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BDS28

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Original poster
Mar 12, 2017
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Hey, I'm new here. I'm sure this has been posted multiple times but I can't seem to find it via search, so apologies in advance if this is annoying...

I need to set up my new phone from scratch and not as a restore of an old backup... But my old backup (and the 5+ years of history in it) contains a lot of important message history. What is the best and safest piece of software to use to extract/export message history into a document or other readable/savable format either from my old phone or the encrypted backup file? I am using a Windows PC.

Thanks so much for your help :)
 

ANTAWNM26

macrumors 65816
Jun 14, 2009
1,008
263
Hey, I'm new here. I'm sure this has been posted multiple times but I can't seem to find it via search, so apologies in advance if this is annoying...

I need to set up my new phone from scratch and not as a restore of an old backup... But my old backup (and the 5+ years of history in it) contains a lot of important message history. What is the best and safest piece of software to use to extract/export message history into a document or other readable/savable format either from my old phone or the encrypted backup file? I am using a Windows PC.

Thanks so much for your help :)

Look up backup trans
 

chscag

macrumors 601
Feb 17, 2008
4,622
1,946
Fort Worth, Texas
Hey, I'm new here. I'm sure this has been posted multiple times but I can't seem to find it via search, so apologies in advance if this is annoying...

I need to set up my new phone from scratch and not as a restore of an old backup... But my old backup (and the 5+ years of history in it) contains a lot of important message history. What is the best and safest piece of software to use to extract/export message history into a document or other readable/savable format either from my old phone or the encrypted backup file? I am using a Windows PC.

Thanks so much for your help :)

Take a look at iMazing for Windows. It is able to transfer data from your iPhone to another iPhone or to your PC. It is not a free app though.
 
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