Just sold my iPhone but backed up the phone to my Mac via iTunes (I'm still on High Sierra 10.13)
Now, how do I access those backed up photos?
In iTunes I select the desired backup and then select 'Show in Finder', I'm taken to a MobileSync folder with a bunch of files.
Is this where the backed up photos reside? The files are not jpegs, just weird alphanumeric file names.
The iPhone backup is an all or none situation. You cannot pick or choose what you wish to recover. You would need to restore the backup to a device to get those photos back. You should have just imported the photos to the Mac or used iCloud Photos.
The iPhone backup is an all or none situation. You cannot pick or choose what you wish to recover. You would need to restore the backup to a device to get those photos back. You should have just imported the photos to the Mac or used iCloud Photos.
If you backed up your photos by creating a backup from your phone, you would need to use that backup to restore the phone. If you backed up the images by using iCloud, comply sign into iCloud and the photos will download.
If you backed up images by offloading them in some other way, then the images would be where you stored them.
As you backed up your phone, you need to restore it. Your pictures are stored in a SQL database and are inaccessible to the end user.
To restore your phone visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204184
Yes. See this, Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support and use the section Import to your Mac.
Sorry but did you read my question fully?
Yes. you created a backup of your phone. On your new phone, you restore the backup and the information you backed up will transfer to the new device.
I get that...but I don't want to restore the backup to a new iPhone.
I simply want to restore the photos which I backed up on my Mac to my Mac.
So if I restore the backup to another device, how do I export the photos to the Mac...using Photos?
Restoring photos from backed up iPhone on Mac
