How to Backup SMS/Text Messages from iPhone to Computer

Nowadays, the texts on your iPhone se/6s(pus)/6 are one of your most important forms of communication with your friends or workmates, and there must be a long list of messages on your iPhone se/6s(pus)/6, some indifferent SMS/text messages may be erased to free the memory of iPhone, however, other messages may be vital business issues or important information that you can’t lose. So it is necessary to backup SMS/text messages from your iPhone se/6s(pus)/6 to computer. However, these backup files get buried deeply within various semi-encrypted databases and cannot be read normally through iTunes. Here is an efficient tool called Jihosoft iTunes Backup Extractor for your reference, and it is the simplest solution to safely backup SMS/text messages from your iPhone se/6s(pus)/6 to computer.

Jihosoft iTunes Backup Extractor Free offers a powerful way to transfer not only SMS/text messages but also contacts, call logs, photos, videos, notes, calendar, reminders, WhatsApp, safari bookmarks and more from your iPhone se/6s(pus)/6 to computer. And the backup files can be read even printed.  

User guide: Steps to Backup & Transfer SMS/Text Messages from iPhone to Computer

Note: What you need to do first is to sync your iPhone with iTunes on your computer: connect your iPhone se/6s(pus)/6 to pc via USB cable > launch iTunes > iPhone > summary > back up to this computer > Back up now.

Step 1: Install Jihosoft iPhone Backup Extractor and select one backup file which contains your SMS/text messages, then click “Next”.

Step 2: All iTunes backup files will be automatically listed in category, select “messages” , then click “next” button to start scan for WhatsApp messages.

Step 3: After scanning, you can preview all scanned messages in detail, select what you want to back up, then click “Recover”.

Besides SMS/text messages, this iTunes Backup Extractor software is also helpful to backup messages from iPhone se/6s(pus)/6 to pc. Or if you have swiched to a new phone and want to transfer data from your old phone to new phone, Jihosoft Phone Tansfer may be a good choice. This software is available to transfer data from Android to Android, Android to iOS, iOS to iOS, iOS to Android, etc. 

How to Print Your Contacts List from iPhone Backup Free

iTunes can back up your iPhone data including contacts in a simple way, and allows you restore iPhone from backup when suffering from data loss. It imposes a few restrictions, however, and one of them is the limited printing options. Do you want to print contacts from iPhone? Here is the right place. In this blog, I'll explain how to print iPhone contacts using Free iPhone Backup Extractor in combination with iTunes backup.

Part 1: Create a Backup of Your iPhone with iTunes

Apple iTunes gives your a very simple and free way for storing a copy of your information. It creates backups of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch when connected to the computer.

Note: Before you make a backup of your iPhone or iPad using iTunes, please make sure you have the latest version iTunes installed.

1. Connect your iPhone to the computer with USB cable and launch iTunes.
2. Click File > Devices > Back Up to create a backup of your iPhone content.
3. Click Preferences > Devices to check if the backup is created or not.

Part 2: Extract & Print iPhone Contact List Free

Now that your have a iTunes backup. Use Free iPhone Backup Extractor to help you print iPhone contacts free. It provides a great solution to export all iPhone contacts from backup along with details. You can preview and print iPhone contacts as a list with full contact info in a great layout. 

To get started, go to its official site and download a copy of Free iPhone Backup Extractor to your computer. The double-click the downloaded .exe file and follow the default setup wizard to install the program.

1. Run Free iPhone Backup Extractor. It will automatically detect all iTunes backup files on this computer and display them in a list.
2. Go through the listed iTunes backups and select the one you just created, then click "Next" to go on.
3. In the next window, select "Contacts" from the listed file types, and then click "Next" to begin scanning your iPhone backup.
4. After that, all your contacts in the backup will be extracted and displayed with all details.
5. Preview the contacts one by one and click on "Print" to print iPhone contacts in amazing threading mode.

Note: Free iPhone Backup Extractor also lets you export iPhone contacts to readable formats for easy viewing and printing. Just click the "Recover" button, all your iPhone contacts will be exported and saved to HTML on your computer.

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iPhone 6S: Apple’s Next-generation iPhone, Coming Fall 2015

Apple delivered the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus just five months ago in September 2014, which are clearly major upgrades over the iPhone 5S. Now there are already iPhone 6S rumors worth looking at as you explore the most anticipated smartphones of 2015. Here we will round up all of the rumors of Apple's next-generation iPhone, iPhone 6S, including release data, specs and new features.

iPhone 6S Release Data

There is an Apple Event on March 9th and we expect that Apple will take the stage again in June for WWDC 2015 - but your shouldn't expect to see the iPhone 6S at either of these events. On March 9th Apple will show off the Apple Watch again talk about iOS 8.2. In June we expect to see iOS 9 on stage. The most likely release data for the iPhone 6S is September 2015, which would follow Apple's iPhone release schedule history.

iPhone 6S's New Features & Specs

• The iPhone 6S will receive new and more powerful A9 processors produced by Samsung to improve performance.
• The iPhone 6S will feature an upgraded Touch ID module with reduced reading errors to enhance the Apple Pay experience.
• The iPhone 6S will come pre-loaded with iOS 9 which will focus on delivering a better experience to iPhone users.
• The new iPhone 6S could incorporate the "Force Touch" haptic feedback system first introduced with the Apple Watch, which is able to distinguish between different gestures like a light tap and a harder press.

iPhone 6S Design & Display

We can expect Apple to stick with the 4.7inch display for the iPhone 6's successor, as it's a display size that seems to have gone down well with fans so far. But don't expect major iPhone 6S design changes. Apple tends to keep the same external design for its iPhones for two generations, so expect the same slim, light and rounded design that's sported by the iPhone 6 to be present when the iPhone 6S arrives.

Helpful Tools Suggested for iPhone 6S

1. iPhone 6S Data Recovery: It is a powerful data recovery software for iPhone 6S, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, etc. The program provides 2 quick and simple ways to get lost data back. You can directly recover data from iPhone 6S or retrieve data from iTunes backup.
2. iPhone Backup Extractor: It is an ultimate free iTunes backup extractor for iPhone 6S and any other Apple devices. If you have synced iPhone 6S or other iDevice on your computer, this free tool will finds all iTunes backup and lets your access, preview and export contacts, text messages, photos, videos, etc. as you want.

How to Print Text Messages from iPhone 6S, 6, 5S, 5, 4S

Text messaging has become a vital part of communication in our daily life. Sometimes you may get some important information via SMS that you want to keep and print for further usage. For example, I found this question in Apple Discussion: "Need to print some text messages I exchanged on my iPhone 5S for a court case. How can I do this?" Whatever the reason is, there is always a way to save and print text messages from iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, etc. Below are several approaches to help you do that. Have a try!

Option 1: Take a Screeshot

If you don't have a lot of text messages to print, taking a screenshot and emailing them to yourself can be a nice option. To do this, position the text message on the screen and press the "Sleep/Wake" and "Home" buttons at the same time. Your iPhone will put the screenshot in your Camera Roll and you can email it to yourself to be printed later.

Option 2: Copy and Paste

If you don't need to retain all of the formatting and time and data stamps, you can also copy and paste entire message threads into an email. Open the message thread that you want to save, touch "Edit", select all of the messages, copy and paste them into an email for printing.

Option 3: Print Text Messages from iPhone Backup

Apple iTunes also backs up your text messages when you sync your iPhone. To access your messages from the iTunes backup, we recommend you use Free iPhone Backup Extractor. This freeware can help you print iPhone text messages on your computer effortlessly in no time. Check the following step-by-step guide:

Preparation: If you don't have available backup, please backup your iPhone data with iTunes first.

1. Download Free iPhone Backup Extractor from its official site. Then install it on your computer.

2. Run the program, it will automatically scan all iTunes backup files on the PC. Go through them and select the one of your iPhone and hit "Next".

3. Choose "Text Messages" from the listed file types and click on the "Next" button to start scanning messages in the backup.

4. After scanning, preview the extracted text messages in detail and then hit "Print" to print text messages form iPhone.               

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Questions: 

- "Does anyone know how to print WhatsApp conversation on my iPhone 6s? I am in the middle of a legal thing and I desperately need a print out of one WhatsApp chat history. Any help would be appreciated."

- "I have an iPhone 6 and I was wondering if there is any way I can view and print old WhatsApp messages that I’ve already deleted from my iPhone. Please help!"

Solution:

Unlike on a PC, users can easily copy and print texts easily. On iPhone, there is no option for users to print WhatsApp messages directly. Of course, you can take screenshots of WhatsApp chat history and then print these images. But what if the conversation is long or you need print all messages? To print iPhone WhatsApp messages, in this blog we'll introduces two effective ways to help you do it.

Option 1: Extract iTunes Backup and Print iPhone WhatsApp Messages 

If you have synced your iPhone with iTunes before, now you can use Free iPhone Backup Extractor to extract data from iTunes backup and then print WhatsApp messages from iPhone.

Step 1: Download and install iPhone Backup Extractor Free. Run it, all your iTunes backup files on the computer will be shown.

Step 2: Now you need to choose the backup that contains your WhatsApp messages and click "Next" to continue.

Step 3: Select "WhatsApp" and then click "Next" to extract WhatsApp messages from iPhone backup in the next window.

Step 4: After scanning, you can view the details of your WhatsApp messages. Click on the "Print" button to print iPhone WhatsApp messages.

Also, you can click on the "Recover" button to export WhatsApp messages to your computer as HTML file and print them.

Option 2: Scan iPhone Directly and Print iPhone WhatsApp Conversation 

No backup? Connect your iPhone to your computer via USB cable and use iPhone Data Recovery to scan it and print iPhone WhatsApp conversation, not only the existing messages on your iPhone, but also the deleted ones.

Step 1: Launch iPhone Data Recovery, it will detect your device automatically. Just click "Start Scan" to scan your iPhone.

Step 2: When the scan is complete, all found data will be displayed in the scan result. Please click "WhatsApp" on the left side of the window and you can preview the messages in detail.

Step 3: Just click "Print" to print out all found WhatsApp messages. Or you can choose only those you want and click "Recover" to export them to your computer and print put.

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4 Free Ways to Transfer Photos from iPhone to PC for Backup

iPhone is wonderful to take pictures with its perfect camera performance. Also, users may save lots of images from applications such as Safari and Mail to iPhone. While get a large amount of previous photos saved in iPhone, we're very likely to encounter the situation of transferring photos from iPhone to computer, for example:

"My iPhone 6S is out of memory and in desperate need to remove all my photos. I can't just delete them as most were my family photos. Is there any way to take the pictures off my iPhone and save them on the computer?'

There are several ways to transfer photos from iPhone to PC. Emailing the photos to yourself is always an option. If you want copy multiple iPhone photos to PC quickly, your can use Windows to import the photos or sync photos via iTunes.

1.Using Email

Step 1: Tap the Photos icon on your iPhone's Home screen to launch the Photos app.

Step 2: Tap Albums, Shared, and Photos at the bottom of the interface to browse through your various photos.

Step 3: Tap the "Select" button to select multiple photos to send at one. You can send up to five pictures in one email.

Step 4: Tap the "Share" button to open up your sharing options. This will open a new message with your selected photos attached.

Step 5: Address the new email to yourself and tap the "Send" button. You can now access the email on your computer to save the attached photos.

2. Using Windows Import Utility

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the computer using the USB cable.

Step 2: Select "Import pictures and videos using Windows" from the AutoPlay dialog box that pops up.

Step 3: Click the "Import settings" link to set folder options, file names and other options like erasing pictures from the iPhone after import.

Step 4: Click on the "Import" button to import photos from iPhone to PC.

Note: If the AutoPlay window does not automatically appear, press the Windows Start button and select "Computer" from the Start menu. Right-click on the iPhone icon in the file browser window that opens and select "Import pictures and videos" under the Device options.

3. Using Windows Explorer 

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the computer using the USB cable.

Step 2: Go to the Start menu and select "Computer". Double-click on the iPhone icon under Portable devices.

Step 3: Double-click on "Internal Storage" and then the folder "DCIM" to access the pictures on the iPhone.

Step 4: Right click on the folder and select copy to transfer the entire contents of that folder to the computer.

Note: If the iPhone pictures are not showing up in Windows, please make sure the iPhone unlocked first. Besides, only photos that are taken with the iPhone's built-in camera may be imported onto the computer. Photos synced from iTunes cannot be imported.

4.Using iTunes 

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the computer using the USB cable it came with.

Step 2: Run iTunes and select the iPhone in Devices section of iTunes. Click the "Photos" tab.

Step 3: Click the "Sync Photos From" check box and then select an application or folder from the drop-down munu beside it.

Step 4: Click "Apply" and then click "Sync". Open the application or folder you choose to view the photos that imported from iPhone.

Note: When sync iPhone with iTunes, a backup of your phone's content including contacts, messages, photos and videos will be automatically created. You can use Free iPhone Backup Extractor to extract photos - deleted and non-deleted - from iTunes backup. Give it a try:

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Free Tool to Extract WhatsApp Messages from iPhone Backup

WhatsApp messaing provides iPhone users a great way in photo/video sharing and group chat. If your iPhone is missing, stolen or otherwise unavailable, the one thing you want to do is get back the lost WhatsApp messages. Is it possible? Of course yes, Jihosoft Free iPhone Backup Extractor now brings you the option to extract WhatsApp messages from iTunes backup.

How to Extract WhatsApp Messages from iPhone Backup 

Note: Before you begin, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your Windows PC. Meanwhile, please make sure that you have previously synced your iPhone to iTunes, and therefore have an available backup file to recover WhatsApp messages from.

Download and Try Jihosoft Free iPhone Backup Extractor Now: 

Step 1: Open Jihosoft Free iPhone Backup Extractor 

After you have donwload Free iPhone Backup Extractor from its official site, install and run the program.

Step 2: Choose iPhone Backup File 

The software will then scan your computer for all iTunes backup files that have been made. Select the backup file you would like to recover WhatsApp messages from.

Step 3: Scan WhatsApp Messages on Your iTunes Backup 

Choose WhatsApp from the listed file types. Jihosoft iPhone Backup Extractor Free will scan your iTunes backup file and extract all deleted and non-deleted WhatsApp messages.

Step 4: Preview and Check WhatsApp Messages 

Once the scan has completed, the program will list the amount of deleted and existing WhatsApp messages located in your backup. Click the "WhatsApp" tab along the main toolbar to view your chat history in detail.

Step 5: Extract WhatsApp Messages from iPhone Backup 

Finally, click on the "Recover" button to extract WhatsApp messages from iPhone backup. You can export the messages in HTML to a location of your choice on your PC.

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We recommend that you regularly backup your iPhone with iTunes to avoid any permanent data loss. If you have any questions or need help we're here for you 24/7.

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