How to Download Photos from iTunes Backup Freely

Regularly backing up your iPhone and iPad photos to iTunes is an effective way to keep your data safe. If you have deleted or lost your photos by mistake on your iPhone or iPad, you can retrieve iOS photos from iTunes backup. If needed, you can also download the photos from the backup to your computer. iTunes can only restore the entire backup, does not allow users to preview the contents of the backup, and does not support selected categories of files. But restoring in this way means replacing the original files on the iPhone with the backup files, which is likely to result in the loss of some other important data.

If you are in search of a way that can selectively extract only that data (photos) which is needed, you are in the right place. You can easily view iPhone/iPad backup photos on Mac or Windows PC. iPhone Data Recovery can help you freely preview and select the data you need in the backup, and download the backup data to the computer without overwriting any data. Support selectively download photos, videos, text messages, APP data, etc. From iTunes backup to the computer.

iPhone Data Recovery application is capable of retrieving your deleted data from iTunes backup and iCloud backup. You can extract photos from iPhone/iPad backup to computer, even without the iOS device. If your backup does not contain the files you want, you can use this app to scan your iOS device and recover lost data directly from the device. In this guide, we will have a look on how to download photos from iTunes backup selectively with the help of iPhone Data Recovery. Let us start then.

Steps to Download Photos from iTunes Backup Freely

Step 1. Download, install and run iPhone Data Recovery app on your computer. Tap on "iPhone Data Recovery" and select "Recover from iTunes Backup" option on the screen, you will see all iTunes backup list in order on the screen, you can see backup size, date, name and more, choose one backup you need and click "Start Scan" button to extract it immediately.

Step 2. Wait for some time, the software will finish the scan process, you can see all data type on left panel, tap "Camera Roll", "Photo Stream", "Photo Library" or "App Photos", preview related photos in detail on the right, pick up all photos you want and click "Recover" button to download them.