Practical Mobile Forensics - Fourth Edition

iExplorer

A free version of iExplorer is available at https://macroplant.com/iexplorer. This tool supports both Windows and macOS and is capable of browsing iTunes backups, too. Here is how to use it:

1. Launch iExplorer and click on Browse iTunes Backups.
2. To add a backup from a custom location, click on Add/Modify Backup Location.
3. Now, click on the Add Backup Location button and choose the path, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

Adding a custom path

4. The backups from your custom location should now be available.

Also, there is an interesting option—iExplorer can gather SQLite databases for you. To do this, click on the Raw Databases ...