cheekyage

Q: Restore iPhone backup from Time Machine

Hi everyone

 

I am stuck in a scenario where my young son recently got a hold of my old iPhone 4S and decided to disable the phone due to maxing out the number of attempts to enter the passcode.

 

My problem is the backup to this iPhone 4S device is on my AirPort Time Capsule Time Machine which was backed up using my old iMac that was running OS X Snow Leopard.

 

When I attempt to go into Time Machine it won't let me go that time stamped backup as I am now using OS X El Capitan.

 

The good news is that I can see the all the backups and files sitting in AirPort Time Capsule under the 'Time Machine Backups' folder.

 

My question now is - how can I restore the iPhone backup that I can see in the Time Machine Backups folder?

 

Surely this has to be a way where I can restore the backup that is on the AirPort Time Capsule and import it into iTunes so I can update the iPhone 4S.

 

Any advice and recommendations would be so much appreciated

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 7:27 PM