Practical third-party applications forensics

In this section, we're going to look at some of the most popular iOS third-party applications and their artifacts. The purpose of this section is not to take an in-depth look at each application, but rather to give you a practical reference of what artifacts can be expected for each app, as well as where they're located.

It's important to understand that the names and paths of artifacts are subject to change, and each update may change the way an application interfaces with iOS.

Applications are grouped into four categories: social networking, messaging, productivity, and multimedia.

For each application, the path to the artifact is provided, along with a description. Keep in mind that all the paths are relative to the application's data container or group container.

Social networking applications

In this section, we will focus on the three primary social networking applications, Facebook, Instagram, and...