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iPhone Backup Extractor Changelog

What's new in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.43.11413

Mar 7, 2024
  • Feature: We've added support for iOS 17's audio message transcription feature.
  • Improvement: iPhone Backup Extractor's icon now has a bit more character on Windows and macOS to better match the look and feel of each platform.
  • Fix: We've fixed an issue which led to some data-type names being slightly cut off in the previewer on recent versions of macOS.
  • Fix: We've fixed a rare issue which some users were experiencing when opening iPhone Backup Extractor on macOS.
  • Fix: Lots of tweaks and updates to our data extractors and previewers.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.42.10995 (Dec 18, 2023)

  • Improvement: Optimised the calendar extractor, large calendar backups should now be extracted significantly faster, over a hundred times faster in some cases!
  • Improvement: iPhone Backup Extractor now has a brand new icon, we hope you love it as much as we do!
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug which prevented iPhone Backup Extractor from getting the right name for people in certain WhatsApp group chats.
  • Fix: We've fixed an issue which led to errors when downloading iCloud Photo Libraries for some accounts.
  • Fix: We've fixed an issue when extracting messages to PDF for users in certain time zones.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.41.8506 (Nov 16, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue that caused edited messages and messages sent using “Deliver Quietly” to not be extracted properly.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.40.8353 (Oct 25, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue which meant no messages were being detected in data from iOS 16 backups and devices.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.39.8339 (Oct 21, 2022)

  • Fix: Reworked the update mechanism to work with macOS Ventura’s new security policy

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.37.7596 (Jun 23, 2022)

  • Feature: Support for iOS 16 beta 1, this update fixes message extraction and will also make our messages extraction more reliable for future iOS versions and betas.
  • Fix: Fixed a rare bug that was causing issues for some users when previewing messages.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.36.7340 (May 25, 2022)

  • Fix: We've resolved a problem some trying to extract messages

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.35.6644 (Feb 24, 2022)

  • Today's update is a minor update, focused on the security and stability of iPhone Backup Extractor.
  • Fix: Updated how we generate PDFs when extracting messages.
  • Fix: Updated some security settings.
  • Fix: Updated the tools used to build iPhone Backup Extractor on macOS.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.34.6078 (Feb 2, 2022)

  • Fix: Updated how we generate PDFs when extracting messages.
  • Fix: Updated some security settings.
  • Fix: Updated the tools used to build iPhone Backup Extractor on macOS.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.33.4833 (Jul 1, 2021)

  • Fix: We've fixed an issue with extracting notes on iOS 14.6.
  • Fix: Support for iOS 15 beta 2. This update fixes some issues with notes, voice memos, calendar, and messages extraction on iOS 15.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.32.4142 (Jul 1, 2021)

  • Fix: We've fixed a bug which meant that if a file was missing from your backup, iPhone Backup Extractor might have trouble extracting your other files.
  • Fix: Updated some security settings.
  • Fix: Fixed a rare crash which some Windows users were seeing when extracting photos.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.31.3350 (Oct 14, 2020)

  • Fix: We've added an experimental update to our ECG enabler for iOS 14 devices. The more feedback we get, the better. Let us know how you get on.
  • Fix: We've resolved a problem that was affecting a small number of Windows users creating backups on iOS 14.
  • Fix: We've resolved an unusual crash that was caused by untrusted devices connecting to Windows machines.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.30.3252 (Sep 14, 2020)

  • Improvement: We've added support for iOS 14-style threaded SMS messages. This is the default, and can be turned off by enabling "Forensics Mode" in Preferences.
  • Improvement: We've made a number of improvements to how all sorts of messages are previewed in iPhone Backup Extractor. We show the date and sender of a message in a form much closer to that of the phone, and we've made message bubbles fit messages more neatly. We've also adjusted message spacing to look a lot better.
  • Improvement: We've restored support for Viber on iOS 14.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.29.3216 (Sep 9, 2020)

  • We've been particularly busy at Reincubate HQ working on new things these last couple of months. Today's iPhone Backup Extractor update ensures new backups work nicely on iOS 14 devices. We can't wait for the launch!
  • Fix: iPhone Backup Extractor can now create backups from iOS 14 devices when needed.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.28.3077 (Jul 21, 2020)

  • Fix:
  • Users connecting to iCloud could see a "WebException". This update resolves that.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.28.3051 (Jul 8, 2020)

  • Fix: Fixed an issue for macOS users when completing 2FA/MFA.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.27.3041 (Jul 8, 2020)

  • Feature: iOS 14 beta support. Hurrah! We showing all messages in chronological order rather than using the new threaded format, but that'll be coming soon.
  • Improvement: We've improved the user flow when a 2FA prompt is entered incorrectly whilst accessing iCloud.
  • Fix: Extraction of content over 2.1 GB from USB-connected devices wasn't working. Now it is.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.26.3007 (Jun 12, 2020)

  • Today's release contains a single fix for some users who have experienced problems when connecting their devices over USB.
  • Fix: Resolved issue for some users when connecting over USB.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.25.2994 (Jun 11, 2020)

  • That's right, it's time for an iPhone Backup Extractor update. What's new today? Quite a bit. Today's build is ostensibly a fix build but it contains much of the work necessary for us to ship a new feature. Which we'll probably be doing in the next release.
  • Fix: We've hidden the overview and app view for Watch data; only "Expert mode" is now available for watches. We've also fixed expert mode — in some cases, it was showing all files from the parent device. We've made these changes to make analysis of watch data more intuitive.
  • Fix: Some users received a TaskCancelledException when downloading large files from iCloud Photo Library.
  • Fix: Recovery of Screen Time passcodes wasn't working for some users on iOS 12. Now it is. Sorry for any inconvenience. iOS 13 unaffected.
  • Fix: We've resolved the error some users might see on "Expert mode", where "Generated hash didn't match source" would appear.
  • Fix: We've resolved a crash that could occur when extracting notes with strange characters in their folder names.
  • Fix: Extraction of WhatsApp messages from iOS 5 or below could lead to problems. We've resolved that now.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.24.2956 (May 29, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • As we mentioned after the last release, we're including a handful of additional iCloud enhancements, including restoring the ability to remember a password, restoring support for iOS 12 Screen Time recovery over iCloud, selection of the iCloud account after login, and better handling of expired sessions.
  • Fix:
  • We've resolved a problem whereby cancelling extraction of data wasn't always possible. Now it is.
  • Extracting a lot of messages with Digital Touch drawings on Mac was sometimes failing. Now it works!
  • Sometimes connecting a USB device was throwing up an error. Now it won't.
  • Our sample backup data was sometimes showing the wrong device image when selected. All good now.
  • We've changed a few things behind the scenes to make other parts of iPhone Backup Extractor more robust.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.23.2933 (May 24, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • We display company name first for contacts with no forename or surname, and we've updated the contacts icon.
  • We've simplified the sample backup's intro screen.
  • We've updated the sample backup to iOS 13.4.1.
  • We've made a number of behind-the-scenes changes to make our iCloud support more robust.
  • Fix:
  • Restored support for locked notes on iOS 9.3.
  • Resolved an issue whereby larger calendars might cause a hang whilst being exported.
  • Improved how the iPhone SE 2 is displayed.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.22.2926 (May 15, 2020)

  • Hot on the heels of Monday's update, here's a neat new feature for iPhone Backup Extractor: access to photos, videos and voice memos directly from your iPhone or iPad. We hope you enjoy this — please let us know! More soon! 🎉
  • Feature: Extract photos, videos and voice memos directly from your connected iOS device.
  • Improvement: We've renamed "Recordings" to "Voice Memos" across the app to reflect more accurately what Apple call them.
  • Improvement: We've enhanced the instructional dialog we show for untrusted devices.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.21.2920 (May 12, 2020)

  • Feature:
  • Support for iCloud Photo Library and contacts — again! — following Apple's recent changes.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.20.2859 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • Feature:
  • Rather than showing information on a selected backup or device at the top of the app's window, we now show it in a new vertical column. We've made this change because we think it makes the app more intuitive, flowing from one side of the screen to the other, and because it frees up screen space for us to ship some of the features in our plan for the year. It harks back a little to an earlier incarnation of the app's design.
  • Improvement:
  • We've taken the time to pretty-up our "Expert mode" and "Information" panes, and we've renamed "App view" to preview. We've got a further follow-up planned for the interface in the near future, and this has set us up well for it.
  • We've disabled two instructional message overlays about iCloud and extraction time that we thought weren't helpful on balance.
  • We've removed the Hike Post previewer, but kept support for Hike Messages. If you find yourself still needing to export Hike Posts, please reach out to us.
  • Fix:
  • We've resolved an issue on Windows whereby rictl wouldn't show battery percentages for connected devices.
  • Sometimes device images wouldn't show properly on Windows. They do now.
  • We've resolved an issue whereby scrolling the Information view on macOS someones wouldn't work. Now it does.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.19.2795 (Apr 22, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • Backups for some devices are now faster to create.
  • PDF text is now searchable and copy-pastable.
  • The "Extract" button in the messages previewer now extracts all messages if no conversations are selected.
  • We've prettied up the loading indicators for macOS users on older systems.
  • Current iPhone or iPad battery percentage is now available through rictl device info.
  • Loading of previewed messages on macOS is now faster and less jittery, and sorting of WhatsApp messages is better. We've also tweaked consistency of our capitalisation and fixed a typo in the UI. Just as we giveth, we also taketh away: message bubbles now sometimes have square bottoms. We're going to squash that shortly.
  • Fix:
  • Fixed an issue where some message attachment images would be missing from PDFs if there was an error loading their orientation.
  • Fixed password entry box losing focus (so you had to click on it again) when the provided password was incorrect.
  • Message extraction from Viber could crash on some unusual sets of data. Now fixed!
  • If you selected a previewer whilst data was still being loaded, it might end up deselected itself. No longer!
  • We've fixed orientation problems in the macOS photo previewer.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.18.2699 (Apr 8, 2020)

  • Today's release is a minor update fixing an iCloud bug we introduced in yesterday's build. Apologies if you received an error from it.
  • Fix We resolved the "invalid operation" error that might have popped up when working with iCloud; this issue was introduced fewer than 24 hours ago.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.17.2690 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • It's been an unusual while since our last update, hasn't it? 3 weeks. You'd be forgiven for thinking we were up to something, and we are. We've been laying the groundwork for a reworked feature, and you should get to see that in the next week or so. In the meantime, we're shipping an improvement to our Screen Time passcode removal and ECG activation processes, making them easier than ever to use.
  • Improvement:
  • Tweaks to the Screen Time passcode removal and ECG activation processes: after your phone reboots, it won't show the skippable setup prompt that it used to show.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.15.2610 (Feb 23, 2020)

  • Feature:
  • Encrypted notes from iOS 10 or above are now supported on Windows. We shipped support for these on macOS in the prior release.
  • Improvement:
  • We now show the time at which a backup was created at the top of the backup info pane, making life easier for users with a lot of backups created close to each other. Of course, the left-hand navigation still shows them in the other they were taken.
  • Fix:
  • We've made a lot of improvements to extraction of unusual notes.
  • We've straightened out how Apple Watch backups are shown, dealing with the unknown.
  • We've resolved an issue when extracting or previewing WeChat messages with special characters.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.14.2594 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Improvement: We've made a wide-reaching changes to how we load data, optimising loading of the file list of a backup, counts of data in backups, and how we extract photos. Loading backups should be around 2-4x faster for most users, and photos extraction should be around 10x faster, although the larger the backup and the most photos there are, the greater the likely performance increase. We've also significantly reduced the amount of disk space used when extracting photos. Let us know what you see!
  • Improvement: We've re-ordered the categorisation of data types in the left-hand navigation, making it easier to access local backup data.
  • Feature: The macOS version of iPhone Backup Extractor now recovers encrypted notes from iOS 10 or above. (It already supported older versions of iOS.) We're expecting to ship this for Windows in the next release we make.
  • Fix: We've squashed an issue whereby no photos were being identified as "slow-mo" when extracting photos. They were still coming out, but just not being categorised as this. Now they are.
  • Fix: There was an issue preventing backing up the same device twice in a row. We've now resolved that.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.13.2564 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • iPhone Backup Extractor will be much faster when it comes to counting your data in the overview. More to come here.
  • Fix:
  • We've resolved a rather strange issue whereby some messages from the sender would end up grouped in an "unknown" conversation. Sorry about that.
  • We've resolved another issue affecting iOS 4 users. That's 2 fixes for iOS 4 in as many weeks. In 2020! Who'd have thought it?
  • We've fixed a bug where the message previewer was sometimes getting the counts wrong when they were all selected.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.11.2534 (Jan 22, 2020)

  • Feature:
  • iPhone Backup Extractor now includes a function to enable the Apple Watch's ECG capability for supported devices that are territory locked. We're launching this feature as a beta as it works for some quite specific use cases. We'd love to read your feedback on it.
  • Improvement:
  • iPhone Backup Extractor will now show full mobile data for backups or devices or devices with multiple SIM slots. In China, that's phones with two SIMs, and in the US and Europe, that's devices with a SIM and eSIM.
  • Occasionally iPhone Backup Extractor would show the preview of the backup device with the wrong colours. Not any more.
  • We've made a number of improvements to rictl whereby it won't wait to talk to additional iOS devices if it can successfully issue commands to the selected device.
  • We've added a tooltip on the Windows version to show image metadata when previewing photos, matching what we already did on macOS.
  • Fix:
  • We've patched a crash bug affecting some iOS 4 users. Yes, iOS 4 is still a thing. You should see our pile of iPhones.
  • Forensics mode no longer restates the sender's handle above every sent message in previews; PDF exports as are before.
  • Image rotation should now be correct for all SMS and image previews on Windows.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.10.2518 (Jan 17, 2020)

  • Improvement: Switching between backups is now faster than it was before, as we've made the loading process less intensive, and users should find switching backups is now more responsive. This has come about from a series of changes to different parts of the process.
  • Improvement: Loading of data is now a little faster, too.
  • Fix: In very rare cases, the Windows app would show previews from the previously-selected backup.
  • Fix: On the Mac, pressing multiple keys when the left-hand navigation had focus could sometimes make it select multiple things simultaneously, which didn't make any sense. Won't happen now.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.9.2510 (Jan 9, 2020)

  • We're pleased to be shipping our first release of 2020, with a number of improvements to help users make the most from their licenses. We've got a host of new functionality that we're looking forward to shipping over the coming months. Happy new year!
  • Improvement: We've changed how we display the differences between the free and paid editions of iPhone Backup Extractor within the app. The language and interface we use now is hopefully clearer and simpler — and looks a good deal more modern.
  • Improvement: We've improved the dialogs that a user gets when running into any sort of overcapacity issue with their activations or devices.
  • Improvement: We've removed a few assets from the app that weren't used, reducing its size when installed.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.7.2429 (Dec 5, 2019)

  • Improvement:
  • The "Recover Screen Time password" menu item is now enabled when users have a backup selected, and will prompt them to connect a device. We've tweaked some of the copy in the app around Screen Time, too, to make it clearer.
  • We've done a lot of reworking of our left-hand menu. Previously, if you repeatedly selected a number of different backups before each had finished loading, it could sometimes do strange things. This behaviour has been thoroughly ironed out. We've a few additional enhancements we'll be making in this area in the coming releases.
  • Fix:
  • iPhone 11s are now correctly identified in the left-hand menu. They always should have been, as they're fully supported, but they were being referred to as iPhone12,3. Sorry!
  • Unnamed conversations were previously extracted to unnamed files: .pdf, for example. Oops. We've fixed that now.
  • Contact names in the WeChat message preview were being displayed as a hash instead of the contact's name. Now they're shown properly. 👍
  • We fixed a very unusual crash where the Windows version of iPhone Backup Extractor could occasionally come unstuck when previewing photos.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.6.2400 (Nov 25, 2019)

  • Feature Device management commands are now available in iPhone Backup Extractor's command-line tool, rictl. Users can now script and perform device discovery, backup, shutdown and restart using rictl. This functionality is available over USB and Wi-Fi for Windows users, and USB only for macOS users. We're expecting to ship Wi-Fi support for macOS shortly, and we'll be adding more functionality to rictl in subsequent releases.
  • Feature The built-in rictl tool's backup info command now provides a password hash for encrypted backups in the classic $itunes_backup$* format that hashcat uses.
  • Fix Group chat participants weren't always shown correctly in the Messages data, and we've now fixed this.
  • Fix We've resolved an issue affecting previews of large images from the sample backup.
  • Fix We've made extraction of rich contact data more reliable; it was leading to a crash in some rare cases.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.5.2296 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • Feature: Removal of unknown Screen Time passcodes on iOS 13. 🎉
  • Improvement: We've made a few minor tweaks to the layout of the Preferences window.
  • Improvement: Images on the welcome screen are now even crisper on macOS.
  • Fix: We no longer count folders as well as files when extracting content in "Expert mode". This led to numbers varying across the app, depending on how we were doing the count.
  • Fix: In some cases, phone numbers and email addresses which shared address book labels were missed in the preview and in CSV exports. This is now resolved.
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug that caused handles in WhatsApp group chats not to display (or to display incorrectly) in certain situations.
  • Fix: When extracting multiple conversations to PDF, each conversation file wasn't always starting at page 1. This is now resolved.
  • Fix: We've fixed a rare edge-case whereby the presence of HEIC files was causing extraction of photos to fail.
  • Fix: We've resolved an issue where iMessages weren't always shown in chronological order.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.4.2214 (Sep 24, 2019)

  • Fix: Some users were experiencing a crash when they ran iPhone Backup Extractor for the first time. We're sorry for the inconvenience.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.4.2207 (Sep 20, 2019)

  • We're shipping a small update to iPhone Backup Extractor today, to make the Screen Time passcode recovery process clearer for iOS 13 users.
  • Improvement:
  • The Screen Time Passcode recovery wizard spells out what needs to be done on iOS 13, and links to our resources on this.
  • Fix:
  • A handful of smaller internal changes.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.3.2189 (Sep 12, 2019)

  • Fix:
  • Fixes crash in yesterday's build, triggered by Screen Time recovery, app view or expert mode extraction.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.2.2167 (Sep 10, 2019)

  • Improvement:
  • The activation window makes is a lot clearer how to create a free account if you don't already have one.
  • The dialog for backup passwords is now clearer, and links to a great resource we have for learning more about backup passwords.
  • We've made some tweaks to the "Getting started" view, making it clearer how to get up and running quickly
  • We've tweaked the wording in the permissions dialog that new users see, making it clearer how to grant access to the default iPhone backup location.
  • The app now provides much clearer guidance to Windows users working with HEIF files without the correct codecs installed.
  • Relative paths are now supported in our rictl command-line tool.
  • Fix:
  • As it should, preview mode will let you choose which 4 items you'd like to extract if you're on the free version of iPhone Backup Extractor. We'd accidentally broken this in a prior release, meaning users were getting an arbitrary selection of 4 items each time. Sorry!
  • File selection dialogs now correctly say "Save" rather than "Open". 😅
  • We've solved a curious issue whereby loading very unusual contact images could cause the app to crash.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.1.2135 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • Hot on the heels of our 7.7 release and the command-line functionality we introduced in that, we're adding another new feature: automated extraction of browser history, and a neat previewer to visualise browser history from with iPhone Backup Extractor. Please let us know how you get on with it. 🙂
  • Feature: Browser history data is now available from the overview and preview screens, and can be exported easily.
  • Improvement: We renamed the "Manage password" button for devices connected over USB.
  • Fix: We've resolved two edge-cases whereby WhatsApp or Viber data extraction could fail. They were unrelated. Although they're related now in the sense that they're both solved. Happy days.
  • Fix: Somehow our dialog for password management was showing passwords as they were entered. We've just fixed this.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.0.2112 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Feature: rictl released and shipped with iPhone Backup Extractor for command-line access to iOS backups and devices. Check out its documentation to learn more. You can get started with the new Scripting menu in Preferences.
  • Feature: iPhone Backup Extractor will now let you change or remove your iPhone backup password. You can do this with Utilities → Change backup password.
  • Improvement: Voicemail CSV exports now use ROWID instead of remote_uid after user requests. We hope this helps!

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.19.2102 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Fix:
  • Voicemail extraction to CSV has received some attention, making the FileName field more useful when connecting CSV records to voicemail audio files.
  • Squashed a bug whereby if you removed and readded a backup, it might not show in the navigation.
  • Fixed a crash when the default backup directory is linked to an invalid folder.
  • Fixed "retry" getting clipped on the overview screen.
  • Handfuls of updates and fixes ready for our next feature release.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.18.2068 (Jul 19, 2019)

  • Feature:
  • Something's changed in the "Preferences" tab.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.17.2042 (Jul 4, 2019)

  • Improvement:
  • We've made some changes to how we handle password validation on backups made from iOS 10.2 and newer. Yes, that includes iOS 13.
  • Feature:
  • We're including a major hidden feature that we're going to be inviting some of our beta testers to try out. If you'd like to be one of them please let us know! We're expecting everyone will be getting access to this in the coming weeks.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.16.2011 (Jul 4, 2019)

  • Improvement:
  • On macOS, the image previewer now shows HEIC on High Sierra and above, and we've stopped Windows machines from endlessly showing a loading spinner or saying "missing file".
  • The recordings previewer sorts voice notes by date.
  • We added support for most iOS 13 data in our last release, and have included support for accessing iOS 13 devices over USB on macOS in this build. Windows support is already there in the prior releases.
  • Fix:
  • Restored the ability to load incomplete encrypted backups which are missing an Info.plist.
  • Fixed an issue where USB backups might fail on Chinese systems.
  • Added a number of minor USB enhancements.
  • Resolved a curious bug where iPhone Backup Extractor's window would grow in width when opening Notes previews with image attachments.
  • We've solved a very infrequent issue affecting loading of photo albums.
  • We've resolved an issue loading Plists that are structurally invalid.
  • We've resolved a bug with the WeChat extractor, where it might consume a lot of disk space during extraction.
  • We've resolved a rare issue where SMS extraction might fail if a particular type of Digital Touch image was present.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.15.1946 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • Happy WWDC week! We've been in San Jose with Apple's team learning about iOS 13 and what's new in macOS Catalina. Here's an update to iPhone Backup Extractor to support some of the new things in iOS 13.
  • Improvement: We've added support for messages, notes and recordings on iOS 13. We've a little more to do for Screen Time passcodes, and we'll roll that into a release soon. 😀
  • Improvement: iPhone Backup Extractor is now notarized on macOS. This is a change that's been coming for a while, and will be required on macOS Catalina.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.14.1866 (Jun 7, 2019)

  • Improvement We've made some changes to how we prepare iPhone Backup Extractor for distribution. And now we've distributed those changes to you. Hurrah!
  • Fix We show the macOS permissions dialog more frequently, rather than failing when permission is unavailable. Makes sense, right?
  • Fix We've resolved a problem whereby a user on a fresh install of macOS with no backups would get a nonsense "Accessing backup failed" message when they ran iPhone Backup Extractor for the first time.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.13.1841 (May 2, 2019)

  • Feature:
  • What's that, rich support for iMessage attachments being rendered as they are by the iPhone? Yes, that's it! We've overhauled how we show iMessage attachments, to make them crisper (and more useful) than ever.
  • Fix: We've resolved a crash that could happen on Mojave when a backup had never been taken, and permissions hadn't been granted.
  • Fixed occasionally inaccurate recording dates.
  • We now store additional metadata in the iOS backups that iPhone Backup Extractor creates.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.12.1784 (May 2, 2019)

  • Improvement:
  • Screen Time passcode recovery is now much faster in a number of different ways. Happy days!
  • We've tweaked the icons shown in iPhone Backup Extractor's overview to be more appropriately sized on Windows.
  • Fix:
  • We've found we degraded the info view that was shown for a backup. We've correctly restored some of that information, and there's more to come.
  • It's niche, but we care: we there was a bug for SMS and contacts extraction from iOS 1, 2 and 3 backups. Fixed now! Similarly, we've resolved a problem for WhatsApp extraction that was affecting iOS 5 and iOS 7 backups.
  • We've improved accuracy on recovered note dates.
  • We no longer create a temporary folder with a misspelling in its name. 🙄
  • Some users were getting error 0x64 when trying to a recover a Screen Time passcode after a device had been reset (with "Erase all content and settings. We've solved that.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.11.1757 (Apr 25, 2019)

  • Fix:
  • Invalid symlinks in the backup path are handled properly.
  • Screen Time passcode recovery works for devices which hadn't made a backup before. We'd introduced a problem here in the prior build. Sorry.
  • We've tweaked the wording on the "welcome" screen, and adjusted a few pixels.
  • We've zapped duplicate recovered notes; you shouldn't see them now, and we've also improved the accuracy of notes recovery.
  • We've resolved an issue in exports of KML location data. Google Earth Pro loves our exports now.
  • We handle changing the default iTunes backup location better now, when another process has locked the folder.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.10.1734 (Apr 18, 2019)

  • Feature:
  • Who'd have thunk it? iPhone Backup Extractor can now create backups for you, and you don't need iTunes. If you also run iTunes, you'll see we create these in "archived" format. Of course, you can still do everything you normally would with them.
  • Improvement:
  • Screen Time passcode recovery is now even faster. Lucky you!
  • Fix:
  • We've improved the way we monitor for changes to backups. In particular, this prevents a crash that could happen in some cases.
  • We handle device disconnection better when it occurs during a backup.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.9.1708 (Apr 11, 2019)

  • Feature:
  • We've added "restart" and "shutdown" commands for devices in the "Utilities" pane
  • Improvement:
  • We've reworked a fair bit of how we handle USB connections to devices; if something goes wrong, the app will be much clearer about what's happened.
  • Improved handling of Screen Time passcode recovery. Similar to the above, if something goes wrong, we'll explain more clearly.
  • We've simplified how we show licensing options to users.
  • We've totally replaced the permissions window that's shown to users on macOS Mojave.
  • We've updated the sample backup included with iPhone Backup Extractor.
  • Fix:
  • We broke scrolling in the left-hand navigation in the last build. Sorry. This update fixes that!

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.8.1690 (Mar 28, 2019)

  • Feature: Easily change your iTunes backup folder if you run out of disk space or wish to store your backups on another drive.
  • Fix: We've solved an issue affecting some macOS users with no backups.
  • Fix: We've added a minor patch for WhatsApp and contacts extraction.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.7.1631 (Mar 10, 2019)

  • Improvement: Contact photos are now shown in the contacts previewer. Happy day!
  • Improvement: USB devices now display with a pane making it clearer a backup is required for data access, with Screen Time passcode recovery moved to the new "Utilities" pane.
  • Improvement: The Screen Time passcode recover wizard will automatically close when the device disconnects.
  • Improvement: When "Forensics mode" is enabled, each message will display both the sender and the verbose date it was sent.
  • Fix: We've resolved a nasty crash bug affecting untrusted iOS 7 devices.
  • Fix: We've resolved some weirdness that could be encountered by toggling "Forensics mode" on and off whilst previewing messages. Not all weirdness is a good thing.
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug with message attachments when being exported into HTML. Caused a problem with some location data for some users.
  • Fix: Fixed a crash if there's a space at the end of your iCloud username. I mean, really? Who doesn't have a space at the end of their iCloud account? 🤯

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.6.1575 (Mar 1, 2019)

  • Feature: iPhone Backup Extractor now exports notes into a lovely PDF format, replacing the HTML format we previously used. PDF works better for preserving the flow of your notes, and we're able to present attachments and embedded data in a more coherent way.
  • Feature: Externally-hosted notes are now exported. Store your iPhone's notes in Gmail? Not a problem.
  • Feature: Call history previewers and exports now include bandwidth used in Facetime calls.
  • Improvement: Forensics mode now applies a number of formatting changes to notes, and uses an unambiguous date format across the board.
  • Improvement: CSV exports of contacts now have better-formatted numbers and contact names, and we've added call types.
  • Improvement: PDF exports of messages have been enhancement resemble iPhone messages more closely.
  • Fix: Our note previewer now shows the full note body, and so are modification dates.
  • Fix: Messages with image attachments sometimes includes.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.2.1052 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • Fix: We've fixed an unusual issue where parts of the app (like the previews) sometimes weren't visible, and had to be clicked again to work. Why click twice? Click once. This build fixes that. Sorry!
  • Improvement: iPhone Backup Extractor's logo refresh has landed first on Mac. Crisper, fresher colours on your dock. Feedback is appreciated.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.2.959 (Sep 13, 2018)

  • Feature: Recovery of iOS 12's parental control Screen Time passcodes when you forget them, alongside our existing support for the restrictions passcode. This feature is free for all of our existing customers.
  • Improvement: macOS Mojave includes sensible protection for system files, including iOS backups. iPhone Backup Extractor now explains what you need to do to grant it access to read your backups.
  • Fix: A handful of minor tweaks and fixes to improve performance under macOS Mojave... more to come here!

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.2.920 (Sep 13, 2018)

  • Improvement: Apple made a series of substantial changes to iCloud over the last month or so. Users with older versions of iPhone Backup Extractor will have found our iCloud support continued to work -- as we made a number of server-side -- but we've made a few tweaks to make that smoother in this update.
  • Improvement: We've made a few minor changes to our visual identity in this release. There's more to come on that!

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.2.873 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • Fix: We've updated the app to support some further iOS 12 changes that have popped up in the betas.
  • Improvement: Lots of refactoring behind the scenes to make the app easier for us to build on. Watch this space!
  • Improvement: We've cleaned up a little of the app's console output.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.2.793 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • Improvement: Assorted enhancements to backup loading to make them more memory efficient. Got a gigabyte manifest? Give it a spin.
  • Improvement: We build the app in a slightly different way to enable us to use even more memory. God forbid we'd need it. We'll try not to. Promise.
  • Fix: Got a System.ValueTuple.dll error? Sorry, we found some people running Windows 7 with .NET 4.6.1 didn't have this, so they got errors with the iCloud. All fixed now.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.2.689 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • Feature: New "Info" tab showing detailed information about your Apple / iOS device. You'll see all sorts of details: more about the backup (file count, encryption type), which iCloud account it's associated with, when, where and by whom it was made, and a tonne of data about it's SIM and mobile registration properties.
  • Improvement: We go about preparing the app for release using a new system we've been working on. We can't talk about it, because it's a secret -- 🤫 -- but it's definitely there.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6.1.2225 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • Feature: All users of iPhone Backup Extractor will now see the new left-hand navigation pane that we released at the start of May.
  • Feature: We now automatically search for backups as made by Windows Store version of iTunes.
  • Improvement: Some cosmetic changes on macOS to lighten the main part of the interface.
  • Fix: Our Plist viewer was going a bit wonky on iCloud backups. It now shows a clearer message as to what is going on.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.4.2.1485 (Jan 27, 2017)

  • Fixed iOS10+ iTunes backups file dates
  • Fixed AuthSignature crash
  • Fixed NullReferenceException crash
  • Fixed SysContainer and SysShared domains
  • Expert mode tree
  • Convert iCloud backup date to local time
  • Fixed photos/videos extraction from iPhone 7 backups

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.4.2.1472 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • iOS 10 (incl hardened 10.2 encryption) support;
  • Support for iOS 10 digital touch attachments;
  • Improved Location data count;
  • Latest version support for Snapchat and WeChat;
  • NullReferenceException crash fix;
  • CryptographicException error fix.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 7.1.1.1197 (Jul 14, 2016)

  • iOS 9.3.3 beta and iOS 10 support for iCloud & iTunes (incl. password protected) and Photo Stream recovery;
  • 2FA support;
  • Improved speed for Contacts, messages / SMS and Notes extraction;
  • Improved Whatsapp, Viber and Kik extraction;
  • Added support for encrypted iOS 10 backups (Mac & Windows).

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 6.1.1.1034 (May 5, 2016)

  • Added attachments extraction for Notes
  • Added video extraction grouped by albums (similar to what appears on the
  • iPhone)
  • Added support for the new Kik version
  • Added Line support and adjust to the new Line database location
  • Added Hike Messenger support
  • Added support for the new Viber version
  • Album extraction of photos & videos when only the photos/videos category
  • is downloaded from iCloud backups.
  • Added improved file visibility when extracting messages in CSV format
  • Improved WhatsApp messages and attachments extraction

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 6.0.7.826 (Feb 24, 2016)

  • iOS 9.3 beta iCloud & iTunes (incl. password protected) support
  • Previews for offline iTunes backups
  • iOS 9.3 beta Photo Stream recovery
  • Photo extraction grouped to albums
  • Improved SMS attachments extraction
  • Improved Viber and WeChat extraction
  • Improved CPU usage while downloading data.

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 6.0.0.672 (Sep 26, 2015)

  • iOS 9 iCloud backup support

New in iPhone Backup Extractor 5.9.0.642 (Sep 23, 2015)

  • iCloud Photo Stream support, iOS 9 included
  • iOS 9 iTunes backup support
  • New apps support for Kik, WeChat, Viber and Snapchat, HTML generation included
  • Fixed Addressbook contacts match in WhatsApp
  • Added extraction of WhatsApp group convo
  • Fixed SMS count
  • Fixed parsing Contact birthday info