iPhone Backup Extractor
release notes

• Improvement Improved data extractions from iTunes iOS 10.1 backups.

• Improvement The iCloud download mechanism has been replaced to make it more reliable, particularly for large backups.

• Improvement Improved password checking mechanism for iTunes iOS 10.2 beta encrypted backups.

• Improvement Added support for iTunes iOS 10.2 beta encrypted backups.

We're releasing 7.3.6.1416 for Windows users only.

• Improvement We've tweaked the installer slightly to help us better understand how well it is working.
• Fix We've added a failsafe for our error handling process.

Today's release includes two small updates.

• Fix We've made a number of internal changes to iPhone Backup Extractor's error tracking and alerting.
• Fix You'd not believe the "maximise" button in an app could cause a problem, would you? Well, it did on Windows. And now we've fixed it. Let's move on and forget about this one.

• Improvement Added support for encrypted backup for the latest iOS 10.1 beta.
• Improvement Added support for expert mode (adding, deleting, and replacing files) for iOS 10 iTunes backups.
• Fix Fixed XML exception caused by password mis-match when opening encrypted iOS 10 iTunes backups.

• Fix Fixed Error 32 for iCloud downloads which was causing iCloud backups to report missing files.
• Fix Fixed error for backups with missing files.
• Fix Improved the HTML rendering library to fix errors on Windows.

• Feature For Mac users we have added a warning message to stop large backups being overwritten.
• Improvement Improved the Restrictions PIN extraction from encrypted iTunes backups.
• Improvement Added support for newest version on Hike.
• Fix Fixed Hike message extraction.
• Fix Fixed NullReferenceException crash in Expert Mode.

• Improvement Improved experience for iOS 10 digital touch attachments previews.
• Improvement Improvements iMessages usernames extraction.
• Improvement iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and iPhone SE are now correctly identified.
• Improvement Improved Man menus when viewing an iPhone connected to a computer.
• Improvement Improved images counter for both iTunes and iCloud backups.

• Improvement Improved SMS recovery for non-English messages.
• Improvement Improved support for messages recovery on older iOS versions.
• Improvement Improved support for SMS, Hike, and Line messages extraction.
• Improvement New look for backups loader in the Windows version.
• Improvement Improved filtering system for deleted messages in Windows Preview mode.
• Improvement Redesigned the Welcome screen for Mac.
• Improvement Improved the design of the Contact screen on Mac.
• Fix Fixed Viber messages extraction.

• Feature Added support for iOS 10 digital touch attachments.
• Improvement Improved design on Windows.
• Improvement Improved SMS extractions.

• Improvement Improved progress bar notification on Mac.
• Fix Fixed iCloud login freeze.
• Fix Fixes for grouping SMS and WhatsApp messages.

• Improvement Improved speed in App View mode.
• Improvement Improved welcome screen on startup.
• Improvement Improved messages grouping.
• Improvement Redesigned scrollbars.
• Improvement Updated icons in App View mode.
• Improvement Redesigned Photo Stream and iCloud full backup.
• Improvement Redesigned path rename dialog on extracting data.
• Fix Fixed Photo Stream bug in free edition.

• Improvement Improved user interface. Hurrah! 🎉
• Improvement Redesign for multiple sections.

Today we're soft-launching the new UI for iPhone Backup Extractor. What do you think of it? We'd love to read your feedback. There's more to come, but today you'll see:

• Feature The message previewer now supports group messages.
• Improvement A new look for local back up folder selection and the iCloud account selection window.
• Improvement A new look iCloud login and 2FA window.
• Improvement A reworked encrypted backup screen.
• Improvement The progress screens have been completely redone for both downloading and loading backups.
• Improvement All sorts of interface tweaks scattered through the app. Can you spot them?

• Improvement Improved Photo Stream recovery experience for iCloud backups.
• Improvement Improved application launch speed.
• Improvement Improved SMS/messages extraction path.
• Improvement Improved preview for group messages extractions.
• Improvement Design tweaks.
• Fix Fixed SQLite exceptions related bugs.

We're testing a new look and feel for iPhone Backup Extractor, and this version is the same as 7.1.3.1258 -- but with the new interface. Some users will get it and some won't. Don't worry if you're not one of them!

• Improvement Text messages and iMessages are now grouped and extracted in the same location.
• Improvement Improved stability for iOS 10 backups.
• Improvement Improved Location data count.
• Improvement Improved Replace File functionality in Expert Mode.
• Improvement SMS is now Messages in all available tabs.
• Improvement Additional check for the available disk space before downloading a backup file.

We're testing a new look and feel for iPhone Backup Extractor, and this version is the same as 7.1.2.1238 -- but with the new interface. Some users will get it and some won't. Don't worry if you're not one of them!