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Introduction

What you will need

An iPhone, iPad, or iPod
USB cable to connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod
A Mac or PC with iTunes installed

Before you begin

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Media folder

On the Device Overview screen, click on Media Folder under the Files tab. This will open the main directory of your Media folder. Within it, you'll see several subdirectories which organizes information more specifically. To open and work with a subdirectory, double-click any directory. You'll see Books, which is your iBooks data. You'll also see iTunes_Control which is your iTunes media files. Recordings contains your Voice Memos, and DCIM contains your Camera Roll photos.

Apps

From the Device Overview screen, click on Apps under the Files tab. This will open the main directory for your iOS applications. Each App will have it's own folder. To open or work with an App directory, double-click any App.

Backups

On the Device Overview screen, click on Backups under the Files tab or click on the specific backup datatype such as Messages, Notes, Contacts, Calendars, Safari, Voicemail, and Call History under the Data tab. Once you choose to make a backup or use the last backup, you can navigate between backup data by clicking on one in the left panel.

You can even browse your backed up Apps data as well as other iOS data in the Backup Explorer section.

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Introduction

Maybe you're just curious and want to know what files get copied when you backup your iPhone using iTunes. Maybe you need to access certain backed up databases from your iPhone such as your contacts, voicemails or text messages. Whatever the case may be, iExplorer comes built-in with the most powerful and easiest to use iTunes backup extractor.

What you will need

An iPhone, iPad, or iPod
USB cable to connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod
A Mac or PC with iTunes installed

Before you begin

If you don't already have iExplorer installed download it by clicking the button below. For more detailed installation instructions, click here.

Accessing Backups

If you're looking to browse files of an existing iPhone backup by iTunes or want a new iPhone backup - iExplorer lets you browse the raw files and folders that are created every time you backup your device with iTunes and it can seamlessly parse various database files such as your text messages, notes, voicemails, etc, thereby making everything easily readable and exportable. In the following tutorial we'll show you how you can easily browse and access these iTunes backup files on either a Mac or Windows computer.

Browse Current iTunes Backup on iPhone

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To view the files and folders of the iTunes backup data that is currently on an iPhone or iPad, first open iExplorer on your Mac or PC. Then, go ahead and connect your device with its USB cable to your computer. Once the device is connected, iTunes may prompt you to sync your device - click 'No' or 'Cancel.' We recommend that you avoid syncing the device to iTunes as, in some cases, doing this may result in the permanent loss of data from your device.

After your device is connected, iExplorer will display the Device Overview screen. You can return to this home screen at any time by clicking on your device's name in the navigation panel on the left. To get started accessing the device’s backup data, click Backups in the middle panel. You can also access the backups section on the device by clicking Backups through the sidebar on the left.

You'll then be prompted to make a backup selection. If you didn't already have an iTunes backup on this computer, iExplorer will ask whether to create one, either 'Yes' or 'No', or if you have an existing backup, you'll be asked whether to 'Use Last Backup' or 'Refresh' to create a new one. If it's been less than 24 hours since your last backup, iExplorer will automatically load the existing backup. If you need to make a newer one, you can right-click on Backups in the left panel and choose to refresh.

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Browse Existing iTunes Backup of iPhone

With iExplorer, accessing the contents of a backup that was previously created by iTunes of an iOS device is easy. Simply start iExplorer then, if no device is connected, click “Explore iTunes Backups.” Then, in the left column of iExplorer you’ll see a section titled “Browse iTunes Backups” under which you’ll see all of the backups from iTunes listed. If a backup was encrypted at the time it was created, it may not appear here.

Browsing iTunes Backups

Once you have your backup selected, you can view the raw files and folders inside the backup by clicking “Backup Explorer.” Otherwise, you can click on Messages, Contacts, Voicemail, Call History, Notes, Safari or Calendar to access the database information from the backup but parsed together in a much more readable fashion. The raw files and directories of the iTunes backup can be easily transferred using drag-and-drop and additional access options are available from the right-click context menu.

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Have questions that aren't addressed here? Please visit our Support Center for iExplorer FAQs.
Feel free to contact us if your problem persists.

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Cheers,
Macroplant Staff