Exploring iPhone Backup Analyzer
In this section, we are going to explore the iOS forensic tool, iPhone Backup Analyzer.
Getting ready
iPhone Backup Analyzer is a Java-based product that can be used on multiple platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and Mac. You can download the JAR file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/iphoneanalyzer/files/latest/download. This is an open source tool that can be used to extract the iTunes backup files. Most of the time, this tool is used for extracting and analyzing existing backups. However, if needed, this tool can also make a backup.
How to do it...
Perform the following steps to analyze the iTunes backup:
The first step is to get the copy of the backup data; in order to locate the data, you can go to the following directory:
For Windows 7 and above:
<user_home>\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
For Mac:
/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
Once you have navigated to the preceding path, you should be able to see something like...