I've ben using this app for about a year now and love it! I back up my phone to
my external drive and restore for example just the apps, or everything but the
mms messaging. They are going to give us a way to edit the data base of an
encrypted back up as well which will be nice! They have the tools to do all of
this and they are wonderful when it comes to feedback.
On May 16, 2017, at 11:05 AM, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I wonder if anyone has used this app, this iteration of this app that is, and
has any comments on VoiceOver accessibility. The whole back up and restore
think that the author describes sounds really nice. But the app does cost
$40. So you don't want to buy it unless it's accessible. That might be why
maybe nobody's tried it yet.
Mary
iMazing 2.2 review: A better way to use your Mac to manage your iPhone and
iPad
Macworld / J.R. Bookwalter
iMazing <https://imazing.com/> ($40 for a single-user license; multi-user
licenses available) is an iOS device management utility designed as an
alternative to iTunes. Available for Mac or PC (the license can be used on
either platform), iMazing doesn’t sync files in the traditional sense, but
rather acts as a conduit for transferring files between desktop computers and
iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices.
Think of iMazing as iTunes without media purchasing or playback, but a whole
lot more versatile. iMazing also does many things Apple’s media player can
only dream of, like exporting iMessage conversations. Annoyed by how iTunes
saves device backups on your internal drive? With iMazing, you can store
these enormous files anywhere you’d like, and browse archives with Time
Machine-style simplicity. (Archives work on Mac or PC-formatted volumes, not
on network-attached storage devices.)
J. R. Bookwalter/IDG
iMazing allows iOS device backups to be saved anywhere, but only Mac or PC
formatted volumes work for archives.
In addition to managing apps, photos, music, videos, notes, call logs, and
voice memos, iMazing 2.2 adds the ability to transfer ebooks and PDF
documents to iBooks. Better yet, photos can now be transferred from computer
to iOS via drag-and-drop, although albums created this way can’t be deleted
from the Photos app and won’t be included in backups.
There are other limitations to be aware of. Certain data types including
Messages, call history, voicemail, Contacts, and Notes can only be accessed
from a backup, rather than the device itself. As a result, iMazing
occasionally feels slower to use than iTunes. My personal pet peeve is how
long the application takes to perform an initial scan of iCloud Photo Library
thumbnails, although devices with fewer images won’t have this problem.
DigiDNA
iMazing can also access and export text messages, but only from an existing
device backup.
Restore and transfer
One of iMazing’s coolest features is the ability to copy content between
devices, quite handy for upgrading to a new iPhone or iPad. Rather than
restore from iTunes or a lengthy iCloud backup, you simply connect both
devices, start the transfer, and sit back while the software does its thing.
It’s a more streamlined process that puts Apple’s cumbersome method to shame.
iMazing 2.2 makes other welcome improvements to the traditionally
front-loaded restore process. Rather than having to connect a new device via
Wi-Fi to activate and update to the latest version of iOS, iMazing seamlessly
handles these tasks as part of its restore wizard.
DigiDNA
Restoring backups to a new device just got way easier thanks to iMazing’s
one-click transfer wizard.
You’ll endure fewer annoying iOS Setup Assistant screens during a restore,
since the software automatically takes care of many account login prompts for
you. (Signing in to install App Store updates is still required, however.)
Similar conveniences extend to updating or reinstalling iOS itself. Since
devices are always connected to the utility over Wi-Fi, iMazing detects when
the current version is out of date and offers to update with a click.
You can also do the same with a complete reinstall, even during a restore.
Although like iTunes, you won’t be able to downgrade to older iOS versions
once Apple has stopped signing them. There are plenty of smaller improvements
too, like a new preferences tab for Devices, with options to prevent iTunes
from performing automatic backups or launching after connecting a device.
Bottom line
Keep iTunes around for buying or playing media files, but when it comes to
managing iOS devices and transferring media files, it doesn’t get much better
than iMazing 2.
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