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Browse and export information from iPhone backups database.

iBackup Viewer, tool for browsing iphone backups database. And save person contact to Mac Address Book, export call history and sms messages to well formatted text file. View and save iPhone Apps' data quickly.

  • Download the iBackup Viewer

    Download the latest version of iBackup Viewer from download page. Find the file "ibackupviewer.zip" file under your Downloads folder when downloading finished. Unzip the file you'll get the installer file "iBackupViewer.dmg", double click the file to open and mount the installer, then you'll see:


  • Install and Run iBackup Viewer

    Drag the icon "iBackup Viewer.app" over "Applications" to finish installation. Then, run the application, if there is any backups on local computer, iBackup Viewer will automatically load and list them.


  • Save contacts and groups to Mac Address Book

    "Address Book" tab is the default when a backup datase is loaded.

    All the groups and contacts will be listed in this tab, and save single contact by clicking "Save Person", save all contacts within a group by right-clicking in the contacts list view.


  • Call history

    Click "Save to File..." to export call history to well formatted text file.


  • iPhone Photos

    Click "Photos" tab, iBackup Viewer loads all photos backed up and displays thumbnails.

    Slide the slider at the bottom to change the thumbnail size for good experience.

    There are two ways to export and save iphone photos to disk:

    • "Save All Photos..." button, this will export all photos to selected location
    • Select photos to be saved, and right click, choose "Save Selected Photos..." or "Save All Photos..."

  • Preview Apps' data in image mode

    iBackup Viewer will automatically detect the type of user data file for preview. If the data file is a kind of image, it will be shown as image.

    Right click on image or file list to save the file or open with Finder.


  • Preview Apps' data in text mode

    Otherwise, iBackup Viewer will tries to open the file as text. But if the data file is encoded plist, iBackup Viewer will automatically convert it to readable format for preview.

    Right click on image or file list to save the file or open with Finder.


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