Extract Photos from iPhone Backup Files

iBackup Viewer

The best free tool to extract contacts, messages, calendars, recordings and photos from iOS backups created by iTunes.

Extract Photos from iPhone Backup Files

When your iPhone suddenly corrupted, you may want to recover the photos backed up with iTunes. iBackup Viewer is the right app you are looking for. With iBackup Viewer, it is easy to extract photos from iPhone backup files in 3 simple steps

First of All, Get iBackup Viewer for Windows or Mac

When the downloading finishes, go to downloads folder, find and open the downloaded zip file, you will get a DMG installer file. Mount the installer and finish installation. (You can run the app from the installer, but not recommended).

Run iBackup Viewer

Run iBackup Viewer after installation, the app will load all available backups automatically.

You can switch among those backups by click the corresponding thumbnail, generally the wallpaper of the iPhone will be used as thumbnails for unencrypted backups. all backups

Click on "Photos" icon,

load photos

photos in backup were listed as thumbnails.

photos thumbnails

Export Photos from an iPhone Backup

You can save photos in various ways:

Individual photo

Selection of photos

Photos of a date

Photo album or moment

All photos

  • Individual photo

    To export an individual photo, you can either right-click on the photo and choose "Export" from the pop-up menu, or

    • 1) click the circle at the top left of the thumbnail to select the photo
    • 2) and then click "Selected" button in the toolbar at the top to save the photo

    export individual photo

  • Selection of photos

    To save a selection of photos, you need to enter selection mode by two ways:

    1) Click the "Enter selection mode" button in the toolbar locate at top of the photos view.

    2) Click the circular check box when the mouse cursor over any of the photo thumbnail.

    select photos to be saved

    Then click the "Selected" button in the toolbar after making the selection to export the selected photos.

  • Photos of a date

    If you want to export the photos of a date, move the cursor to the date, an "Export" button will appear, click the button to save all the photos in current date bucket.

    export photos of a date

  • Photo album or moment

    If you want to save all photos of an album, a folder or a moment folder, you can simply choose the folder (album) in the left panel, and then click the "Current Folder" button in the toolbar to save them.

    select photos to be saved

  • All photos at once.

    To export all photos and videos at once, simply clicking "All" button in the toolbar.