Utility Extracts Files from iPhone and iPod touch Backups

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The iPhone Backup Extractor, by developer Pádraig, converts the iPhone and iPod Touch backups created by iTunes into Mac OS X files that you can browse, examine, etc. The program is designed to work under only Mac OS X Leopard. It can be used to perform the following, per the developer's website:

Extracting application resources for developers to help them investigate bugs.
Exploring files that are created by third party applications using Finder.
Decoding the SQLite database files that are stored on the iPhone and iPod Touch, such as Call History, SMS messages, and Notes.

Download a copy of it by clicking here.

Topics:: Applications

Tags:: iphone,; backups

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by dcgrigsby December 7, 2008 8:22 PM PST: For information on the backup file format, creating the tool, and other back story on this tool, please have a listen to my interview with P?draig for the Mobile Orchard iPhone developer podcast. Hear it here:

http://www.mobileorchard.com/padraig-kennedy-and-pete-schwamb-interviews/; Like this Reply to this comment

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