iMazing

What's new in this version:

iMazing 2.4.6
- App download: fixed failed connections to the App Store linked to changes by Apple. Downtime was minimal (less than 36 hours)
- Restoring backups: added an option to install apps which have already been downloaded to iMazing's app library
- Fixed cases where deleting photos would randomly not work or throw an error
- Other tiny fixes

iMazing 2.4.5
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.4.4
- Fixed Korean characters in file paths not being displayed correctly (Windows)
- Removed App incompatible with this device label in iMazing’s app library view, it showed up erroneously
- Better handling of edge cases when copying playlists to device or deleting music on device
- Other tiny fixes and invisible improvements…

iMazing 2.4.3
Fixed:
- Apps: Added label to identify apps not compatible with current device type (Manage Apps wizard)
- Apps: Added Delete and Hide from Library option to permanently remove an app from iMazing's Library
- Books: Much improved robustness when transferring books and pdfs to iOS devices
- Books: Book titles with special characters are now always displayed correctly
- Call History: added FaceTime info to identify FaceTime Audio and Video calls
- Console: Much improved robustness on Windows, the Console should now just work!
- Console: Improved performance when leaving the console window open for a long time
- Contacts: Importing vCard files to iOS now supports more vCard format variants
- Contacts: More tiny improvements in imports/exports
- File Transfer: Fixed case where transferring multi-gigabyte files over Wi-Fi could fail
- Localisation: fixed German translation of the Windows Files menu, thank you Theodor!
- Music: Exporting compilations to iTunes should now work as expected
- Music: Fixed case where iMazing hanged when transferring a folder containing a lot of tracks to iOS
- Music: Fixed Import from iTunes when the iTunes Music Library is on an external drive (Windows)
- Music: iMazing now display a warning when exporting DRM protected music
- Music: Improved Composer metadata handling
- Photos: Added location data when transferring photos to iOS
- Photos: Fixed case where creating or renaming albums could result in iMazing not displaying them immediately
- Photos: Fixed case where importing large number of photos could fail
- Photos: Much improved stability when copying photos to device, especially to older/less powerful models
- Photos: Ordering of imported photos is now always based on date, just as in the iOS Photos app
- UI: Improved reactivity of dataset loading (stop/refresh)
- UI: Added Options button to the actions list to increase backup options discoverability
- UI: Re-organised contextual menus of the sidebar
- UI: Fixed a few harmless glitches

iMazing 2.4.2
iPhone X:
- Support for new resolution in iMazing's UI
- Minor compatibility adjustments

Brand new Manage Apps wizard:
- Download IPAs from the App Store
- Manage an App Library on your computer, install/uninstall, backup or restore all from the same view
- Sort apps by size, filter them by Apple ID
- Restoring .imazingapp apps now installs the app straight from the App Store
- Read our blog post to learn more

Fixes:
- Fixed a crash when restoring a backup
- Fixed a crash when re-installing or updating iOS
- Other minor issues fixed and stability improvements

iMazing 2.4.1
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.4.0
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.3.9
iPhone X:
- Support for new resolution in iMazing's UI
- Minor compatibility adjustments

Fixes in version 2.3.9:
- Fixed installation of .ipa packages not downloaded from the App Store

iMazing 2.3.8
iPhone X:
- Support for new resolution in iMazing's UI
- Minor compatibility adjustments
- Fixes in version 2.3.8
- Fixed an issue where apps were not installed when restoring a backup. Make sure to do a new backup if you were experiencing this issue

iMazing 2.3.7
iPhone X:
- Support for new resolution in iMazing's UI
- Minor compatibility adjustments

Fixes:
- Backup: fixed an issue where backing up to a NAS volume which was not mounted when the backup started could cause an 'Cannot Optimise Backup Size' error.
- Books: better metadata support (Artist field)
- HEIC conversion: added support for color profiles, improved robustness
- Notes: fixed case where some notes could appear twice
- UI: fixed screenshot display issues with some rarer devices

New:
- Photos: iOS 11’s new .HEIC images are now converted on the fly to .JPG if needed
- Preferences: Photo Export Format settings in Other Data tab. Choose in which format iMazing will export iOS 11 .HEIC photos
- Backup: Better handling of unavailable (disconnected) backup locations
- General: Small stability fixes and improvements

iMazing 2.3.6
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.3.5
- Apps: Better handling of app installation: iMazing no longer asks for the target device to be backed up when installing a fresh IPA
- Apps: Better handling of app extraction on older iOS versions (< 8.3)
- Optimisation: major improvements in memory usage
- UI: Changed the way devices and backups are grouped in the sidebar. The new sections are: Available, Disconnected, Old Backups, Editable Backups. Backup location is now displayed in the device’s description text along with backup size
- UI: Battery icon and disk usage bar are now clickable to display extra info
- UI: Device info is now showing the backup location, backup size and number of backups
- Preferences: New options to add or remove loaded backup locations
- Device Info: Exporting device info now includes paths of apps, including GUID
- Transfer to device: Improved handling of ‘dangling’ syncs when transferring music, photos, videos or iBooks to devices (‘Error Communicating with Device’ error)
- Notes: Fixed case where some notes could be missing if the user had notes in both the old iOS 9 format and the new iOS 10 one

iMazing 2.3.4
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.3.2
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements

iMazing 2.3.1
- Fixed a crash happening at the end of a backup, during the backup migration or while extracting data from a backup. We are sorry for the inconvenience

iMazing 2.2.13
- Fixed some rare other issues while installing iOS, the operation is now more stable

iMazing 2.2.12
- Fixed a regression where installing iOS was not working any more (error message: "Cannot restore device AMRestorableDeviceRestore: AMRestorableDeviceRestore exited."), we are sorry about that
- Fixed memory leaks resulting in a very high memory usage when backing up / restoring a backup or reinstalling iOS

iMazing 2.2.11
- Devices are now always backed up before updating or reinstalling iOS
- Better handling of iOS reinstallation on multiple devices simultaneously
- Reinstall iOS: Added warning before iMazing puts the device in Recovery Mode
- Fixed a potential crash when connecting Wacom tablet
- Minor improvements and stability fixes

iMazing 2.2.10
- Critical fix for iOS 10.3.3. Please update iMazing before updating your device

iMazing 2.2.9
iOS 11 Compatibility:
- iMazing is now compatible with the new iOS 11

New iPad Pro info and icons:
- 10.5-inch
- 12.9-inch

iMazing 2.2.8
iOS 11 Ready:
- iMazing is now compatible with the new iOS 11

Bugfixes and improvements:
- Preferences window is now larger to prevent tabs from wrapping in some languages on Windows
- When the full resolution version of a photo is on iCloud Photo Library and not on the device, iMazing will now try to transfer the largest available preview file instead of the thumbnail
- Nearly all help buttons now point to specific articles to provide contextual help
- Improved available iOS version checker, will show a warning dialog if iMazing cannot connect to Apple servers
- Fixed wrong birthdate when exporting to Windows Contacts
- Improved “Forget” function to let the user choose wether or not to elevate privileges on Windows
- Datasets were not loaded properly when viewing a previous version of a backup on Windows
- Re-install iOS wizard was not working when a device was in DFU mode
- Removed a check preventing manual installation of IPSW when iMazing was not able to contact Apple Servers
- Fixed rare case where restoring an .ipa file to an iOS 9 or 10 device was not working properly
- Optimized memory usage

iMazing 2.2.7
- Fixed a general issue with iOS 10.3 which causes files and folders with some specific special characters from not appearing properly in iOS third-part apps. For the moment, iMazing is the only available software fixing this problem

iMazing 2.2.6
- Preferences window is now larger to prevent tabs from wrapping in some languages on Windows
- When the full resolution version of a photo is on iClo6d Photo Library and not on the device, iMazing will now try to transfer the largest available preview file instead of the thumbnail
- Nearly all help buttons now point to specific articles to provide contextual help
- Improved available iOS version checker, will show a warning dialog if iMazing cannot connect to Apple servers
- Fixed wrong birthdate when exporting to Windows Contacts
- Improved “Forget” function to let the user choose wether or not to elevate privileges on Windows
- Datasets were not loaded properly when viewing a previous version of a backup on Windows
- Re-install iOS wizard was not working when a device was in DFU mode
- Removed a check preventing manual installation of IPSW when iMazing was not able to contact Apple Servers
- Fixed rare case where restoring an .ipa file to an iOS 9 or 10 device was not working properly
- Optimized memory usage

iMazing 2.2.5
- Fixed some rare crashes when restoring an .imazingapp file
- Fixed other rare crashes

iMazing 2.2.4
- Fixed option "Prevent iTunes from launching when connecting a device", was not working properly on Mac
- Fixed empty .ipa files when exporting apps on old iOS versions
- Fixed few crashes and improved overall stability

iMazing 2.2.3
- Detects malfunctioning USB cables and shows a warning
- Read EXIF date/time when importing photos in albums
- Stability improvements

iMazing 2.2.2
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.2.1
- Fixed a crash when deleting photos on Mac
- Fixed backup books on iOS 5 and above

iMazing 2.2.0
- Fixed console issues where all system logs were not reported properly
- Fixed rare crash when importing music from a folder on Windows
- Fixed a rare issue when a message is displayed at launch "There is no disk in the drive..." on Windows
- Delete photo on Windows is now much faster
- Fixed case where some backup archival options would not save (Windows)
- Fixed rare Windows issue where decryption of backups would fail
- Stability improvements

iMazing 2.1.9
- Fixed delete photo crashing on Windows

iMazing 2.1.8
- Fixed delete photo not working in rare cases on Windows
- Backups: iMazing was asking the backup password inappropriately in some cases
- Restore apps: iMazing was asking the backup password inappropriately
- Fixed rare crash at startup on Windows
- Stability improvements

iMazing 2.1.6
- Fixed some rare crashes
- Stability improvements

iMazing 2.1.5
What's New:
- Apps: It is now required to disable backup encryption before restoring a .imazingapp file
- Erase: It is now necessary to disable Find my iPhone before erasing a device
- Stability improvements

Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Backup: Fixed crash with disconnected network drives in backup location selection window (Windows)
- Photos: Handling of case where deleting photos from the Camera Roll hanged (Mac)
- Minor bug fixes

iMazing 2.1.4
What's New:
- New "iTunes Archived Backups" section in iMazing's left sidebar to show iTunes archived backups which are not longer needed and could be removed to gain disk space on your computer
- Differentiate backups and devices is now easier in the sidebar, "Backup" is now shown in the description for backups

Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Loading music from an iPod Classic, Mini or Nano was never finishing in some rare cases
- First access to an app shortcut was slow, it's now much faster
- Extracting an app from a backup could fail when app was not installed on the connected device
- Extracting, Installing or Deleting an app is now faster
- Fixed a rare crash on Windows when disabling Find My iPhone
- Fixed an error when installing apps not downloaded from the App Store
- When loading the "Device info" view, apps icons were blinking on Mac
- Progress bar was blinking on Mac when updating the software
- New MacBook Pro Touch Bar was not working with an iPod Classic connected
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements

iMazing 2.1.3
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.1.2
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.1.1
- Change log not available for this version

iMazing 2.1.0
- Backups: the ‘Backups’ button now appears for all devices, even if no backup exists. This makes it easier to confirm that there is no current backup for a device, or that the current backup has not been archived by iMazing yet
- Backups: better management of backup passwords. iMazing won’t ask for your password so often
- Contacts: much improved support for importing non-standard Vcards
- Media: improved check of imported media format. Some incompatible formats could make it through our previous filter, resulting in unusable uploads
- Stability improvements and tiny fixes

iMazing 2.0.8
- Apps: fixed .IPA export from iOS 7 and 8 devices
- Backups: handling of case where iTunes backup is corrupted ("Manifest Invalid" error)
- Backups: symlink in default backup location will now be migrated to iMazing 2’s new backup location management system only once, so that power users can re-create the symlink if they need to share a custom backup location with iTunes
- Backup archiving: iMazing now warns before archiving backup if encryption status has changed
- Backup archiving: better size calculations of backup archives in edge cases
- Backup browsing: fixed UI glitch resulting in photos not being displayed when switching between archives multiple times
- Backup editing: fixed adding files to a backup crash (Win)
- Backup extractor: support for extracting large files (>1GB) from encrypted backups
- Backup location: full path of custom location is now displayed in the backup location wizard
- Contacts: fixed rare crash in Contacts view
- Sidebar: ctrl-click on device now works as expected
- Minor stability fixes and improvements

iMazing 2.0.5
- Backups: Fix for importing .iMazing files
- Backups: Guard against invalid file names when exporting backups
- Backups: fixed crash when adding files to an editable backup
- Music: Fix for better iTunes 12.5 library parsing
- Photos: Fix for exporting parent Moments in ‘All Photos’ album
- UI: Fix for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus icons
- UI: Fix for selection status not refreshed in toolbar
- UI: Removed duplicate ‘Export as Folder’ button when browsing a backup
- General: Stability improvements

iMazing 2.0.4
- Photos: fixed regression which could cause a crash when loading photos from a USB connected device in the first minute after launching the app
- Restore: Guard against restoring partial backups

iMazing 2.0.3
- Photos: Compatibility fix for iOS 6 and 7
- Restore a backup: Prevent users from trying to restore a backup when they have none, or to restore a backup to no device
- Restore a backup: Fixed case where restoring all datasets but not all apps would result in all apps being restored
- Connection: Fixed rare crash at the end of the connection wizard when connecting an empty device for the first time
- Storage: Documents folder for USB storage is available again
- Storage: Fix for diacritic case-insensitive sorting in tree view
- Labels: Better labelling of option screens of wizards, ‘Save’ replaces ‘Done’ to better reflect the action
- Various stability improvements

iMazing 2.0.2
- Fixed issue where restoring a customised backup from an external drive did not work
- Fixed installation path following user feedback (Mac)
- Fix for jailbreak compatibility
- Better handling of choice of backup location when write permission is denied
- Removed obsolete ‘Export to TXT’ button from the Call History view and fixed routing of Export to CSV’ button
- Fixed lacking extension when exporting archive to .imazing

Version 2.0.1:
- Full iOS 10 Compatibility, including for encrypted backups
- Full iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Compatibility
- Automatic archiving of backups: backups are not overwritten, and disk use is optimised to store many backups of a single device
- Backups popover: navigate your device’s backup history
- Backup history cleaner: iMazing will offer to delete older backups of a device if they take too much space
- Ability to set backup locations per device
- Step-by-step wizards for backup, restore and transfer operations
- Restoring a backup, or transferring data from one device to another now supports choosing which apps to restore/transfer
- Wizards for activating and pairing new devices
- Battery health popover
- UI: new layout, colourful looks
- UI: Home screen and lock screen of devices are displayed in iMazing.
- Photos: iMazing will now display your entire iCloud Photo Library, even if full res pictures are not on the device. See the ‘All Photos’ album.
- Photos: Export thumbnails if the full res picture is in the cloud
- Privacy: iMazing actively encourages users to enable backup encryption 3 Data: Export raw data feature to export device backup data in files and folders