For this, there are some great tools available for macOS and Windows. However, if you have started using your device without a restored backup (like I did), then you may only want to retrieve some data from the backup file on your Mac. If you want to restore the locked iOS backup onto your device – you’re good to go, thanks to the retrieved password.
#UNLOCK IPHONE BACKUP PASSWORD MAC HOW TO#
TADAA! You’ve got your iOS backup password now! How to access your backed up iOS files using the recovered password Open such an entry by double-clicking it & retrieve the password by unlocking it with your current macOS username and password! In the best case, you’ll see at least one entry storing your password. Once you retrieved the login.keychain-file from the backup, simply double-click it in order to open it in the Keychain.app Find your iOS backup password by searching for “ iPhone Backup“Ĭlick on the added Keychain entry and use the search field to find entries containing “ backup” or “ iphone backup” (depending on your iOS devices). $ cp /Volumes//Backups.backupdb///Macintosh\ HD/Users//Library/Keychains/login.keychain ~/Desktop/backup-login.keychain Open the login.keychain file with the Keychain Access.app Or use a short Terminal.app command to retreive the login.keychain-file:.Volumes//Backups.backupdb///Macintosh\ HD/Users//Library/Keychains/ Either manually by browsing the folder structure until you reach:.Turns out: yes, it does 🙂 Retrieve your encrypted iOS backup password from Time Machineįirst things first: grab a copy of the backed up macOS login.keychain-file from your Time Machine backup. « Wouldn’t my old Keychain be backed up in Time Machine, and it should contain my iOS backup password from iTunes/Apple Music times?» – my idea I connected an external disk where I found an Time Machine backup of a previous macOS version. Oh dear… Until some days ago… I had an idea Finder Sync asking for password to unlock encrypted iOS backup. the «bad»: I chose a weird password for it.Īfter trying out endless password combinations to unlock my last iOS backup without success, I gave up and used my new iPhone “from scratch” (well thanks to the Cloud, it’s not that bad anymore).the «good»: I setup an encrypted iOS backup many years ago.(Not so) funny moment after upgrading macOS Catalina and realizing, that iOS backups are now part of Finder Sync instead of Apple Music – but the password for your encrypted iPhone or iPad backup is no longer available in the keychain.
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