The backups are stored in database files, typically in the following location
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
with one sub folder per backup. In the folder you'll find tons of .mddata and .mdinfo files. Somewhere in there are the deleted photos.
There are scripts around to help you extract what you want, but I found an application called "iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor" and you can get it from supercrazyawesome.com
Launch the program and then click 'Read Backups'
It then reads the contents of ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup and gives yu a list of backups you can restore from.
Select one, and it reads the backup. If you want to restore photos, scroll to the bottom and select 'iPhone OS Files'
Then click Extract, and you'll be prompted for a restore location
Let it do its thing. Depending on how much you've got in there it could take a while, and the program doesn't give any indication of progress. Have a coffee or a tea, and relax.
When its done, navigate to where you restored the files, and you'll see the folders
and in there are your photos.
Great!
Thanks. Unfortunately this didn't solve my problem, although it did work (i.e. did what you said). I've been having this issue lately where I'll open the camera app, take a photo, see it capture and shrink down to the little roll icon, and close the app. Then, a day or so later, I'll open the Photos app/camera roll. And it'll open, flicker for a second, and then the last picture I took will vanish. Never to be seen again. Doesn't appear anywhere. This is very annoying, as I use the photos ro keep records of transactions ona DAILY basis.
ReplyDeleteSo I used this to try and extract the photo from the backup, but apparently the iPhone thinks I never took it at all.
The only solution I've found so far is to take like three pictures of an item to guarantee one of them doesn't magically vanish.
Has anyone encountered anything like this?