In macOS Mojave, Apple introduced new security measures to keep your data safer.
One such measure means that to access, view or extract data from an iPhone backup on your Mac, apps require permissions. For this reason, to use iBackup Extractor to extract photos, contacts, messages and more from your iPhone backup, you'll firstly need to give permission. This article will show you how.
As mentioned, iBackup Extractor requires your permission to access your iPhone backup files on a Mac running macOS Catalina and higher. It's easy to give this permission - here's how...
Open the Launchpad from your Dock and launch System Preferences from its icon.
Click 'Security and Privacy'. Before you can make changes here, you'll need to click the lock icon at the bottom of the window.
Next, scroll down the list on the left and choose 'Full Disk Access'.
Click the '+'. You may need to enter your password at this point. If so, hit '+' again after your password is accepted.
Find iBackup Extractor in the list of applications, click it and hit 'Open'. This will give the program the permissions it needs to access your iPhone backups.
You can now close this System Preferences Window and open iBackup Extractor. The software will now locate your iPhone backups, allowing you to browse their content and extract any data you need!
A final note: iBackup Extractor does not use these permissions to store or share any of your data. The software simply allows you to access backups and extract data to your computer.
