• Description
• Installation
• Usage
  • CLI
  • Python

Description

pyiosbackup is a utility created in order to parse and decrypt iOS backups.

Installation

Install the last released version using pip:

python3 -m pip install --user -U pyiosbackup

Or install the latest version from sources:

git clone git@github.com:matan1008/pyiosbackup.git
cd pyiosbackup
python3 -m pip install --user -U -e .

Usage

CLI

Before decrypting a backup, you need to create one. You can use the amazing pymobiledevice3 to do that:

pymobiledevice3 backup2 encryption ON 1234 .
pymobiledevice3 backup2 backup --full .

After creating the backup, you can decrypt it:

pyiosbackup extract-all $BACKUP_FOLDER 1234 --target decrypted

You can also extract single files by their domain and relative path:

pyiosbackup extract-domain-path $BACKUP_FOLDER RootDomain Library/Preferences/com.apple.backupd.plist -p 1234

Or by their file id:

pyiosbackup extract-id $BACKUP_FOLDER a8323a1323d9cad416d8b44d87c8049de1adff25 -p 1234

You can also print some metadata about the backup:

pyiosbackup stats $BACKUP_FOLDER -p 1234

Python

Another way to access the functionality of the package is using python code.

For example, iterating over all files in a backup will look like:

from pyiosbackup import Backup

backup_path = 'BACKUP_PATH'
password = '1234'

backup = Backup.from_path(backup_path, password)
for file in backup.iter_files():
    print(file.filename)
    print(file.last_modified)

You can also access a specific file:

import plistlib

from pyiosbackup import Backup

backup_path = 'BACKUP_PATH'
password = '1234'

backup = Backup.from_path(backup_path, password)
backupd_plist = backup.get_entry_by_domain_and_path(
    'RootDomain', 'Library/Preferences/com.apple.backupd.plist'
)
print(plistlib.loads(backupd_plist))