I don't have my old iPhone and I would like to access my photos off of it. I know it was backed up so how can I access that old backup to get my old photos? They aren't on my iCloud now but in my iTunes backup. Please help! My old iPhone was a 4s and my current one is a 5s with iOS 9.1.
The above post was extracted from Apple community and we found that this user had difficulty in accessing old iTunes backup to get photos from old iPhone 4s. So do you have been faced with such a problem? How do you do to view those old photos from old iTunes backup? If you are still bothered by such a problem, don't panic. We have a method to help you extract photos from old iTunes backup from old iPhone. Here we go.
When you need to access old iTunes backup to extract those photos, what you need is the help from iTunes backup extractor software named as iFonebox, which is a professional iOS data recovery to extract and restore data like photos, contacts, notes, voice memos, etc, from iTunes or iCloud backup. With iFonebox, you can not only view and access iTunes or iCloud backup data, but selectively restore data you need from backup without erasing or wiping any data on your iPhone or iPad/ One more thing, iFonebox is a great helper to recover deleted data like messages, WeChat messages, WhatsApp messages and more from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch directly. Pretty cool, right?
It is important and necessary for you to download and install iFonebox on your computer. Two versions are optional: Windows version and Mac version. Just pick out one to install according to your computer model.
How to access old iTunes backup to get my old photos?
Follow the simple steps listed as below after install iFonebox on your computer. Take iFonebox for Mac as example.
--Run iFonebox. Choose "Recover from iTunes Backup" mode. All iTunes backup on your Mac will be listed here. So you can choose one containing old photos you need to scan. Just click "Select" button to begin.
--Scan photos from selected photos. Click on Photos item to start scanning and analysis.
--Preview and choose photos to extract. After scanning, now you can access and view all those photos from your iTunes backup. Next, select all photos and click Recover to PC button and all photos will be in your computer stored in a folder.
Tips: if you need to transfer all those found photos from computer to your new iPhone, read this article carefully: Tips to transfer photos from computer back to iPhone for free
