Recover Corrupt ITunes Backup

“Hi, I have an old iPod which stopped working recently and I have its iTunes backup in my Mac. I wanted to restore this backup on my new iPod. So I started to restore the backup and process halted in the middle displaying an error, “iTunes could not restore the iPod because the backup is corrupt”. Is there any possibility to extract data from iTunes backup when it's corrupted? The data is very important for me. I would really like to fix the backup and put it on my new iPod. I have searched lot but I can't find much that entail to my situation. Can anyone please help me?”

You may come across situations like iTunes is not capable to restore backup since it is corrupted. But really, this is not an issue to tolerate; specifically when all your significant data is stuck in the process. Give a try to below mentioned technique.

Find iTunes backup location on your Macintosh using ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ > copy the backup to your desktop > Open iTunes on your computer > Select iTunes from menu > Preferences > Devices and select all device backups > click on Delete Backup > then move iTunes backup folder from the desktop default backup folder > Restart iTunes and try to restore

If you are unable to restore data from ITunes backup or facing the same error even after trying this technique; then you need to take help of Yodot Mac photo Recovery to extract files from corrupt iTunes backup. Only then you can restore the recovered data successfully on your device. You may ask why we should go for Yodot. You will find answer for this question in next session.

Preeminent Tool to Recover Files from Corrupt ITunes Backup:

Yodot Mac photo Recovery is the perfect application to extract your files from corrupt iTunes backup. This iTunes library file recovery tool effectively recovers data from iTunes which is corrupted due to hard drive failures, USB communication errors, glitches in iTunes during backup process and improper adjustment of encryption settings. It also has ability to undelete lost or deleted files from iTunes backup. The strong algorithm of this application does not modify your original files and prevent you from saving back the retrieved files to the same location from where it is restored. It has ability to regain all types of photos, RAW images, computer images, audio and video files. Along with restoring files from corrupt iTunes backup, it is capable to recover images from corrupted CF card, SD card, XD card, MMC card and from all internal as well as external hard drives. Including EI captain, this utility is compatible with all versions of Mac OS X, till OS X Leopard.

Elementary Procedure to Restore Corrupt ITunes Backup:

• Download Yodot Mac Photo Recovery utility and install it on your Macintosh
• The tool will present two options in main screen, namely “Deleted Photo Recovery” and “Lost Photo Recovery”: click on Lost Photo Recovery
• From displayed list of volume and disk, select the volume where iTunes backup is stored
• Choose specific file types to recover, if you wish ; else you can skip this step
• Mark all retrievable files either using Data View or File Types View
• Preview the restored files
• Save them on your desired location

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