iPhone Backup Extractor

A Python script to extract and restore files from iTunes iPhone backups using Manifest.db.

Features

• Extracts files from iTunes/Finder iPhone backups.
• Reconstructs original file paths.
• Uses SQLite to read Manifest.db.
• Handles missing files/errors gracefully.
• Progress bar for large backups.

Installation

Ensure you have Python 3 installed, then install the required dependencies:

pip install tqdm

Usage

Basic Extraction

Extracts files from the iPhone backup in /path/to/iphone/backup to a folder called extracted:

python iphone_extract_backup.py "/path/to/iphone/backup"

Specify Output Folder

Extracts files to /path/to/output instead of the default extracted:

python iphone_extract_backup.py "/path/to/iphone/backup" -o "/path/to/output"

Disable Progress Bar

Useful for running the script in non-interactive environments:

python iphone_extract_backup.py "/path/to/iphone/backup" --no-progress

Repository

GitHub: iPhone Backup Extractor

Author

Conor Armstrong 📧 [email protected]