Apple iTunes helps you not only syncing your iPhone/iPad with computer but it also assists you to produce a backup of your iDevice and keep a copy of it on Windows 10 PC. If you have private and personal data on your iDevice then iTunes also offers to encrypt the backup file with a secure password. Now, in this busy world where online accounts are a part of our lives, there's a chance that you may forget the password of the iTunes backup file and according to the Apple's officials, there's no way to unlock these iTunes backup passwords whatsoever. Once it's gone means it's gone FOREVER. This could be a huge distress to many people.

• Method #1: Where Is My Backup on iTunes Stored
• Method #2: Unlock iTunes Backup Encryption Password with TunesGeeker

Although, Apple allows you to keep backing up the device and sync it with your PC then later restore files from the backup but it would be impossible to restore files from these backups especially if you have forgotten the password. It should be noted that even if you change the computer and modify the location path then also you won't have any way to restore the files from the backup if it is password-protected. Looks like Apple took an extra step by keeping the password encrypted in the system so that no one could crack it.

Method #1: Where Is My Backup on iTunes Stored

iTunes backups are stored in a local folder of your PC that you can navigate from the below guidelines. And the original location of the Backups called MobileSync. Let's find it below.

In Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10:

• 1. Start the Run app. You can either click on Start or type Run to find this feature or you can press Windows + R keys together to launch it.
• 2. Now, type %AppData% and press enter.
• 3. Now open the Apple Computer folder followed by MobileSync > Backup
• 4. In this folder, you will see many files with random gibberish alphabets. Locate to the file named as Manifest.plist

 

Find it in MacOS

On Mac computer, the default location of iTunes backup should be: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ To locate the backup file, just go to Finder menu bar > Go > Go to Folder…, > Type into the location > Click “Go”.

Besides, there is another direct way to find it.. On iTunes menu bar > iTunes > Preferences… > Devices, control click one backup and go to show it in finder.

You can't open and view the backup content due it's was a encrypted and unreadable, you must first type the correct password so that you can access it. If you forgot the encryption password, see the Method 2.

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Method 2. Crack iTunes Backup Encryption Password with TunesGeeker

If you are genuinely seeking the beacon of light to recover your iTunes backup password, TunesBro TunesGeeker (Windows and Mac Version) would be great helpful to you, it is one such powerful toolkit which uses specific mighty coding to breach the cryptographic algorithms. It generally avails you with two types of attacks- Brute force attack and Brute force with mask attack. The choice depends upon what you still have got in store of your memory about the password. If you have some traces or idea of the password, brute force with mask attack makes the recovery easier.

It took me around couple hours to crack backup password on my Windows 10 computer and I am using a very basic system without graphic cards. However, you can adjust the GPU settings to match with the system requirements even better.

Why not give it a try? Download it below.

Step 1Download and Install Program On Your Computer

Get the program file downloaded directly above and install it following the steps instructions displayed on the screen. Open it up with admin rights so as to utilize every portion of the tool easily. Now on the tool's main UI screen, you will notice that your backup files are being detected. If it happens to fail to detect it, no worries, you can simply click on “Import” button to import all the backup contents manually.

 

Step 2 Choose the Right Attack Types

Choose an attack type. Choose either brute force attack if you don't remember anything of the password, or Mask attack if you can recall at least a little bit of info regarding the password.

Mask Attack:  If you have a little idea about cracking passwords then you should be familiar with these options. For example, Mass attack refers to checking passwords with certain hints like if you remember a portion of the password then you can input that and let the software crack the rest of the password.

Brute-force attack: It simply means that the software will try almost all combinations of letter, numbers and special characters. This could take hours and hours to crack the password since there will be a quintillion combination of passwords that could be yours. That's why a powerful computer is required so that this process could be boosted up. The software will keep running until a correct password is found. The password recovery software is well optimized and is designed to work at highest speed with consuming least CPU resources. Remember, if you have a short password then it can recover it way quicker.

Step 3 You can Pause, Resume and Choose CPUs, GPU Anytime.

During the process of searching the password, the program allows you start, stop, pause, resume and the process at any time. After you pause the program, then you can choose the CPUs, GPU and other settings, then click resume button to continue searching with new settings.

 

Step 4 Start to Unlock Backup Password Now

Once the password is cracked, a confirmation pop up appears as “Congratulations!” The password has been found.” While you get to see it, click the “Copy” option to relocate the cracked password to a safer location.

So, what are you waiting for? You can already see the true of power of this program and it can easily crack the password of all iTunes backup file including the backups created from iPod, iPad or iPhone. Basically, you will be required to install the program, import the backup file and the program will be happier to serve you.

The method mentioned above in the article are carefully chosen taking into note of all the troubles the users actually go through. Thus the method will unquestionably work in your favor, Just download and give it try, and TunesBro TunesGeeker surely recover your backup password with great success rate.

 

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