Notes

Things worth
writing down.

Notes from the project: how backups work, how to recover things, how to leave Apple with your data, and the occasional piece on why we build it this way.

Recovering voicemails from people who have passed

A quiet guide. Where the voice files live, how to find them, and how to keep them when the phone and the person are both gone.

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Encrypted backups are better, actually

Counterintuitive take: tick the "Encrypt local backup" box. You get more data, not less.

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Switching to Android without losing your iPhone data

The list of things Apple won't help you take with you — and how to take them anyway.

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What "open source" actually means for a tool like this

We're MIT licensed. Here's what that changes about how you should think about trusting us with your backup.

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Your iPhone has been writing your diary — you just can't read it yet

A longer, more personal piece on what it feels like to finally hold years of your own data in a readable form. Not a how-to. A reflection.

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The Fortress of Nothing Matters

What 17,518 extracted messages revealed when analyzed at scale — patterns the subject couldn't see from inside, and what data-as-mirror can show that introspection can't.

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