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joz-k / ios_backup_extractor

iOS backup media extraction tool (photos, videos)
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how would I extract other types of files like notes #5

Closed jay51 closed 2 weeks ago

jay51 commented 3 weeks ago

How do I extract other types of files like my notes in the notes app on the iPhone

joz-k commented 2 weeks ago

Currently this tool is focused on extracting media files. In general, it should be possible to extract any content from the backup. However, the backup format is not officially documented by Apple, and various content types require reverse engineering. There are commercial tools that give you more access to different types of content. As for the open-source, I can see at least these two projects claiming to extract notes:

(Mostly a note to myself) The notes in the backup are stored in the backup SQLite file named 4f98687d8ab0d6d1a371110e6b7300f6e465bef2. In the ZICCLOUDSYNCINGOBJECT table, the ZWIDGETSNIPPET column seems to contain the text portion of the notes.

In short, there is no support for extracting notes or other content, but I may add more data types in the future.

jay51 commented 2 weeks ago

you're right! I looked inside the sqlite backup for 4f98687d8ab0d6d1a371110e6b7300f6e465bef2 db and I was able to find the information under ZICCLOUDSYNCINGOBJECT table in ZWIDGETSNIPPET column.

Thank you!