds new feature to support reading macOS Messages (Messages.app), and output PDF files and HTML files.
  • Adds option for quality of pdf images to get better quality or smaller size.
  • Adds feature to load True Type Collection fonts for generating PDF files.
  • Improves performance on generating PDF files for massive message threads, much faster compare to previous versions.
  • Fixes problem on filtering messages by time range.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1840 (Apr 30, 2021)

  • Adds new feature to change colors for generating PDF files of messages.
  • Adds new feature to customize colors for displaying iMessages and WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes problem of loading 3rd party Apps.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1830 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Supports latest iOS 14.4.2.
  • Adds new feature to retrieve password for encrypted backups from system keychain system.
  • Supports switching backups by keyboard.
  • Adds new support for other Apps.
  • Fixes problem of displaying Apps.
  • Various changes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1821 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • Fixes minor problem on loading incomplete backups.
  • Fixes problem on loading photos.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1811 (Mar 15, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of generating PDF files on earlier macOS like EL Captain (OS X 10.11) etc.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1810 (Mar 9, 2021)

  • Adds new options to add passwords to generated PDF files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1800 (Mar 2, 2021)

  • Adds option to repair fixed backups.
  • Adds new feature to analyze and recover photos from incomplete or corrupted backups.
  • Adds new option to put live photo to separate directories.
  • Supports saving live photos in photos section.
  • Fixes problem of missing files with same file names in tree view mode.
  • Improves performance on generating HTML files for messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1760 (Feb 12, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of loading notes.
  • Fixes misspells in user interface.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1750 (Jan 7, 2021)

  • Fixes problem of fixing and loading corrupted backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1740 (Dec 21, 2020)

  • Adds option to display messages by order of date time in output HTML files.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1730 (Dec 11, 2020)

  • Fixes problem of opening corrupted iOS 14 backup.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1720 (Nov 25, 2020)

  • Fixes problem of cancelling exporting files process.
  • Improves speed of exporting photos.
  • Adds new option for date time format of saved PDF, text, csv files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1710 (Oct 14, 2020)

  • Adds new feature to search all message threads.
  • Fixes problem of searching raw files.
  • Fixes problem of loading photos from backups for earlier legacy iOS versions.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1702 (Oct 4, 2020)

  • Fixes problem of loading WeChat messages.
  • Fixes performance of generating PDF files for messages with images.
  • Adds new options in preferences to include images (especially HEIC and WebP formats).
  • Fixes bug of loading opened backup.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1701 (Oct 1, 2020)

  • Fixes fatal bugs.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1700 (Sep 29, 2020)

  • Adds new feature to handle HEIC photos.
  • Adds support of HEIC images for messages.
  • Adds support of handling HEIC images for generating PDF of messages.
  • Adds support of live photos (moving mouse over the live photo, it will play).
  • Fixes problems configuring PDF page sizes.
  • Fixes bug of margins for PDF pages.
  • Fixes problem of notes with images.
  • Fixes memory leaks.
  • Fixes problem of loading wallpaper of the backups.
  • Improves UI features of photos, now support selecting photos with keyboards, and previewing photos and videos.
  • Fixes problem of loading backups in places other than default location.
  • Various fixes and improvements.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1600 (Aug 13, 2020)

  • Fixes freezing problem while loading iOS 14 backups.
  • Fixes problem of photos of iOS 14 backups.
  • Fixes bug of loading messages of iOS 14 backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1591 (Jul 6, 2020)

  • Fixes problem while manually opening backups from other locations when default backup location doesn't exist.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1590 (Jul 3, 2020)

  • Improves searching on raw files. Now can filter file names by wildcards, and filter by file key when the keyword starts with "k:"
  • Adds feature to diagnose network connectivity.
  • Removes network testing each time the App starts up.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1584 (May 20, 2020)

  • Fixes problem on saving message attachments.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1583 (Feb 20, 2020)

  • Bug fixes on loading iOS 13.3 backups.
  • Fixes signing problems on macOS Catalina.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1582 (Nov 28, 2019)

  • Backup Viewer for Mac 4.1582 includes:
  • Fixes problem of missing photos restored from iCloud.
  • Fixes bug of loading photos.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1581 (Nov 15, 2019)

  • iBackup Viewer for Mac 4.1581 includes:
  • Fixes bug of showing wrong dates of Voicemails.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1580 (Nov 4, 2019)

  • Adds features to show EXIF information of photos.
  • Fixes problem of loading notes on some old macOS systems.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1570 (Oct 1, 2019)

  • iBackup Viewer for Mac 4.1570 includes:
  • Adds features to save attachments of notes.
  • Improves speed of saving files. Which is times faster than before.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1560 (Sep 26, 2019)

  • Fixes problem of loading backup miss Info.plist file.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1550 (Sep 22, 2019)

  • Improvements on iOS 13.1 compatibility.
  • Fixes problem of loading notes for iOS 13 backups.
  • Fixes infinite loading problem on call history.
  • Fixes bug of missing image attachments for notes.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1540 (Aug 14, 2019)

  • Quick fixes problem of saving single file on new macOS Catalina Beta.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1530 (Aug 7, 2019)

  • Adds new feature to search contacts with organization or company name.
  • Improves accuracy on matching phone numbers and contacts for call history and messages.
  • Fixes problem of missing description for image attachments, for both displaying and generating PDF file.
  • Fixes crashes problem while exporting call history to txt and csv files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1520 (Jul 20, 2019)

  • Improves performance and speed of loading backups with large size.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1510 (Jul 19, 2019)

  • Fixes problem of missing sms messages if there are both iMessage and SMS messages for some person.
  • Fixes bugs that keeps loading attached images if there are missing.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1500 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Improves performance on converting HEIC images to JPEG or PNG files.
  • Fixes problems on loading iMessages for earlier version of iOS backups.
  • Adds flags for chat conversations that have attachments.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1404 (Jun 28, 2019)

  • Fixes problem of loading call history.
  • Fixes problem of loading backups which are not made by iTunes.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1403 (Jun 18, 2019)

  • Fixes problem of generating LINE messages PDF files.
  • Fixes problems on searching LINE chat conversations.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1402 (May 24, 2019)

  • Fixes problem of loading backups with iOS version 10.0.x

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1401 (May 10, 2019)

  • Fixes crashes problem on earlier macOS

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1400 (May 10, 2019)

  • Fixes problem of loading voice memos for newly created backups.
  • Fixes problem of matching phone numbers for Call History.
  • Fixes problem of missing blank lines in saved PDF files for messages.
  • Adds new utility tool - HEIC Image Converter to convert Apple HEIC image formats to JPEG and PNG.
  • Adds support of loading Line messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1300 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • Adds useful tool to view property list files.
  • Fixes problem on loading backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1260 (Apr 11, 2019)

  • Fixes freezing problem during saving WhatsApp messages to PDF file when contains special characters.
  • Fixes problem of missing file extension when save single message conversation as PDF file.
  • Adds support to create PDF files according to chat names instead of phone numbers for both iMessage and WhatsApp messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1250 (Apr 4, 2019)

  • Improves the emoji quality in output PDF files.
  • Improves performance on loading iMessages, filters marked spam messages.
  • Fixes problem of missing WhatsApp conversations.
  • Adds support of rendering stickers in WhatsApp messages.
  • Adds support of showing shared files in WhatsApp messages.
  • Adds background for WhatsApp message if there is.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1240 (Mar 31, 2019)

  • Fixes problem with iOS 12.2 backups.
  • Improves domain structure in "Raw Files" section. Filters domains with no file.
  • Adjusts display UI in "Apps" section.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1230 (Mar 19, 2019)

  • Fixes bug on handling wrapper texts for right to left languages like Arabic and Hebrew.
  • Fixes problems of output PDF options.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1220 (Mar 15, 2019)

  • Fixes problem of handling right to left languages (Arabic and Hebrew e.g.) in export PDF for iMessages and WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes bug of handling multiple paragraphs messages in export PDF files for messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1210 (Mar 7, 2019)

  • Fixes loading problem on macOS 10.11
  • Fixes problem of loading incomplete backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1200 (Mar 4, 2019)

  • Adds new feature to load incomplete backups. Especially useful for backups miss manifest and info files.
  • Fixes problem of reopening closed backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1100 (Feb 11, 2019)

  • Adds feature to support loading backups from multiple locations, which can be specified in preferences.
  • Fixes problem for loading backups on macOS Mojave 10.14.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1040 (Feb 4, 2019)

  • Fixes dead locking problem on saving all attachments of iMessage, WhatsApp and WeChat messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1030 (Jan 26, 2019)

  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.1020 (Jan 15, 2019)

  • Fixes bug of mis-matching contacts with phone numbers leading with country code.
  • Fixes problem on updating new version.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0820 (Nov 2, 2018)

  • Fixes problems occur during saving raw files because of missing files for incomplete backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0810 (Oct 31, 2018)

  • Fixes problem of missing attached images of notes for iOS 12 backups.
  • Important bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0800 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Fixes bug of missing location information within messages. Adds more options in preferences for choosing map engines for displaying locations.
  • Fixes problem of handing special characters in generated HTML files for iMessages and WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes bug of matching contact names for WhatsApp senders.
  • Adds support of shared location in output HTML files of messages.
  • Improves performance on UI displaying, it's now times faster and less memory used than previous versions.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0700 (Oct 19, 2018)

  • Adds new features that support searching keywords on notes.
  • Fixes message threads sorting problem of output HTML files for WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes line wrapping problem of output HTML file for WhatsApp messages.
  • Implements filtering blank system messages of WhatsApp.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0660 (Sep 26, 2018)

  • Quick fixes for new macOS Mojave.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0650 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Fixes crashes problem while loading backups at startup.
  • Fixes problem of closing manually opened backups locate in different location other than default iTunes backup folder.
  • Fixes problem on exporting voice recordings.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0640 (Jul 23, 2018)

  • Improves speed on transferring files, especially videos with big sizes.
  • Fixes problems of missing thumbnail images for photos.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0630 (Jul 16, 2018)

  • Fixes bugs of loading incomplete backups without status information file.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0620 (Jun 29, 2018)

  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0610 (Jun 19, 2018)

  • Fixes crashes problem while playing voicemail by double clicking.
  • Fixes problem of listing raw files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0600 (Jun 7, 2018)

  • Fixes problem of loading incomplete backups that miss meta information files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0590 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • Fixes problem of filtering WhatsApp messages by range of dates.
  • Fixes problems of exporting filtered messages with keywords or date range to text, pdf and html files (for iMessage, WhatsApp, WeChat).
  • Fixes bug of loading certain WeChat messages (Voice calls e.g.).
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0581 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • Fixes bug on filtering messages by date range for iOS 11.3.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0580 (Apr 15, 2018)

  • Fixes fatal problem on loading WhatsApp attachments, like images and videos etc. which occurs on latest WhatsApp app and iOS 11.3.
  • Improves speed of loading raw files, now it's 5 times faster than previous version.
  • Fixes problem of showing status of raw files when switch to tree view mode.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0570 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Fixes fatal crashes during saving message attachments.
  • Bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0551 (Mar 27, 2018)

  • Fixes bug of showing blank window on some systems due to networking problems.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0550 (Mar 23, 2018)

  • Fixes bug of missing instant messenger and notes information of contacts.
  • Fixes problem of showing multiple lines notes for contacts.
  • Fixes bug of showing wrong birthday date of contacts.
  • Fixes problem of loading WhatsApp messages on OS X 10.10.x
  • Improves user interface layout.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0540 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • Fixes displaying order problem of generated HTML file for messages (iMessage and WhatsApp).

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0530 (Feb 17, 2018)

  • Fixes freezing problem while saving WeChat messages that contain long URL links.
  • Fixes time order problem of saved WeChat messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0520 (Feb 13, 2018)

  • Fixes freezing problem while saving large number of messages for WeChat.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0510 (Jan 24, 2018)

  • Fixes problem of loading backups locate in mounted shared folders, like SMB or NFS shares etc.
  • Fixes crashes during loading some backups with corrupted meta information files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0500 (Jan 17, 2018)

  • Adds support to handling VOIP voice call in calling history.
  • Improves formatted text of saving calling history.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.0401 (Dec 21, 2017)

  • Fixes bug of displaying messages on Yosemite.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.04.00 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Adds new feature that supports exporting iMessages to HTML files.
  • Adds supports to save WhatsApp messages to HTML files.
  • Fixes problem of selecting WhatsApp chat thread.
  • Fixes bug of displaying wrong count numbers for photo folders.
  • Improves compatibility on matching phone numbers and contacts.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.03.01 (Sep 29, 2017)

  • Fixes bug of loading photos.
  • Fixes problem of displaying long backup name.
  • Adds filename of photos.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.03.00 (Sep 20, 2017)

  • Quick fixes for iOS 11 notes.
  • Fixes problem of message date for iOS 11.
  • Fixes problem of loading favorite photos.
  • Fixes sorting problems of photos.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.02.01 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • Fixes crashes while loading incomplete backups.
  • Fixes fatal crashes while loading older backups of earlier iOS version.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.02.00 (Aug 25, 2017)

  • Adds new feature to filter photos between range of dates.
  • Adds new option to sort photos by date.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.01.04 (Aug 18, 2017)

  • Quick fixes of missing word in generated messages PDF file.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.01.02 (Aug 16, 2017)

  • Fixes problem of exporting iMessage and WhatsApp messages to PDF file.
  • Fixes various bugs.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.01.00 (Aug 10, 2017)

  • Fixes wrong date time problem of WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes message attachment orientation problem for iMessage, WhatsApp, and WeChat.
  • Fixes bug of duplicate messages while saving WhatsApp to PDF file.
  • Fixes problem of becoming freezing while saving messages to PDF file.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 4.00 (Aug 3, 2017)

  • Brand new UI design makes it easy to use.
  • Adds new feature to export call history as pdf files.
  • Changes the TOS of free version to view encrypted backups, but adds limitation on exporting data.
  • Improves performance on loading messages.
  • Improves ability on handling large data of messages.
  • Fixes problems of cutting of messages while exporting pdf files.
  • Improves format of generated text file of messages.
  • Handles password protected notes.
  • Fixes problem of exported note text file contains HTML tags. Now it's all in formatted plain text.
  • Saves Voicemail as WAV audio format.
  • Supports folders and categories for Photos.
  • Improves speed of loading photos.
  • Adds new feature to handle WeChat(微信) messages.(experimentally)
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.969 (May 27, 2017)

  • Fixes crashes while search on WhatsApp messages.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.968 (Mar 25, 2017)

  • Fixes crashes while loading App data.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.967 (Mar 10, 2017)

  • Fixes bugs of loading iOS 10 media library tracks.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.965 (Feb 17, 2017)

  • Fixes freezing problem during loading messages that contains irregular URLs
  • Fixes crashes while exporting message text to HTML files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.96 (Jan 12, 2017)

  • Fixes problems of missing images when export WhatsApp messages to HTML files.
  • Fixes bug of loosing message contents after failure of exporting WhatsApp messages to HTML file.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.95 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Fixes loading encrypted iOS 10.2 backups created with iTunes 12.5.4 or later.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.94 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Fixes crashes problem while decrypting some iOS 10 backups.
  • Fixes problem of closing opened backups.
  • Fixes problem on auto updating.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.93 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • Fixes crash problems on decrypting iOS 10.1 backups.
  • Supports iOS 10.1 encrypted backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.92 (Sep 29, 2016)

  • Fixes bugs on new macOS Sierra 10.12.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.91 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Fixes issues on saving raw data for iOS 10.01 backups.
  • Supports iOS 10 encrypted backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.90 (Jul 10, 2016)

  • Supports backups of iOS 10 beta devices.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.81 (Jun 14, 2016)

  • Fixes bug of managing iOS app shared documents.
  • Fixes error message in console when the app startup.
  • Fixes problem loading music tracks for iOS 9 devices.
  • Fixes crashes when app is running.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.80 (May 24, 2016)

  • Makes compatible with iOS 9.3 backups.
  • Fixes problem of loading new notes backup.
  • Groups notes with accounts.
  • Fixes crash problem while saving notes.
  • Fixes problem of showing notes.
  • Groups call history with call numbers.
  • Adds features to export calendar events to iCalendar file (*.ics).
  • Fixes problem on loading messages.
  • Improves searching raw files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.71 (Apr 27, 2016)

  • Makes compatible to latest iOS version 9.3
  • Fixes problems on loading new version WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes bug of missing title of attachments for WhatsApp messages.
  • Ignores empty calendars.
  • Fixes problems on exporting messages to HTML file.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.70 (Jan 2, 2016)

  • Quick fixes for newer backups created with latest iTunes.
  • Fixes the problem of loading blank message.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.68 (Dec 17, 2015)

  • Fixes problem of syncing internet bookmarks to Safari.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.66 (Sep 5, 2015)

  • Quick fixes for crashes while downloading iCloud backups in special circumstance due to networking problem.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.65 (Aug 27, 2015)

  • Improves speed of loading iMessage and SMS messages. Loading messages only if it's necessary.
  • Fixes bug of downloading iCloud backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.63 (Aug 14, 2015)

  • Adds new feature of loading Voicemails.
  • Fixes bug of becoming freezing while downloading some iCloud backups.
  • Fixes fatal logical error of downloading iCloud backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.62 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • Fixes bug of loading large message data, the app will become frozen when this problem happens.
  • Fixes problem of downloading iCloud backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.61 (Jul 3, 2015)

  • Fixes problems of missing files while downloading from iCloud.
  • Fixes bug of getting files more than checked for advanced iCloud downloading.
  • Fixes bug that becomes frozen sometimes while loading messages with attachments.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.60 (Jun 24, 2015)

  • Adds new feature to support downloading iCloud backups.
  • Fixes crashes while switching between different backups.
  • Fixes problems of exporting searching result calls history.
  • Adds support to remember manually opened backups from locations other than default.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.55 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • Allow to save recordings to files with name of voice titles.
  • Fixes various problems.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.54 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Fixes bugs of failure to loading earlier version WhatsApp messages.
  • Fixes problem on showing participants for group conversations.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.53 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Fixes problem of being frozen when loading messages in progress, the problem only occurs on OS X 10.8.5 and earlier versions.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.52 (Apr 4, 2015)

  • Fixes problem that becomes frozen when loading messages, if the app was not granted permission to access system contacts.
  • Fixes bug of missing message subject.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.51 (Mar 27, 2015)

  • Fixes html problem with Internet Explorer.
  • Fixes location map issues when viewing generated html messages.
  • Fixes crashes on generating html files for WhatsApp messages.
  • Various fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.50 (Mar 21, 2015)

  • Includes major updates:
  • built for 64-bit system only, OS X systems earlier than Lion 10.7 are not supported.
  • being compatible to retina display.
  • improves performance of UI display.
  • fixes crashes while exporting contacts to vCards, which were caused by empty instant message information.
  • adjust message displaying layouts.
  • adds new feature to show brief information of message conversations.
  • sorts chat conversations by date .
  • supports to show messages from date to date.
  • adds ability to show messages in smaller and bigger font sizes.
  • improves speed of displaying messages.
  • adds support to location information contained in messages.
  • adds support to vCard in messages.
  • implements popovers to preview message attachments by clicking any message.
  • add supports of preview video and audio attachments in popovers.
  • adds support of WhatsApp messages.
  • fixes bugs that failed to save messages to txt file.
  • generates better looking html files of messages, add searching feature on both thread and messages.
  • adds support of search raw files, which makes it more easier to find a specific file by name.
  • many more bug fixes and improvements.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.44 (Mar 3, 2015)

  • Fixes problem of missing mobile safari history for new iDevices.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.43 (Feb 6, 2015)

  • Fixes bug on calculating size of photo and videos.
  • Fixes crashes problem while exporting large messages to HTML files.
  • Fixes crashes caused by out of memory when exporting messages to text files.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.41 (Jan 9, 2015)

  • Fixes crashes when contacts have instant message information.
  • Fixes problem of sync contacts with instant message information to iPhone.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.40 (Dec 31, 2014)

  • Fixes crash problem while saving contacts.
  • Fixes crashes while loading backups.
  • Adds new feature to sync contacts to iPhone.
  • Adds new feature to save contacts on iPhone to vCards and Mac Contacts.
  • Adds new feature to sync bookmarks on iPhone to desktop Safari.
  • Adds new feature to save notes on iPhone to computer.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.30 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Supports syncing notes to iOS devices. (Pro version only)
  • Fixes problem of loading music library for devices with iOS 8.
  • Fixes bug of missing poster image of tracks for iOS 8.
  • Fixes layout problems while showing file system of iOS devices.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.23 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Fixes crashes while loading huge backups.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.22 (Nov 28, 2014)

  • Fixes bug of missing attachments while exporting messages as html files when there are multiple attachments with same file names.
  • Adds feature to search chat conversation in generated html files of messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.21 (Nov 25, 2014)

  • Fixes bugs of missing attachments for iOS 8 backups.
  • Fixes crashes on Mac OS X Lion systems while saving messages to HTML files.
  • Improves result HTML files of messages.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.20 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • Fixes bug of mismatching phone numbers to contacts.
  • Adds feature to search messages by keywords.
  • Shows most recent message threads at top.
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.16 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • Fixes bug of transferring app files back to iOS device.
  • Adds feature of loading photos in Photo Stream.
  • Adds filter menu to show Camera Roll or Photo Stream, or both.
  • Improves performance on loading photo & video thumbnails.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.15 (Nov 6, 2014)

  • Adds new features to modify text size for printing and saving messages to pdf file.
  • Fixes crash problem on Yosemite while loading photos.
  • Fixes time zone problem.
  • Various bug fixes.
  • All users should update to this version.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.14 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • Quick fixes on photos problem. The bug was potential dangerous of moving raw photo data file to destination folder by dragging, we've now disabled the dragging operation to avoid losing any data.
  • Fixes of missing attachments of messages.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.13 (Oct 21, 2014)

  • Fixes crash problem while loading messages contains attachments on old systems.
  • Fixes bug of missing contact name for call history and messages.
  • Adds support of searching specified number for call history.
  • Adds more readable icons for call history, adds icons to indicate normal phone call and facetime, uses red colour to indicate missed calls. Uses dark gray colour and italic font to indicate canceled outgoing call.
  • Improves saving call history to formatted text file.
  • Fixes bug of using custom delimiter for CSV file.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.12 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Fixes missing call history of iOS 8 backups.
  • Adds supports of message attachments other than photos and videos (including location vcard, and amr voices).
  • Fixes problem of loading app files from iOS 8 backups.
  • Various fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.11.1 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • Adds option to skip generating thumbnails for photos and videos, which can avoid crashing on some systems.
  • Fixes crashes bug while restoring app files to iPhone.
  • Fixes bug of changing backup location in preferences.
  • Fixes problem loading backups from location other than default path.
  • Various improvements.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.10 (Sep 24, 2014)

  • Includes various fixes, including:
  • Fixes crashes while loading photos.
  • Fixes crash problem while saving messages as formatted text file.
  • Improve the format of text for messages.
  • Add new feature of exporting messages to html files, including photo and video attachments. (Limitation for free version, full features for available for Pro version)
  • Various bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.01 (Aug 30, 2014)

  • Fixes problem of becoming frozen on 10.9.4 while loading photos.
  • Fixes crash problems while loading iOS apps.
  • Fixes displaying error of current selected backup in status bar.
  • Various changes and improvements.

New in iBackup Viewer 3.00 (Jul 16, 2014)

  • New UI design
  • Make it easy to switch backups.
  • Improve performance on loading backup contents.
  • Improve performance on displaying message threads.
  • Enable saving all voice recordings in batch.
  • More easier to save notes as RTF, RTFD files.
  • Improve speed of generating photo and video thumbnails, especially for encrypted backups.
  • Add new features to manage iOS device file system (only for Pro version).
  • Transfer files from iPhone to computer (only for Pro version).
  • Transfer files from iOS device to another by copy & paste (only for Pro version).
  • Copy iPod library music and video to computer.
  • Preview media files on the fly.
  • Many more improvements.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.70 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • Add new feature to transfer App data to iOS devices, the corresponding App must be installed on the iOS device otherwise it will fail to copy. (Pro version only).
  • Add support of quick preview photos and videos in photos section. Double click a photo or video to open the preview window.
  • Fixes problem of loading backups when the app startup.
  • Fixes problem of displaying messages, as well as printing out and saving pdf files while changing display options in Preferences and printing settings.
  • Fixes bug of loading messages. The problem was, regarding iMessage and SMS messages from one person as separate conversations by mistake. Which has been fixed with this update.
  • Fixes problem of displaying photo and movie thumbnails on OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
  • Improve performance to view large data as HEX in iOS app section.
  • Various bug fixes on performance improvement.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.61 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Fixes critical problem on unlocking encrypted backups. The problem occurs for short password composed with numbers while trying to extract information from encrypted backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.60 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • Fixes problem of loading messages on Mavericks.
  • Add feature of extracting Calendars from backups.
  • Add feature of exporting Calendars to desktop computers.
  • Add support of iOS 7 styled message displaying.
  • Add filter to message senders according to names, phone numbers and email addresses.
  • Improvements on UI.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.50 (Jan 9, 2014)

  • Add options load attachments of messages, the options are disabled by default which can avoid crashes on loading messages on Mavericks.
  • Fixes crashes on Mavericks caused by loading attachments.
  • Add support of printing call history, both to printer and PDF files.
  • Add feature of printing messages with flexible style configuration.
  • Improve performance of generating PDF file from message chats.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.42 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Fixes crashes on Mavericks while loading sms messages.
  • Fixes problem of definitely ask for password of encrypted backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.41 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Fixes bug of saving raw data, the problem appeared to save data always when user choose to cancel selecting location.
  • Fixes problem of dead lock on loading iOS Apps after switching to other backups.
  • Add option to skip generating poster image of videos while loading sms & imessage messages, and photo & videos.
  • Fixes problem of exported pdf for messages in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.40 (Nov 18, 2013)

  • Fixes freezing problem while loading Safari visited histories on Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.
  • Fixes displaying problem for long SMS and iMessage messages.
  • Fixes problem of saving raw data extracted from iPhone backups.
  • Fixes problem of displaying thumbnails for videos extracted from iPhone backups.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.33 (Nov 14, 2013)

  • Fixes problems of displaying icon for contacts.
  • Fixes crashes while loading backed up messages on Mavericks OS X 10.9.
  • Fixes crashes while loading video attachments of messages on Mavericks.
  • Add new feature to generate thumbnail image for videos in Photos browser.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.32 (Nov 5, 2013)

  • Fixes problem of crashes while exporting MOV files.
  • Fixes crashes problem while exporting raw data files.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.31 (Oct 29, 2013)

  • Fixes crashes while matching phone numbers and contact names.
  • Fixes problem of loading backups created by earlier iTunes and iOS.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.30 (Oct 21, 2013)

  • Fixes problem of mis-matching phone numbers and contact names.
  • Export call history to CSV file.
  • Fixes problem of missing sms message attachments.
  • Fixes problem of exporting sms, iMessages, mms messages to PDF document.
  • New feature of loading Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages including images, videos.
  • Supports previewing mms messages including attached images and videos.
  • Saves mms messages to rich text format file (rtfd) including attached images.
  • New feature of reading raw data from iPhone backups, and exporting records in raw formats.
  • Fixes problem of exporting Camera Roll photos and videos.
  • Improves performance of extracting data from encrypted backups, less memory used during the extraction.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.21 (Oct 2, 2013)

  • Fixes problems with encrypted iphone backups.
  • Fixes crashes while loading apps.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.20 (Sep 26, 2013)

  • Support iOS 7 now.
  • Fixed problems with photos for iOS 7 backups.
  • Fixed problems with Safari visit history for iOS 7 backups.
  • Fixed bug for statistics.
  • Windows version is now available

New in iBackup Viewer 2.11 (Sep 9, 2013)

  • This is a quick fix on memory issues. The problem will cause crashes while loading iOS Apps and exporting large number of photos.
  • All users get crashes should update to this version.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.10 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Support encrypted backups with Pro version.
  • Add new feature of searching contacts, and sorting contacts.
  • Enable reading photo and video attachment along with text message and iMessages.
  • Add support to group chat conversation.
  • Add support to match phone numbers against to contact names.
  • Fixed problem with saving a single contact as Vcard (.vcf) file.
  • Fixed bug of displaying long text notes.
  • Fixed problem with viewing app data file in property list format.
  • Fixed bug of previewing iPhone compressed png image files.
  • Various improvements on loading performance.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.01 (Apr 19, 2013)

  • Fixed crash problem while loading Apps on some systems.

New in iBackup Viewer 2.00 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • Brand new UI design
  • New icon
  • Implement iPhone style message conversation with bubbles.
  • Add support for iMessage.
  • Add support for Voice Memo / Recordings.
  • Add support for Notes.
  • Easy navigation among backups
  • View App data in different mode, including: text, binary hex, property list, image etc. By default, detect automatically.
  • Improve performance on exporting messages to PDF file with large number of pages.
  • Fixed crashes on Leopard 10.5.8
  • All users should update to this version.

New in iBackup Viewer 1.50 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Add ability to pass through GateKeeper on Mountain Lion.

New in iBackup Viewer 1.40 (Oct 8, 2012)

  • Fixed the bug of shown time in SMS section.
  • Allow to open backups in any folder from "Open" menu.
  • All users should update to this version.

New in iBackup Viewer 1.30 (Oct 8, 2012)

  • Support iOS 6.
  • Fixed loading messages backed up from iOS 6.
  • Fixed "Not Responding" problem while exporting messages to PDF file.

New in iBackup Viewer 1.23 (Jun 7, 2012)

  • Fixed possible crashes while exporting contacts to vCards

New in iBackup Viewer 1.20 (May 10, 2012)

  • New feature to export contacts to vCards
  • Fixed crashes for saving some contacts
  • Add buttons for quick saving contacts

New in iBackup Viewer 1.18 (May 4, 2012)

  • Safari history links
  • Incidental crashes

New in iBackup Viewer 1.175 (Apr 11, 2012)

  • Includes fixes of crashes.

New in iBackup Viewer 1.170 (Apr 6, 2012)

  • Correct the location of iTunes "Mobile Applications"
  • Show Apps in order of alphabet
  • Multiple selection of App files to save

New in iBackup Viewer 1.160 (Apr 2, 2012)

  • Fixed crashes while loading contacts
  • Fixed crash problem when save contacts to Address Book
  • Ignore encrypted backups

New in iBackup Viewer 1.100 (Mar 30, 2012)

  • Loading photos from backups
  • Save photos
  • Layout adjustment

New in iBackup Viewer 1.020 (Mar 29, 2012)

  • New feature of listing web history.
  • New feature of loading URL bookmarks.
  • Sync bookmarks to Safari.
  • Layout bug fixes.

New in iBackup Viewer 1.010 (Mar 27, 2012)

  • Includes bug fixes of failing to load backups made by latest version of iTunes.