iTunes is the software for iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod) to sync with Windows and also install updates and take a backup. iTunes offers you to take a backup of the complete device, but once the backup is done, you cannot selectively view contents of the back up of Windows. If you want to access your SMS or WhatsApp messages or even your camera roll after you have taken the backup, there is no option to do that.
But this is where a free tool iTunes Backup Extractor comes handy. It can be used to view the content of your iTunes backup files and extract all or selected items to a folder on your computer. The backup data which can be extracted includes your Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Contacts, Videos, Messages, Calendar, Reminders, Bookmarks and all other items included with your iTunes backup.
How to Extract Photos from iPhone Backup File on Windows/Mac?
Get an iPhone Backup Extractor first: Coolmuster iPhone Backup Extractor or Coolmuster iPhone Backup Extractor for Mac. Both of the iPhone Backup Extractors enable you to extract the backup file and preview the contacts, SMS, photos, videos, calendar, call history, etc. in details before extracting. What's more, this tool is fully compatible with all models of iPhone, including iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS.
It is not necessary to have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch connected to your PC when using this itunes backup extractor because it simply finds the iTunes backup of your previously synced and extracts it in one click. Very useful if you have lost your device but need to recover the data right now. Just simply download and have a try! Totally Free!
If you lost or broken your iPhone, iPad or iPod, or deleted something important, or failed your iOS update but need to get data from iTunes backup immediatly, Syncios iTunes Backup Extractor could help you. Now, just get this program on your Windows or Mac computer and follow the below instructions to extract iPhone photos from backup file. Here, we could like to take the Windows version as an example.
- Scan the Backup File Install and launch this powerful program. And then it will automatically detect all iTunes backup files on your computer and display it on the main interface. Just chooses one of your iPhone and click "Start Scan" to start scanning for files.
- Preview and Mark Photos iTunes backup files will be divided into different folders after the scan. You can choose "Photos" and preview the specific pictures in the right panel before recovery. Mark all images you want to restore.
- Begin to Recover When you've done all the above settings, hit the recover button and they will be saved to the PC from where you can access them.
Note: Backing up your device frequently is the most important thing if you want to recover data in this way. And you also use Coolmuster iPad iPhone iPod to Computer Transfer and Coolmuster iPad iPhone iPod to Mac Transfer to backup iPhone data on your computer and Mac regularly.
System requirements
The extractor works with encrypted backups but for security reasons, when dealing with encrypted backups, you must know the iTunes backup password and the application must validate it's correct.
The iPhone Backup Extractor will run on any Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer, or on Linux or OS X computers. On Windows it requires the .NET 2 framework (almost always already installed) and on Linux or OS X it requires Mono (free download). Users of Ubuntu Intrepid or Jaunty should find the application works with stock Mono packages. Mono users can run the application in a terminal, with mono iPhoneBackupExtractor.exe.
The app is completely free of cost