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 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Most of this still applies, but this could do with some expansion on newer research into iOS backups. (June 2024) |
mdbackup is a command line Mac utility by Erica Sadun. It extracts plist and embedded databases from the *.mdbackup files stored in /Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
Erica's articles talk you through how to extract information from these files.
Windows users can use the shareware program iTunes Backup Manager to edit and extract the contents of backup archives.
Details
- http://ericasadun.com/ftp/Macintosh/ [Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine]
- http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/05/iphone-backups-part-1.html [Archived 2008-11-05 at the Wayback Machine]
- http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/05/iphone-backups-part-2.html [Archived 2008-11-05 at the Wayback Machine]
- http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/05/iphone-backups-part-3.html [Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine]
- http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/06/recovering-data-from-mdbackup.html [Archived 2008-08-25 at the Wayback Machine]
- http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/06/iphone-backups-part-4.html [Archived 2008-11-05 at the Wayback Machine]
- http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/07/iphone-backups-part-5-even-mor.html [Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080916232152/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/08/21/mission-tuawpossible-back-up-your-iphone-with-time-machine