(If you need to match an identifier to a device, you can click on the Serial Number in iTunes when you're looking at the phone info, and it will switch to the identifier (UDID)). There may also be extra backups made with the device identifier, followed by a date and time stamp. In this folder, each iTunes backup is a folder named by the device identifier. A file browser window will open to the Application Data folder.įrom there, navigate to Apple Computer -> MobileSync -> Backup. In the run box, type %appdata% (with the percents) and press return/enter. Windows 7, Vista, XP: From the start menu, select Run. A file browser window will open to the Application Data folder. Windows 8 and 10: In the Windows search bar type %appdata% (with the percents) and press return/enter. Right click (or control+click) the original backup and click Archive. Mac: iTunes menu -> Preferences -> Devices. I'm not sure if this is the question you're asking, but if you had a corrupt backup and you need to force iTunes to back up from scratch (rather than incrementally updating the existing corrupt backup), then you can rename the existing backup from it's usual folder name (or delete it). If you see things in the spotlight cache, and want help trying to see if we can dig into the spotlight cache file, send me an email through the contact link on that page I liked above (my blog). I don't normally dig in the spotlight cache file since I usually only work on files that are backed up, but this could be an interesting thing to do. Spotlight search for a bit of text from the convo and screenshot the results (the spotlight cache should stick around a while, but best to capture them to be safe.) The spotlight cache also stores a separate cache of messages if you have spotlight caching turned on for Messages. (If you know some text you're looking for, you can less the file and try to search for fragments yourself to get an idea if there's anything in there.) Since you're on a jailbreak, you can go look in the SQLite free space yourself, or use a tool to help you (like the others recommended - I work on one called Decipher TextMessage). (The full version does cost money, so again, full disclosure :) this is software I made that I'm linking to.) Decipher Backup Repair is made to reconstruct/fix incomplete or corrupt backups for restoring in iTunes as best as the situation allows (it depends on how incomplete the backup is.) The free trial of Decipher Backup Browser can help you preview the contents of the incomplete backup, to at least get a sense of what is there (photos, contacts, etc) and if the backup was encrypted. I'm the developer for a couple of programs that deal with broken/incomplete backups. ![]()
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