How to get your texts, WhatsApp chats, voicemails, photos and the rest out of an iPhone backup, one task at a time. Each guide uses OpenExtract, which is free and open source, and works from a backup on your own computer.
Every conversation, saved as PDF, HTML, CSV or text files that open anywhere.
The whole thread with the date, time and sender of every message, not a pile of screenshots.
A conversation as one PDF, with its photos, dates and who sent each message.
Back up with the Apple Devices app or iTunes, then save the conversations as files.
What actually works, and an honest look at what a backup can still hold.
Save a readable copy of every conversation before the switch, then turn off iMessage.
Read your WhatsApp chats on a Windows PC or Mac, with their photos, voice messages and calls, and save them as a PDF, a web page, a spreadsheet or text.
Find a loved one's voicemails in an old backup, listen, and keep the audio safe.
Make an encrypted backup, then save every call as a spreadsheet.
Save the whole camera roll as the original files, in folders by month with their real dates.
Save the whole address book as a spreadsheet, or as cards for Google Contacts.
Take the shows you follow in Apple Podcasts to another app as an OPML file, and save your listening history.
Photos, contacts, call history, notes and more, without iCloud.
The backup folders on Mac and Windows, how to tell them apart, and how to keep one safe.
Where Windows keeps the backup folder, and how to open it and read what's inside.
See what's in a backup on Windows, Mac or Linux, with no trial and no export caps.
Install the .deb or AppImage, and open a backup copied from a Mac or PC.
Manifest.db, domains, and why some data is there and some isn't.
What you get without a trial or a subscription, on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Side by side, including where iMazing wins.
iExplorer's demo shows your messages but won't export them.
What its free version does, and what needs Pro.
Reincubate's free edition, its paid licenses, and OpenExtract.