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Q: create non-encrypted backup without previous password

Hi there,

 

i need a strategy for the following problem:

 

in the past i encrypted iphone backups and lost the password. What i need to know is, how do i create a new non-encrypted backup without any password. I don't care about the encrypted old backups, only need a new one.

 

 

Sounds easy, mmh? Oh it should and it could be this easy, BUT...

 

Everytime i connect my iphone 4S to any of my computers and start itunes 11.0.4.4, there is a hook set by default on iphone backup-encryption and if i try to disable this, itunes asks for the password, that i don't remember.

 

To make it clear - i don't want to save the old backups, cause i don't need them while my iphone is perfekt as it is...

 

Any thread i found tells me to make a backup, reset my iphone to the factory settings and then to configure my iphone as a new one, BUT if i do so, all data are lost, and thats the last thing i want to do!

 

Is there any chance to get rid of this hook in itunes backup encryption and/or to do a simple normal easy goin backup?

 

thanks in advance for any helpful hints,

 

sincerely yours,

 

BlæckHole

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iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Jun 13, 2013 10:54 PM

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  • by Super Remie,

    Super Remie Super Remie Jul 15, 2016 12:40 AM in response to LACAllen
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    Jul 15, 2016 12:40 AM in response to LACAllen

    If you are lucky, your forgotten password is still in your keychain. Usually trying to change your password or unchecking the "encrypt iPhone backup" button will automatically fill in the original password. If it doesn't you can try to look in your keychain.

     

    To open Keychain Access go to Finder -> Applications (or CMD+SHIFT+A) -> Utilities -> Keychain Access.app

     

    In that app type 'backup' in the search field and see if it can find entries like 'iPhone backup'. Open that entry and check the box 'show password'. If prompted enter your admin password. (The admin password is usually the same password you use to login to your Mac, if you are the main user of the Mac.)

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