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Hi! I recently did a backup of my phone using iTunes but whenever I browse these files they're all a strange format that my computer doesn't recognize, so my question is how can I backup my files while being able to open them on my PC
iPhone 4, Windows 8
There's no official way to open iPhone back up file. The only way you can 'use' it is to restore it to your phone via iTunes.
There are some 3rd party applications claiming to be able to open iTunes backups but I don't recommend using them, as messing with back up itself, may cause it to be unusable when you need it. But if you really have to do it just google "open iPhone backup file" and I'm sure you will find something.
But again, don't do it. 😉
There's no official way to open iPhone back up file. The only way you can 'use' it is to restore it to your phone via iTunes.
There are some 3rd party applications claiming to be able to open iTunes backups but I don't recommend using them, as messing with back up itself, may cause it to be unusable when you need it. But if you really have to do it just google "open iPhone backup file" and I'm sure you will find something.
But again, don't do it. 😉
Thanks! What I ended up doing was copying the backup folder and changing all the file formats to jpeg (since what I wanted to recover where mostly pictures) and it worked!
how do i change the format to jpeg? can i do all of them at once? Would you mind giving me steps to follow when you have a moment? Many thanks 🙂
Why can't I open my backup files on my PC?
