iPhone Backup Extractor
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Today's release has us preparing for the full rollout of our newer registration system -- we're nearly there -- and releasing backup decryption support on macOS. We've had this for a while on Windows, of course. We're also pushing out a few other handy updates.

• Feature Backup decryption is now supported on macOS. Rejoice!
• Improvement We've released an updated activation window for offline activation.
• Fix Solved a number of Sqlite issues that were affecting Mac users, including "unable to open database" and "too many open files".
• Fix We've addressed an issue where the app would crash if you chose File → Exit. We know... 🙄

Mac users may be pleased to read iPhone Backup Extractor is now easier to run and manage than ever. iPhone Backup Extractor's Mac installer is now a .dmg that can be opened with a simple double-click.

To get iPhone Backup Extractor running on your Mac, all you need to do is download the Mac version of iPhone Backup Extractor, double-click on the downloaded .dmg file, and drag iPhone Backup Extractor's icon to your Applications folder. Simples.

• Improvement iPhone Backup Extractor for macOS is now distributed as a DMG.

This release is a relatively small one. We've got some big stuff coming soon, but in the meantime we hope you enjoy this.

• Improvement Extraction of duplicate-named contacts is cleaner. No more -1 or -2 at the end of filenames.
• Fix We've restored the Upgrade button that had gone missing.

Today we're making a range of improvements to extraction of data. Thanks for all the feedback you've shared!

• Improvement Extraction of contact details to individual VCard files is performed within a neat vcards folder.
• Improvement Clicking Contacts or Calendar now extracts all in formats.
• Improvement We've made a series of improvements to Plist editing. We now warn users before they edit Plists, we've got support for editing binary Plists with UTF-8 data, and any errors that arise are much clearer.
• Improvement Messaging on differences between free and paid versions is now clearer.
• Improvement When something goes awry with the app, we now don't bamboozle users with the full error message. Instead, we show a summary and put the rest behind a "Details" button.
• Fix We've resolved problems with restrictions passcode recovery, where in some cases we'd look at the wrong file or fail if the right data wasn't found in the backup's manifest.
• Fix We've fixed a crash when entering non-ASCII password characters.
• Fix We've also fixed a crash issue with Windows 1252 encoding that was affecting some Mac users.

A few disassembly tools were causing our app not to start, and we handle those cases better now. We've also improved data extraction in a few ways.

• Improvement We've improved positioning of the Plist editor's buttons, we now show when a Plist has been modified -- with a little * in the title -- and we've made a few other tweaks.
• Improvement Various enhancements to our security system.
• Fix Solved date / time parsing error that was affecting a handful of users.
• Fix Fixed a nasty error preventing extraction of WhatsApp data in some cases.
• Fix Addressed an issue preventing the parental restrictions passcode reset from working in some cases.

This build improves how we show messages and extract data.

• Improvement We show a better message when there's an extraction error, and include a "Don't show this again" checkbox.
• Improvement We've improved the size of message boxes from the app.
• Fix If the folder you're extracting to gets deleted mid-extraction, we handle it better. Phew.

iPhone Backup Extractor 4.5.0.0 has a bunch of reliability enhancements. These are:

• Fix We handle contact extraction when trying to extract contacts with "reserved" names.
• Fix We set the original date and time for extracted files, which is useful for sorting by date in Explorer or Finder
• Fix We've improved the file and folder icons in expert mode, and fixed a bug where it wasn't always selecting a single file properly.
• Fix Individual directories are now created for extracted data, just like we do in BlackBerry Backup Extractor.
• Fix The output folder is only chosen once. After that, the app will use your last choice.
• Fix Message boxes are now always shown on top of the app. Sorry if it was awkward before!

We've made a few improvements in this release. And hey, we've got a new icon. We hope you like it. iPhone Backup Extractor 4.1.4.0 includes the following changes:

• Improvement The "View Plist" menu item is now "View/Edit Plist", and the dialog's title is updated.
• Improvement Updated icon, fonts and other cosmetic changes.
• Improvement We've updated the overview's extraction links to be a little clearer. They now say "extract" rather than just giving the number of bits of data available.
• Improvement Links in the app only underline when you move the mouse over them.

Today's release includes a roll-up of minor fixes. We hope you enjoy it.

• Fix Where two files share the same name but exist in different domains, we prepend the domain to the filename now. Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard (HomeDomain).plist vs Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard (RootDomain).plist, for example.
• Fix We now correctly handle permissions problems selecting folders for which the user has no permissions.

Today's release of 4.0.11.0 includes a few minor fixes.

• Fix Solved recently-introduced "iPhone Backup Extractor []" bug.
• Fix Improved message test when encountering files that can't be encrypted when modifying a backup.
• Fix Changed interface text on upgrade button.

This release is a big one: we've got new features to convert WhatApp messages, edit Plists and reset lost parental restriction passcodes.

It's now possible to extract your WhatsApp chats and reset restrictions passcode on unencrypted backups from all versions of iOS. If that's not enough you can also edit and save Plist files in your iTunes backup with our built-in .plist editor.

• Feature iPhone Backup Extractor can now extract WhatsApp messages from your iTunes backups. Use the quick links for automatic extraction from the main window, or the "Extract" menu to extract your WhatsApp messages as CSV or PDF.
• Feature Forgotten your parental controls PIN? Reset the restrictions passcode with one click. If you forget your Restrictions PIN and don't know how to get it back, don't despair! iPhone Backup Extractor will detect if the parental controls code is enabled for the backup and give you the option to reset it to 1234.
• Feature Plist editor added. Wahoo!
• Feature Restored support for iOS 2 and iOS 3 backups. We've restored support for iOS 2.0 and iOS 3.0 backups, which means you can access data from your old firmware devices. If you have older backups of your iOS devices, you can now open them and access data with iPhone Backup Extractor once more.
• Improvement iPhone Backup Extractor has also been updated to handle corrupt, encrypted iTunes backups more elegantly for our users. In these instances, iTunes would have only been partially through encrypting the device backup before it was interrupted and reported as being an incomplete backup. Our application will now extract unencrypted data from the backup automatically, and will prompt the user to contact our support for more help. Our support team will be able to diagnose any specific iTunes backup and advise on whether more data can be extracted.

iPhone Backup Extractor 4.0.9 has been released. The new update brings improved support for encrypted backups and enhancements that make working with CSV files easier, after recovering data from iTunes backups.

The latest version of iPhone Backup Extractor includes enhanced support for encrypted backups: now you can use the application to extract all your information, including SMS, contacts, notes, photos, videos, app data and many more! Here are some of the improvements we made. We've tested fully with iTunes 11.0.1 and iOS 6.0.2.

• Improvement Working with CSV files extracted is now easier, and the data recovered this way can be imported into contacts managers such as Gmail or Outlook in just a few easy steps.
• Fix Encrypted iTunes backups opened with the previous version of iPhone Backup Extractor would have no SMS available, due to an Apple update in the backups format. Version 4.0.9 can extract all data found in the backups.

Version 4.0.7 of iPhone Backup Extractor has been released and brings important bug fixes, new device testing and various improvements. This version will help users that have Windows XP or that might not update their OS that often.

This release brings a fix to a problem found on some Windows XP PCs, where users had issues running the app where certain Windows XP updates were not installed. The Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems, by comparison, have updates in question installed by default. We've fully tested this build with Windows 8, the iPad Mini, and iOS 6.0.1.

• Fix Bug fix for Windows XP machines not fully updated
• Fix Resolved Windows XP users receiving messages like ComException, FileNotFound or ManagementException

This is a maintenance release addressing a number of small issues in 4.0.2.

Today's release fixes a few minor issues in our Mac build.

This is a maintenance release addressing a number of small issues.

The latest release of iPhone Backup Extractor includes a number of improvements. Don't forget iPhone Backup Extractor can work with any backup created in iOS format!

• Improvement Improved language support for iCAL and extracted file names; works for file names with diacritics
• Improvement Extended Calendar including timezone data and recurrences
• Fix Improved export & import contacts as CSV; works with Gmail and Outlook.

We're happy to announce a new version of our much loved iPhone Backup Extractor is available to download. With a few modifications in terms of its functionality, the new version is ready for Apple iOS 5 backups.

• Feature Updated contacts, SMS and notes for iOS 5 databases.
• Feature Support for iMessages when extracting SMS. OMG!
• Feature Auto-detect new date formats which are changeable in iOS 5
• Feature Extended data parsing for iOS 5 calendars
• Improvement Extended regional language formatting