Despite the fact that Apple’s iTunes software does a good job at backing up your personal data, you should know that these backups are encrypted as well as inaccessible save for restoring the system entirely. iTunes isn’t very efficient at backing up third party data so you might want to know what has to be done in order to overcome this issue.
You are going to need a Mac or a PC that has iPhone Explorer installed, along with an iOS device and a sync cable. The first step that needs to be taken is plugging in your iOS device and then do a full backup before you move on. After the backup process has ended, you’ll have to download & install the aforementioned iPhone Explorer application which is available for both Mac OS X and Windows platforms. This would have to be a handy software that allows you to browse the system files of your iPhone/iPod/iPod Touch. Keep in mind that if you want to browse in the root directory of the iOS device you’ll have to jailbreak the device.

After the installation process has ended, time has come to tether your iOS device to the computer by using the sync cable which came with the iPhone/iPod. If it is going to automatically mount in iTunes, you will have to dismount it but do not unplug it. iPhone Explorer will give you an error and you won’t be able to access the device if iTunes will take control of your iPhone or iPod. In iPhone Explorer you will have to click on the Apps entry in order to expand the tree and in this directory tree you are going to notice the data folder of all your third party applications that have been installed on the iOS device. After you have found the game or the application for which you would like to do a backup, all you have to do is click on this and drag & drop the contents of the iPhone Explorer’s folder to your preferred folder on the computer. After the transfer has finished, you will have a full backup of the application on your local machine. These files can be archived or you can transfer them to another iOS-running device. To do this you will have to reverse the process which we’ve talked about.

As you can see, with the help of iPhone Explorer you can make a full back of your precious data on your iOS device. We highly recommend that you perform a backup of your data, regardless of its time because you might need it later on for various reasons, like switching to a new iOS device for example. The process of doing this can be completed by anyone since it only takes a few mouse clicks. We should note that even saves from games can be backed up and later on transferred to an iOS device so if you really care about your high score in Angry Birds, you might consider downloading and installing iPhone Explorer.









