Version: 2.13.5 (14765)

Release date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:22:05 +0100

What's New in iMazing 2.13

macOS 11 Big Sur and Apple Silicon

iMazing is now fully compatible with Big Sur and built to run natively on Apple Silicon. In addition, M1 Macs in DFU mode can be restored with iMazing.

For sys admins, iMazing Profile Editor has been updated to version 1.4, featuring platform filters and granular control over which properties get included in the profile (iMazing 2.13.1).

For photographers, version 2.13.2 introduces support for browsing and exporting RAW photos introduced in iOS 14.3.

What's new in 2.13.5

• WhatsApp: Added support for WhatsApp Business.
• Profiles: Added Signed column to iMazing's profile library.

Fixes and improvements in 2.13.5

• Backup Browsing: the presence or absence of WhatsApp is now correctly refreshed when switching between backup snapshots.
• Books: fixed No asset manifest error when importing more than 200 books at once.
• Configurator: fixed harmless final error when applying a blueprint to a DEP device of which the supervision identity is not configured in iMazing.
• Messages & WhatsApp: long links are now clickable in exported PDFs.
• Performance: substantial improvements in memory management to reduce iMazing's memory footprint.
• Voicemail: fixed rare case were export could hang.

What's new in 2.13.4

• Configurator: Added automatic selection of new organizations, profiles and MDM servers.
• M1 Macs: iMazing will now detect M1 Macs in DFU mode and offer to restore macOS.
• Messages & WhatsApp: New Only show attachments filter.
• Messages & WhatsApp: Replies now labelled by prefixing them with Replying to metadata. CSV and Excel exports consequently have a new Reyplying to column which stores the original message along with its date and sender.
• Storage: Available disk space of iOS and iPadOS devices now also includes purgeable space.
• WhatsApp: Added filter to hide archived chats.
• WhatsApp: Added new notifications: Phone number change, Message failed to send, and group admin changes.

Fixes and improvements in 2.13.4

• Configurator: Fixed case where restoring a backup via a blueprint would result in apps not appearing on springboard despite app data being restored.
• Export All Data: Fixed case where exporting chats with zero attachments could cause an error.
• Export All Data: Allow skipping all errors.
• File Transfer: If target device is full, iMazing will now wait for iOS to free purgeable space and retry.
• File Transfer: Fixed error when transferring files from recently rooted devices.
• Messages: Fixed case where exporting a chat to a PDF named with special characters could fail with an Cannot write local file error.
• Mini: Fixed iMazing Mini requiring a license to restore a backup.
• Networking: Improved proxy support (auto-config from PAC file and credential retrieval for authenticated proxies)
• Notes: Exporting images from a note now always exports the high resolution version if available.
• Notes: Fixed case where attachments from iCloud notes would not be displayed.
• Photos: Fixed case where the original thumbnail of a ProRAW image could be missing.
• Photos: Fixed rare crash when browsing photos via Wi-Fi.
• Photos: Fixed rare crash when putting computer to sleep during loading of thumbnails.
• Photos: Fixed Cannot write local file error when exporting photos saved from WhatsApp with the Use original filename preference.
• Photos: Fixed case where exporting both an edited image and its original version would only export the original shot.
• Supervision: Fixed case where supervision identities generated with the Windows version of iMazing could be considered invalid by iOS despite having a valid certificate.

Fixes and improvements in 2.13.2

• Calendars: Fixed case where exported events would contain a truncated note field.
• Configurator: Added Automatically re-execute blueprint on reconnect after successful operation option to the operations dispatcher view. This setting facilitates automating provisioning in cases where the same device may be automatically provisioned multiple times upon connection to iMazing Configurator.
• Configurator: Improved error reporting when MDM enrollment is set to Download and Apply Configuration from DEP.
• Contacts: Fixed case where the birthday field was not included when exporting to vCard.
• Photos: Exporting to external drives no longer requires temporary local storage space.
• Messages & WhatsApp: Fixed memory leak when exporting audio attachments.
• Messages & WhatsApp: Fixed case where no attachments were exported when using the Export all data tool.
• Messages & WhatsApp: Fixed case where not all attachments were exported when exporting multiple sessions simultaneously.
• Messages & WhatsApp: Fixed case where the date label could be missing between text bubbles.
• Messages & WhatsApps: Printer settings are now persistent.
• Misc: First native Apple Silicon build.
• Music: Improved parsing of Album Year ID3 tag.
• Music: Improved handling of album art ID3 tags unexpectedly formatted.
• Music: Fixed case where album art ID3 tag would be duplicated when exporting a track.
• WhatsApp: Added blocked/unblocked notifications.
• WhatsApp: Added broadcast messages.
• WhatsApp: Improved handling of empty chats and notifications.
• Other small fixes and stability improvements.

Fixes and improvements in 2.13.1

• Configurator: fix for app selection sheet randomly displayed.
• iMazing Mini: fix content margin.
• iMazing Mini: improved Preferences window on Big Sur.
• WhatsApp: small improvements to handling of groups.

Fixes and improvements in 2.13.0

• Configurator: New option in the blueprint editor's Actions section to bypass an iOS issue causing DEP enrollment to be skipped when restoring a backup to the same device: Don't skip DEP enrollment
• Messages: Improved handling of forbidden characters when exporting to PDF.
• Photos: Location data is again included when transferring photos to device on iOS 14.1 and above.
• Photos: Importing photos to device now orders them by the Date Taken metadata instead of file creation date.
• Profiles: Deleting a signed non-removable profile from a supervised device now works as expected.

What's New in iMazing 2.12

iMazing 2.12 introduces the ability to supervise devices and manage supervised devices via the new Supervision button in the actions list.

Supervise Devices

The following options are available in the supervision wizard:

• Create or import a supervising organization
• Disable USB restricted mode
• Save passcode unlock token
• Allow or disallow pairing
• Allow or disallow activation lock
• Set language and country
• Configure wallpapers
• Skip setup assistant
• Configure accessibility options

Manage Supervised Devices

If a device is already supervised, the supervision wizard exposes the following options:

• Set language and country
• Configure wallpapers
• Configure accessibility options
• Save passcode unlock token and clear passcode
• Clear restrictions password
• Enable or disable Single App Mode

Photo Transfer

Transferring photos to iPhone and iPad is again supported. Location data is omitted during the transfer because of an issue in iOS 13.4 and above which can cause photos containing location data to be removed from the device.

Other Improvements in 2.12

• Accessibility: Added a Choose button to the Quick Transfer wizard to improve its usability
• Apps: Inverted the Device and Library tabs in the Manage Apps wizard so that device apps appear first. Tab selection is preserved between sessions
• Backup Restore: Added Reminders to the list of datasets when customizing a partial backup restore
• Configurator: Added Exit Single App Mode action in the Devices view
• Configurator: Added new iOS 14 setup assistant skip keys
• Device Details: Added the supervising organization's name if the device is supervised
• Device Settings: Added set language, country and accessibility options. Supervised only settings have been moved to the Supervision wizard
• Library: Improved support for storing iMazing's library on slower external drives
• Notes: Improved support for weblinks and image attachments saved from external sources
• Profiles: It is now possible to manage configuration profiles of supervised devices without importing the supervision identity
• Sidebar: It is now possible to search devices by type or iOS version

What's new in iMazing 2.12.7

• Licensing Server Change: iMazing will now connect to https://api.imazing.com for license validation. This change anticipates the upcoming retirement of our previous licensing platform, Devmate. Please make sure to whitelist api.imazing.com if you're experiencing activation issues.
• Licensing: added support for new license types (imz*** license codes).
• Licensing: new license and trial screens.
• Misc: added assets for new Apple devices.

Fixes and improvements in 2.12.7

• Licensing: fixed various activation issues
• Fixed inactive Choose Wallpaper button in Supervision wizard (macOS)
• Other minor fixes and stability improvements

Fixes and improvements in 2.12.4

• Fixed iMazing Mini occasionally hanging on recent macOS Catalina versions
• General stability improvements following sanitized retrieval of disk usage metrics

Fixes and improvements in 2.12.3

• Misc: The Exit Setup Assistant action does not work with iOS 14 devices and will cause iMazing to display an informative dialog.
• Photos: fixed deleting photos from iOS 9 camera roll.
• Profile Editor: VPN section completely reworked.
• Supervision: it is now possible to pair supervised devices silently if the supervising organization is configured in iMazing. Backing up and accessing app files require the device to be unlocked, but clearing the passcode and managing profiles does not.
• Other minor fixes and improvements.

What's New in iMazing 2.11

iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur

• Compatibility with the betas.

iOS 13.6 and iPhone SE

iMazing is fully compatible with iOS 13.6 and iPhone SE (2020).

Photos

The Photos section has been rebuilt from the ground up. The Camera section has been removed and integrated to Photos.

• Vastly improved loading times
• Preview photos in high resolution
• Access detailed information about each photo and video
• Preview and export other versions of a photo or video: pre-portrait mode asset, originals of edited items, image and video components of Live Photos
• Customize exports with powerful options
• Full screen mode

Learn more:

• Learn all about the new Photos section here.

New Dataset: Profiles

This one is for sys-admins, developers and geeks:

• View configuration and provisioning profiles of iOS devices
• Install, export and remove profiles
• Manage a library of profiles

Learn more:

• Learn all about the Profiles view here.

Tools Menu

iMazing packages three smaller utilities which you can open from the new Tools menu:

• iMazing Mini is our menu bar app which handles automatic backups. It hasn't changed, but is now opened via the Tools menu instead of the backup icon in iMazing's top toolbar.
• iMazing HEIC Converter is our popular HEIC to JPEG conversion tool, now available within iMazing too.
• iMazing Profile Editor is our new Apple Configuration Profiles editor, also available on the Mac App Store as a standalone app.

Learn more:

• Getting Started with iMazing Mini
• Convert HEIC to JPEG with iMazing HEIC Converter
• Getting Started with iMazing Profile Editor

Configurator Menu

iMazing 2.11 includes a new set of tools designed for sys-admins to manage and provision fleets of iOS devices. If you are not interested, you can select the Hide this menu option of the Configurator menu to remove it altogether from iMazing's menu bar.

Learn more:

• Getting Started with iMazing Configurator

Improvements in 2.11.8

• iOS 14 beta: iMazing is now fully compatible and no longer displays a warning when connecting an iOS 14 device.
• Photos: added option in the export panel to format exported moments as {date}-{location} instead of {location}-{date}
• Configurator: connectivity options are now ignored when applying a blueprint to devices which have no telephony capabilities.
• Other minor fixes and improvements.

Improvements in 2.11.7

• iOS 14 beta early compatibility
• macOS 11 Big Sur early compatibility

Improvements in 2.11.6

• iOS 13.5 is now fully supported
• Configurator: Added a Max simultaneous downloads setting in the Preferences window, Library tab
• Configurator: Added Manage Profiles and Manage Organizations buttons in the Preferences window, Library tab.
• Messages: Improved support for message attachments in legacy iOS version (iOS 4)
• Quick Transfer: improved compatibility with legacy OS versions

Fixes in 2.11.6

• Calendars: fixed rare case where loading would never complete
• Configurator: OTA profiles which by definition are not installable from a computer will now trigger a specific error when imported in iMazing’s Profile Library.
• Configurator: removed Uninstall System Apps blueprint action which caused some confusion since it can only uninstall fully downloaded apps.
• Erase Operation: Fixed erroneous error message when erasing a supervised device
• Other small fixes and tiny improvements...

Improvements in 2.11.5

• Configurator: allow choosing non-root certificates when creating or importing an Organization
• Configurator: added new action "Restore OS"
• Configurator: added new action "Uninstall System Apps"
• Configurator: .blueprint exported files can now be applied to a device using the Quick Transfer action

Thank you apizz for your feedback and suggestions about Configurator!

Fixes in 2.11.5

• Configurator: fixed an issue when importing signed configuration profiles to library
• Configurator: fixed custom MDM server port not respected in certain circumstances
• Repair Backup: fixed a potential crash
• Photos: fixed accessing the photo library of old iPods (non-iOS devices)
• Photos: fixed drag and drop on macOS 10.11 and below
• Photos: fixed rare case where iMazing would display ghost items from 2001
• Installation: fixed message dialog shown when iMazing is not launched from the default /Applications folder, even when "Dont show again" is checked
• Various fixes and stability improvements

Improvements in 2.11.4

• Configurator: added port for MDM servers
• Configurator: added an action to restore the device's last backup
• Configurator: added " Copy" to duplicated blueprint names
• Configurator: added {device_name} placeholder in device name scheme
• Configurator: blueprints, servers and organizations lists are now resizable
• WhatsApp: added support for messages sent from a WhatsApp Business account

Thank you apizz for the nice suggestions about Configurator!

Fixes in 2.11.4

• Configurator: Fixed iMazing Profile Editor not launched in some environments
• EULA: removed white background (thank you Alex)
• Device Settings screen: fixed crash affecting macOS 10.11 and below
• Repair Backup: fixed a rare crash
• Other minor bug fixes and stability improvements

Improvements in 2.11.2

• iOS: version 13.4 is now fully supported
• Photos: ability to select moments and export them using drag & drop
• Music: importing compilation albums is now handled properly
• Translation: minor changes in Portugese

Fixes in 2.11.2

• Photos: various minor fixes
• Music: fixed exporting tracks to the macOS Music app - in some cases the target path in the Music library was wrong
• Translation: fixed incomplete sentences in various languages
• Mini: fixed a crash when accessing Device Settings
• Backup repair: fixed a potential crash

Fixes in 2.11.1

• French localization fixed. Toutes nos excuses à nos utilisateurs francophones.

Improvements in 2.11.0

• Backup: improved the Repair Backup feature to handle more edge cases
• iMazing Mini: reduce the frequency of disk accesses to allow NAS and other external drives to sleep more often
• Messages: threads with different recipients (email and phone number) for the same contact are now merged
• Messages and WhatsApp: added more info in TXT exports: time stamp, contact name etc.

Fixes in 2.11.0

• Automatic Backup: fixed a rare issue where an operation could run multiple times
• Backup: fixed an issue which could cause slower backups on certain configurations
• Contacts: fixed importing contacts to empty address book on devices running iOS 13.2 and above
• Photos: handling of new permissions required to delete photos in macOS 10.15.3
• Transfer to device: improved available space checks before transferring data

What’s New in iMazing 2.10

• Support for new iPhones 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro max
• Support for the new iPad 7th gen
• Now fully compatible with iOS 13 and macOS 10.15 Catalina
• Compatibility with iTunes downloaded from the Microsoft Store (Windows)
• Backup: new engine lays groundwork for future optimizations and improves error reporting
• Update iOS: added an option to backup the device before updating the OS
• Messages / WhatsApp: added support for the following languages: Thai, Vietnamese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam, Punjabi, Sanskrit
• Renamed section "Videos" to "TV" to match the new iOS 12.4 TV app
• Support for new iOS 13.2 emojis
• Minor improvements and fine tuning

Fixes in 2.10.6

• Fixed iMazing (macOS) unable to delete photos from Camera roll of recent iOS devices
• Fixed accessing Logs in iMazing's File System section when the device is on iOS 13 and connected via USB
• Fixed accessing Root in iMazing's File System section when the device is on iOS 13, jailbroken and connected via USB
• Fixed case where editable copies of non-encrypted backups could get corrupted when editing (digest file mismatch error 205)
• Fixed transferring files with the .ibooks extension to Books
• Fixed iMazing's Windows installer which in some cases wasn't keeping the installation location when updating iMazing
• Fixed Windows buttons layout in the Check for Updates window on lower screen resolutions
• Fixed case where the sidebar contextual menu would display "Reinstall iPad OS" instead of "Reinstall iOS"
• Fixed Quick Transfer of audio books to BookMower third party app
• Fixed wrong emojis shown on macOS El Capitan when exporting Messages or WhatsApp conversations to PDF
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Fixes in 2.10.4

• Fixed issue with erasing devices running iOS 10 or below
• Fixed call history section asking for encrypted backup even if the backup was already encrypted
• Fixed issue where deleting contacts did not work on iOS 13 devices
• Fixed album cover arts in JFIF format not transferred when copying music to the iOS Music app
• Fixed charger voltage and amperage not shown in battery diagnostics for iOS 13 devices
• Fixed case where the malfunctioning USB cable message was shown multiple times
• When an iOS installation fails, iMazing will now make the device exit from recovery mode
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Fixes in 2.10.3

• Fixed device activation for iOS 13.1
• Fixed detection of empty devices on iOS 13.x
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Fixes in 2.10.2

• Fixed a very high memory usage and hangs when displaying Messages or WhatsApp large conversations (Mac)
• Fixed a potential freeze at startup (Mac)
• Fixed an issue when restoring app data backups (.imazingapp files), file were not restored anymore in version 2.10.1
• Fixed developer apps built with Xcode 11 in debug, iMazing wasn't showing their "Developer" folder anymore
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Fixes in 2.10.1

• Support for the new iOS 13.1 photo library
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Fixes in 2.10.0

• iMazing Mini: fixed notifications not sorted chronologicaly (Windows)
• iMazing Mini: fixed serious mode option not saved (Windows)
• Manage Apps: fixed a rare crash when downloading apps (Windows)
• Manage Apps: fixed potential issues when trying to download and update apps with wrong CFBundleVersion numbers, not properly incremented by their developers. It is not possible to keep multiple version of such apps - please contact the app developer in case you encounter this issue and ask them to increment the value of CFBundleVersion when releasing an update.
• Messages / WhatsApp: fixed a crash when displaying or exporting conversations with PNG attachments
• File Transfer: fixed an issue with long paths when transferring files to Windows computers. This was potentially affecting the Export feature of Books.
• Notes: Fixed an error when exporting notes to PDF (Windows)

What’s New iMazing 2.9.14

• macOS Catalina support
• Export music and videos to the new Catalina Music and TV apps

Fixes in 2.9.14

• Update iOS: fixed a potential issue when installing an IPSW downloaded manually (Mac)
• Manage Apps: fixed issues when downloading or installing app updates which do not increment their bundle version
• Manage Apps: fixed app search function to add apps from the App Store in Arabic
• Music: removed the dialog shown when adding tracks already in the device library to a playlist
• Contacts: fixed an issue preventing the import of contacts exported on Windows
• Quick Transfer: fixed an issue with matching file types to compatible apps. Numbers, Pages and other apps should now be listed correctly when transferring the corresponding file type
• Messages: fixed an issue with dates / timestamps not correctly retrieved from iOS 4 and 5
• Messages / WhatsApp: fixed an issue with traditional Chinese characters not displayed in PDF exports
• Messages / WhatsApp: fixed a rare crash when loading messages
• Preferences: fixed a crash when changing the CSV Data Export delimiter (Windows)

What’s New iMazing 2.9.13

• iOS 13 compatibility.

Fixes in 2.9.13

• Fixed iOS and tvOS IPSW download when reinstalling iOS
• Fixed a crash when changing "Data export delimiter (CSV...)" in iMazing Preferences (Windows)

Fixes in 2.9.12

• Fixed an issue when importing contacts to the device on Mac - the note field wasn't imported properly
• Fixed importing contacts to iOS 13 devices
• Fixed enabling automatic backup for multiple devices on iMazing Mini Windows using the function "Review All Devices"
• Fixed automatic backup timeframe option in iMazing Mini Windows, the time zone is now taken into account
• Fixed iMazing's uninstaller on Windows where the Mini wasn't uninstalled properly
• Fixed update windows appearing twice when iMazing Mini Windows was running

What’s New iMazing 2.9.9

iMazing Mini

iMazing Mini and automatic backups make the jump to the Windows version of iMazing. The Windows and macOS versions of iMazing now have identical version numbers.

Export to Excel

Call history, Contacts, Safari data, Calendars, Messages and WhatsApp chats can now all be exported to .xlsx files which can be directly opened by Excel.

The Export All Data feature of iMazing includes .xlsx exports for all these data types.

Fixes in 2.9.9

• iMazing Mini isn't suspended by macOS anymore when the account is locked
• Fixed rare crash when loading Messages or WhatsApp views
• Fixed UI glitch in WhatsApp where a message could become floating instead of a date
• Fixed iMazing Preferences' Detection of media already in iTunes setting not taken into account when set to Disabled

Fixes in 2.9.8

Messages/WhatsApp:

• Fixed case where depending on the timezone, very recent messages would only show up after resetting the date range
• Fixed keyboard navigation in threads and chats
• Improved handling of corrupted or missing attachments

Other fixes:

• Fixed crash related to restoring app data to iOS 10.0 or 10.1 devices
• Other minor fixes

What’s New iMazing 2.9.7

• Improved jailbreak detection (Chimera and Uncover)
• Call history now includes two new columns: Location and Service (WhatsApp, Skype, Viber...)
• It is now possible to reverse the sort order of Messages and WhatsApp threads by clicking the header

Fixes in 2.9.7

• Fixed a crash while loading Messages, WhatsApp or Safari
• Fixed a crash when loading Call History on iOS 9 and lower
• Windows: fixed a crash when clicking cancel on file dialogs
• Mac: fixed device pairing screen not shown when iMazing and Mini were both running

Fixes in 2.9.6

• Fixed cases where the battery icon would not be displayed or would display stale values
• Fixed case where the date label in the WhatsApp view was displayed according to UTC instead of local time
• Fixed case where loading notes with a lot of markup would cause memory usage to balloon
• Increased backup timeout to one hour to better support very large backups on slower drives
• Other small improvements and stability fixes

What’s New iMazing 2.9

This version introduces support for browsing, exporting and printing WhatsApp data, as well as a completely overhauled message data extraction and PDF generation engine for Messages.

Browsing Messages and WhatsApp chats

Performance

• Loading times greatly improved
• Supports arbitrarily large quantities of messages, even on older computers

New displayed data types

• Subject line (Messages)
• Message Status (sent, delivered, read)
• Group events (who joined or left and when, more...)
• Service type change (SMS, MMS, iMessage)
• (Optional) Contact details (email or phone number)
• Windows: Emojis are finally displayed in all their colorful glory

Search

• Added date range filter
• Added search in conversations (find all threads or chats whith a specific contact)
• Text search now retains context when cleared (search for a word, select a message in the result and clear search to identify which chat the message belongs to)

Export behaviours

• Added contextual menu on threads
• Selecting multiple threads no longer aggregates their content, instead used for bulk export of multiple conversations
• Drag out selection with attachments only will export attachments. Drag out selection containing text will export to PDF

Attachments

• Videos, audio clips and GIFs can now be played within the view
• Shared locations are displayed as such, and can be opened in Google maps or exported as links
• Shared URLs displayed with site description, and can be opened in default browser or exported as links
• Shared vCards containing multiple contacts are now exported to split vCards on Windows for better compatibility

Exporting to PDF and Printing

iMazing now features native PDF generation, allowing for greatly improved performance and expanded features when both exporting to PDF and printing both Messages conversations and Whatsapp chats.

• Bulk export of threads to PDF (split files or single file)
• Choose scale, margins and orientation
• Choose paper size

Optional:

• Chat session name and participant details in header
• Page numbers in footer
• Extraction metadata in footer (great for increased legal weight)

Exporting to CSV or TXT

New fields in CSV exports:

• Delivered date
• Read Date
• Service Type (SMS, MMS, iMessage)
• Sender name
• Sender contact details (email or phone number)
• Subject
• Attachment type
• (Optional) Include header row
• (Optional) Include thread/chat name (useful for bulk exports to spreadsheets)

Text exports now optionally include:

• Chat session name
• Sender (group chats)
• Date/Time
• Status (Sent, Delivered, Read)
• Attachment informations
• Notifications
• Separator between messages

What's New in 2.9.5

• iOS 12.2 support
• Support for new iPad models
• Messages: support for voice messages sent from iOS 12.2 devices
• Messages and WhatsApp: added Show all dates option

Fixes in 2.9.5

• Fixed case where music becomes unavailable on the iPod after being loaded. Please get in touch at imazing.com/contact if this happened to you, we will guide you through a recovery procedure.

Fixes in 2.9.4

• Data is invalid error when parsing a backup is now ignored when it is safe to do so
• Bulk exports of Messages and WhatsApp threads now honour the current date range
• Improved support for older versions of WhatsApp
• Fixed rare Error writing file error when exporting Messages or WhatsApp to PDF

Fixes in 2.9.3

• Timestamps in CSV exports of Messages and WhatsApp are now in standardised format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
• Fixed exporting to PDF in Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese and Korean)
• Fixed pairing issues with Apple TV (Mac)
• Minor stability improvements

Fixes in 2.9.2

• Fixed connection issues with device on iOS < 9

Fixes in 2.9.1

• Fixed crash when exporting music from iTunes Classic to iTunes

Fixes and smaller changes in 2.9.0

• Apple TV: Improved wireless pairing of 4k models
• Apps: when searching in the App Store, iMazing no longer defaults to the US store
• Apps: don’t offer update of apps if the update is incompatible with the iOS version of the target device
• Apps: improved restore of multiple .imazingapp files at the same time which in some cases could cause a ‘Unique constraint’ SQLite error
• Device Info: dual e-SIM info is now displayed
• iMazing Mini: fixed rare case where iMazing Mini thread count would keep rising when the app has been running for 10+ days without interruption
• Media sync: copy to Photos, Music, Ringtones and Videos now use much less CPU
• Music: improved exporting playlists to iTunes
• Music: fixed case where a special character in the Album Artist tag would cause tracks to be copied as separate albums
• Photos: better handling of copying photos to iOS when the photo library of the target device is empty or nearly empty
• Photos: fixed 'Error communicating with device' error when there are more than 6'000 photos in synced albums
• Photos: better interaction with albums originally synced with iTunes
• Restore: when restoring a backup without erasing the target device, iMazing will no longer uninstall apps which are on the target device but not in the backup
• Voice memos: better handling of missing or corrupt files in bulk exports

What’s New iMazing 2.8

Quite a few small but substantial improvements in this update:

• New 2018 iPads Pro support
• iOS 12.1 support
• Managing app updates from the “Manage Apps” section is now much easier to use: a dedicated window lists available updates, and it is now easy to download updates or directly update apps on a specific device
• Installing VPP apps is now supported, as long as device assignment is already done
• The calendar view will now display multi-day events on multiple days and not just on the day of the event
• When a device’s backup location is on an unavailable NAS, iMazing will let you know and will offer to stop trying to connect
• Other tiny improvements

Fixes in 2.8.5 (9906)

• Fixed a crash when restoring .imazingapp files.

Fixes in 2.8.5 (9902)

• Voice memos can now be accessed on iPads running iOS 12.

Fixes in 2.8.4 (9891)

• Fixed regression in 2.8.3 which caused reinstalling iOS to wrongly try to ask for device unlock, thereby making reinstalling iOS impossible
• Fixed iMazing Mini crashing if a device which was erased without signing out of Find my iPhone (activation locked) is connected

Fixes and improvements in 2.8.3 (9874)

Lots of small fixes and adjustments here, mostly following user feedback. Thanks to all of you who got in touch!

• Apps: Better handling of offloaded apps, which are now displayed like any other in iMazing
• Apps: Restore of .imazingapp files on older iOS versions
• Backup: Fixed Wi-Fi backups sometimes hanging when connection was lost
• Backup: Detection of incompatible backup locations is improved. iMazing will now prevent backing up to WD My Cloud Home devices for example - such storage devices cannot be used for direct backups unfortunately
• Calendars: Better handling of ‘absurd’ recurring event dates (every 31st of the month for instance) by clamping irrational dates
• Restore: When updating iOS with iMazing, the target device will now immediately ask for the passcode instead of doing so after the iOS installation package has been downloaded. As a consequence, iOS update/reinstall and backup restore operations should be more fire and forget than before

Fixes and improvements in 2.8.2 (9842)

• Fixed a memory leak while converting HEIC files to JPEG
• Fixed issues when exporting items with back slash characters "\" from a backup or the iOS file system
• Excluded Adobe Lightroom app from Quick Transfer, importing files to Lightroom via the File Sharing is unfortunately not supported by Lightroom
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Fixes and improvements in 2.8.1 (9825)

• Fixed iPhone XR model details not retrieved properly
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Fixes and improvements in 2.8.0 (9798)

• Fixed issues in the "Manage Apps" section when updating or downloading apps
• Fixed few issues in the "Calendars" section
• Many improvements and other minor fixes

What's New in iMazing 2.7

iPhone XS & XS Max Ready, iOS 12 Compatibility

• iPhone XS and XS Max should be displayed beautifully when connected to iMazing
• iOS 12 is fully supported, including updating to iOS 12 with iMazing

Quick Transfer Wizard

• Easily transfer documents, media, books and files to your iOS devices via drag and drop
• Drop files and folders in the Quick Transfer window, and iMazing will automatically detect compatible apps

Export All Data

• Export all data from iOS devices in human readable format in 2 clicks only
• Aimed at repair shops, data recovery pros and lawyers
• Special shout out to Geneva’s Maclinic repair shop for suggesting the feature 😉

macOS Mojave: Dark Mode & More

• Dynamic Dark Mode support: iMazing automatically adapts when changing the macOS theme, no need to quit and relaunch
• New security & privacy features handled: iMazing will request permission to access iTunes backups, and to import media to iTunes’ Library

What's New in iMazing 2.6

macOS Mojave Beta

• Dark mode support
• Support for new privacy requirements (restricted access to iTunes backup folder)

What's New in iMazing 2.5

iPhone X

• Support for new resolution in iMazing's UI
• Minor compatibility adjustments

Brand new Manage Apps wizard

• Download IPAs from the App Store
• Manage an App Library on your computer, install/uninstall, backup or restore all from the same view
• Sort apps by size, filter them by Apple ID
• Restoring .imazingapp apps now installs the app straight from the App Store
• Read our blog post to learn more