Version: 2.13.1

Release date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:37:15 +0100

What's New in iMazing 2.13

Photos

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

• 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.

Compatibility

• iOS and iPadOS 14.2 are fully supported.

Fixes and improvements in 2.13.1

• Backup: Fixed inactive View button when the device is selected in the backups list after having switched to backup browsing mode.
• Localization: Fixed ambiguous Korean translation which could wrongly suggest that the license code is invalid.
• Photos: Minor stability improvements.

Fixes and improvements in 2.13.0

• Messages: Exporting voice messages from Messages now converts to a Windows compatible format (.mp3).
• 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 2.12.7

• 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

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 with iOS 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

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.
• Profile Editor: VPN section completely reworked.....
• Profile Editor: fixed case where creating a profile in iMazing's profile library would fail if the library was set to a custom path containing spaces.
• Profile Editor: fixed case where iMazing Profile Editor would always offer a newer update.
• 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.

Fixes in 2.12.2

• Transfer of media to native iOS apps is now fixed and iMazing is fully compatible with iTunes 12.10.9.3

Fixes in 2.12.1

• Support for the latest Apple drivers for Windows
• Fixes iMazing not functional if iTunes is updated to v12.10.9.3 or above
• Fixes new installations of iMazing on systems where iTunes is not installed

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).

New in 2.11.6

A few important features for system administrators have made the jump across to the Windows version:

• Import Supervision Identities to iMazing's brand new Organizations Library (Preferences -> Library tab) to enable pairing with supervised devices even if Allow Pairing is false
• Manage a library of configuration profiles with iMazing's new Profile Library (Preferences -> Library tab, or Profiles -> Install from Library action)
• Create and edit configuration profiles thanks to the embedded iMazing Profile Editor, available in the Tools menu and from the Profile Library
• Apply iMazing Configurator blueprint created with the macOS version of iMazing via the Quick Transfer wizard. This feature can be leveraged by sys admins to delegate automations such as backup -> update OS -> provision files to apps to the end user.

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 the only Apple Configuration Profile editor on Windows.

Learn more:

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

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

Learn more:

• Learn all about the Profiles view here.

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.
• Other minor fixes and improvements.

Improvements in 2.11.7

• iOS 14 beta early compatibility

Improvements in 2.11.6

• iOS 13.5 and iPhone SE (2020) are now fully supported
• 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
• Erase Operation: Fixed erroneous error message when erasing a supervised device
• Other small fixes and tiny improvements...

Improvements in 2.11.4

• WhatsApp: added support for messages sent from a WhatsApp Business account

Fixes in 2.11.4

• 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
• Translation: minor changes in Portugese

Fixes in 2.11.2

• Photos: various minor fixes
• Translation: fixed incomplete sentences in various languages
• 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
• iTunes Microsoft Store: improved compatibility with iTunes downloaded from the Microsoft Store
• Media Transfer: added a dialog to handle cases where an antivirus prevents iMazing (or iTunes!) from starting a sync service
• 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
• Contacts: fixed importing contacts to empty address book on devices running iOS 13.2 and above
• 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