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We're back, for our first update of iPhone Backup Extractor this July. There's been plenty going on, and whilst iOS 12 support isn't new in this build, we wrote about the work we did over the last couple of weeks for Apple's iCloud changes. Yes, we fully support it all. We met Prince Charles the week before, recognising our work driving innovation in the UK, and talked about GDPR with him. How often can you write that in a change-log? I mean, really. 🤷‍♀️

iPhone Backup Extractor and Reincubate's iCloud API are fully compatible with the changes in iOS 12. And, as of today -- following Apple's recent changes -- Reincubate is the only technology provider able to access iCloud backups created from all versions of iOS.

Today's release brings our second big new feature of June: detailed Apple and mobile device data for any iOS backup or device, built in to iPhone Backup Extractor. The data we show goes way beyond the information encoded on the device and in a backup. We've had to build out an entire API with gigabytes of supporting data to be able to do this in a secure and reliable way, and we're making that freely available from today. We've written in more detail on our blog about this release, the data you're now able to access, and the API. In other news, we're off to Buckingham Palace again later today. It's a busy day.

This article will help you find files belonging to a particular app inside an iPhone backup. It'll also help you build a better understanding of how files and folders are arranged on iOS.

June's been exciting so far, with WWDC and Apple's updates on the future of iOS and the iCloud. Here's our latest release: this one's got a few nice tweaks in it.

We've been busy here at Reincubate HQ over the last couple of weeks. We're recruiting, preparing to jet off to the US for meetings, and, well... shipping software. ✈️ On that note, here's our latest release of iPhone Backup Extractor. We think this one's pretty neat.

We treated our Mac users earlier with the first release of our updated left-hand navigation. Today we're releasing the first iteration of this for Windows users, and sweeping up a few minor issues in the Mac release. There's more to come, and we'd love to read your feedback. ✍️ We'll be writing a little more in future as we continue to improve the navigation.

Here's our next update of iPhone Backup Extractor, with a few handy tweaks for some users.

It's May, and it's time for a release. We've hinted at some of the changes in our plan, and the first preview of our new left-hand navigation systems is now out for macOS users. There are changes for Windows users, too, and more to come. Don't be shy: tell us what you think and how you get on with it! 🤞

We said it was coming, and here it is. On the heels of our last build we're releasing a number of fixes which help with corrupted backups and WhatsApp attachments. Also, London was 28℃ in April. 🌞 Can you believe that?

We've been celebrating our second Queen's Award, and working on a bunch of behind-the-scenes changes to iPhone Backup Extractor. This release is built from our enhanced code-base, but is otherwise similar to 7.6.0.2089. Back to regular releases shortly, and we'll ship an update build in the coming days. 👑

This year we have been awarded a second Queen’s Award for Enterprise, this time in recognition of our innovation in creating Reincubate iPhone Backup Extractor, the world’s leading iOS data recovery and access product.

The sun is back out, and that means it's time another release of iPhone Backup Extractor made its way into the world from our eagle's nest by the Tower of London. ☀️

On the heels of last week's 7.6 release, we're shipping a smaller release with a handful of fixes today. 🙇‍♂️ Don't forget you can always reach out to us!

We're thrilled to be releasing iPhone Backup Extractor 7.6 today. It introduces a milestone new feature: previews of iCloud data. Rather than needing to download data in order to view it within the app, you can now preview a variety of data before choosing whether to download it. Happy days! ☀️ Let us know how you get on with it.

Hooray! It's time for our first release of March.

Some of our favourite releases are Monday releases. Here's the latest!

We've started this week strong, with this being our second release of the week. It's only Tuesday! Whatever next?

Here's a new release of the iPhone Backup Extractor to start your week. We've got some nice bits in this one.

It's valentine's day. Love is in the air. So is our latest update to Reincubate iPhone Backup Extractor. We hope you like it! 💌

We're thrilled to release this update of iPhone Backup Extractor, headlining with support for previews of recordings in iPhone backups. To mark this, we've codenamed the release 1998: the year Britney Spears shot to fame. We've mixed feelings about that. 👩‍🎤

We've been beavering away in London's sunny sub-zero temperates, and this latest release is the fruit of our labours. How is it for you? ❄️

In Old English, February was called Solmonath, or mud month. We've tried not to get any on this new build, which has a number of internal enhancements. 👩‍💻

In order to close out January we're shipping another release. 7.5.11 brings with it new previewers and enhancements for the iOS 11.3 developer preview. Hurrah! 🎉

Our latest release includes a lot of work behind the scenes to make things smoother than ever. 💪

We're celebrating Tuesday and London's first glimpse of the sun in 2018 with a new release today. ☀️

Three deploys in a week. Yes, that's how our 2018 is starting. How is yours? Our new release has got a bunch of good ingredients.

After yesterday's excitement around the release we've only gone and released another build. This one includes a number of changes.

We're releasing a small build which updates some of the security certificates we use.

Today's 1905 release is a big one: we've added preview functionality for contacts and call history. Our pleasure. 💪

Two releases in as many days? That's right, here's the latest release iPhone Backup Extractor. We're hard at work on the next already.

To celebrate it being Tuesday, we’ve just shipped a new build.

Here's a build to round out November -- and to use less of your disk space!

Another day, another release. 7.5.5.1858 has a bunch of handy things:

Today's fix is a simple performance update. Enjoy!

We've a spooky new update for you today, with a small handful of changes.

Another day, another build! Today we've shipped a bunch of small tweaks to further enhance the iPhone Backup Extractor. We've something exciting around the corner that we're paving the way for.

We’ve just released another lovely build. This has a handful of smaller updates.

Today's release is a macOS-only maintenance release, helping us to improve the robustness of the application.

Another Tuesday, another release. Today’s release brings a number of neat enhancements and fixes.

This Tuesday brings our next release, which is all about improving user experiences. We’ve made improvements to iCloud interaction, to iPhone 8 and X support, and to memory handling. This afternoon the team are off to Mansion House to meet the Lord Mayor of London on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, as part of Reincubate winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

Today’s release brings a host of goodies and improvements to the iPhone Backup Extractor on both Windows and macOS. What’s new?

We’re back to our usual combined Windows and macOS updates, and today’s is a good ‘un. Sometimes we need to say goodbye to the past, and this release officially drops support for macOS 10.7. It’s to old for us to readily support with our pace of changes. 1771 — as we like to call this new release — includes the following:

This afternoon brings a minor update. Usually we ship updates for Windows and macOS together, but today's build is just for Windows.

Read about our favourite iOS 11 features from the developer previews.

An overview of iOS 11: launch date, features, beta versions and a list of useful resources.

Nary a week’s passed and we have another update for Windows and macOS. This release smooths some things out behind the scenes and tidies up a number of interface and experience elements.

We’ve just released another update for both Windows and macOS. No new features in this build: we’ve focused on performance improvements and bugfixes. Enjoy it!

Hot on the heels of last week's release, here's another update, this time concentrating on photos and WhatsApp.

Steps on how to recover data from a water damaged iPhone and what methods you should avoid to protect your iPhone from further damage.

This last week team RI were off for a picnic in the park, and we shipped 7.5.0.1661 with a whole list of speed and reliability enhancements. You'll see the next few builds going to make the application more robust than ever.

• Improvement: Faster backup loading speed.
• Improvement: Split AppGroups and AppPlugins from Application domains.
• Fix: Fixed Error 17. Yeah, we didn't like it either.
• Fix: Our “about” dialog has a +10% prettiness bonus.

• Improvement: Improve iTunes data access for offline backups and provide access to more data.
• Improvement: We've enhanced our iTunes functionality with a number of speed fixes.

The last version of iOS 11 is now supported by the iPhone Backup Extractor.

• Improvement: Support for iOS 11 Calendar, Messages and Notes.
• Feature: Extraction of Contacts from the iCloud.

If Apple’s security systems see that an iCloud account is being used in a suspicious way it can result in the account being locked.

• Feature: Extract as PDF. The extract format family is finally complete. Now you can extract data from any chat app (including iOS native apps) in glorious PDF. Pretty Doggone Fine.
• Improvement: Extract menu options now include the same icons as the File menu options. It is all about a consistent look and feel for the product.
• Fix: Fixed a bug in the offline activation window which made the activation button invisible when the key was pasted in. Now, the activation button is easier to see than a dog on stilts.

• Feature: Added Apple WatchOS 3 support. The first time anyone has had WatchOS support.
• Feature: We added a sample data iCloud account for John Appleseed. We added this for users of Free and Basic plans so they could get a taste of the full iPhone Backup Extractor experience. You can follow the story of John and Jane from young lovers to married couple. See their photos, watch their videos, read about Tommy the wonder dog; what happened at the vet? However, if you don't want to see this data then you will be able to switch it off via the help menu or the iCloud accounts window.
• Fix: For years now a mystery deleted note has haunted the Notes recovery process. Today we exorcised it. In the past you would see the note from 01/01/2001 whenever your recovered notes from any backup. It has finally been laid to rest, and you will only recover your own, familiar notes from now on.

The joy of creating memories inspired us to write this article on how to download your iCloud Photos to your PC or Mac.

• Improvement: We changed the Mac installer to a gorgeous one that even looks good on retina. We don't want to oversell it but it's prettier than the Mona Lisa.
• Fix: Fixed an issue with the reloading of iCloud backups. If you downloaded one data category then that would be the only data you would see; even after downloading more. Now you will see all of your downloaded data.
• Fix: The iPhone Backup Extractor is now notifying users to upgrade to 7.4.6.1563, because we care and 7.4.6.1563 is the cat's pajamas.

See all the steps (with pictures) on how to safely download the iCloud Photo Library on your PC or Mac.