Decipher Backup Repair Changelog

What's new in Decipher Backup Repair 17.5.0.0

Apr 6, 2024
  • Speed improvements.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.4.0.0 (Mar 28, 2024)

  • New repairs for missing files in iOS 17.4 backups.
  • Speed improvements.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.3.0.0 (Jan 9, 2024)

  • Speed improvements to checks to add missing data to repaired backup.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.0.13.0 (Sep 25, 2023)

  • Addresses bugs with registering your license code.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.0.12.0 (Sep 24, 2023)

  • Improved support for backups that are larger than phone capacity.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.0.10.0 (Sep 24, 2023)

  • Refinements to repairs needed for some iOS 17 beta restores.
  • Native arm64 macOS support.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.0.6.0 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • New repairs needed for some iOS 17 beta restores.
  • Updates to support downgrades for backups made with iOS 17 beta 4.
  • Improved support for backups made with iOS 15.7.8.
  • Improvements to repairs to include GoodNotes app data for very broken backups.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.0.3.0 (Jul 18, 2023)

  • Improvements to iOS 17 beta downgrade repairs, including improved setup experience after restoring the downgraded backup.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 17.0.1.0 (Jul 14, 2023)

  • Includes new option to downgrade a backup made with iOS 17 betas so it will restore on iOS 16.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 16.5.1 (Apr 15, 2023)

  • Better recovery of photos and voice memos from incomplete backups.
  • Better handling of registration license codes.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 16.2.0 (Dec 30, 2022)

  • New repairs for broken file list databases in backups.
  • Adds repairs/recovery for WeChat data in broken backups.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 16.0.1 (Jul 26, 2022)

  • Speeds up camera roll recovery portion of the repairs.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 16.0.0 (Jun 20, 2022)

  • Support for iOS 16 backups.
  • Improved support for recovered backups with partial damaged files.
  • Bug fixes

New in Decipher Backup Repair 15.1.0 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • Additional repairs for backups made with iOS 15
  • Fix issues launching 32-bit Windows version of Decipher Backup Repair
  • Bug fixes

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.7.4 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • Important bug fix for issue where backups were not appearing to repair on macOS.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.7.3 (Aug 31, 2021)

  • Support to repair backups made with iOS 15 for restoring on iOS 14.7.
  • Improved repairs for reconstruction of heavily damaged backups.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.7.0 (Jun 4, 2021)

  • Improvements and fixes for license registration.
  • Improved support for iOS 14.4-14.7 beta backups.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.4.4 (Mar 30, 2021)

  • Adds a few new repairs.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.4.3 (Mar 22, 2021)

  • Repair speed improvements.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.4.0 (Mar 4, 2021)

  • Improved recovery for WhatsApp data in damaged backups.
  • Correct issue where drive letter of backup location was not shown on Windows.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.2.0 (Nov 20, 2020)

  • Adds additional repairs for iOS 14.2

New in Decipher Backup Repair 14.0.1 (Aug 7, 2020)

  • Improved recovery of notes, voice memos, and voicemails from very broken backups.
  • Support for macOS Big Sur beta.
  • Improved custom backup locations options for repairing backups stored outside of iTunes. You can now add a single backup, in addition to folders of multiple backups.
  • Improvements to reconstructing some third-party app data like WhatsApp and Photo Vault.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 13.3.9 (Jan 21, 2020)

  • Improved support for backups made with iOS 13.3.1 betas.
  • New repairs for new iOS 13 backup issues.
  • Improved camera roll recovery/reconstruction for some broken backup scenarios.
  • UI Improvements.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 13.3.2 (Nov 27, 2019)

  • Improvements to labeling of repaired backups on macOS Catalina.
  • Additional repairs for new iOS 13 backup corruptions.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 13.3.0 (Nov 13, 2019)

  • Additional repairs built-in for problems with iPhone Wi-Fi switch being stuck on "off".

New in Decipher Backup Repair 13.2.0 (Nov 1, 2019)

  • Fix for repairing encrypted backups made with iOS 13.2.0.
  • Bug fixes for 32-bit Windows version.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 13.0.4 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • Fix a crash repairing some incomplete backups.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 13.0.3 (Oct 5, 2019)

  • Improved repairs for backups damaged by encryption bugs.
  • Improved repairs for backups recovered after being deleted on the hard drive.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.2.10 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • New repairs for specific issues restoring a backup to an iPhone XR.
  • New repairs for rare issues transitioning from an iOS 9 or earlier backup to an iOS 12 backup.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.2.6 (May 8, 2019)

  • New additional repairs to address certain "iTunes cannot restore the iphone because an error occurred." restore errors.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.2.0 (Apr 11, 2019)

  • Improved support for lates iOS 12.2 betas.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.1.10 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • Detects buggy unused Messages attachments from older versions of iOS taking up iPhone disk space. These buggy extra files will be omitted from the repaired backup.
  • New support for some particularly corrupt encrypted backups.
  • Improvements to repairs for corrupt backups from APFS transition bugs.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.1.6 (Jan 24, 2019)

  • UI improvements for Custom Backup Location option.
  • Improved support for iOS 12.1.3 backups.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.1.4 (Jan 3, 2019)

  • Improved support for iOS 12.1.2 and 12.1.3 beta backups.
  • Upgrade to Java 11 on Mac and Windows.
  • Upgrade to 64-bit on Windows.
  • Support macOS Mojave hardened runtime and notarization.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.1.1 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Improved support for iOS 12.1.1 backups.
  • Sped up error reporting for some backup errors.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.1.0 (Dec 2, 2018)

  • Add support for repairing backups not stored in the default iTunes backup folder.
  • Improved support for iOS 12.1.1 beta backups.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.0.10 (Oct 11, 2018)

  • Improved support for iOS 12 backups.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.0.3 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • Polishing touches on continued support for iOS 12.
  • Updates to instructions for macOS Mojave.
  • Improvements to the user interface.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 12.0.0 (Jun 26, 2018)

  • Updates for iOS 11.4.1 betas.
  • Improve notifications when the hard drive is out of space.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.3.4 (May 21, 2018)

  • Update to support the new Windows iTunes on the Microsoft Store.
  • Minor Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.3.0 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • Update for improved iOS 11.3.1 support.
  • Minor Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.2.6 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Improved support for latest iOS updates.
  • Improvements to Windows version of DBR.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.2.2 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • UI now shows available computer hard drive space where iTunes backups are stored.
  • Updates for iOS 11.2.2

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.2.1 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • Improved handling of ringtone files in iOS 11 backups.
  • Updates for latest iOS 11.2.5 betas.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.2.0 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • Improved update checking using Sparkle and WinSparkle!
  • Improved support for iOS 11.2.1, iOS 11.2.5 beta 1, and iOS 11.2.5 beta 2 backups.
  • More support for some rare iOS 11 encrypted backup bug

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.1.5 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and verbage clarifications.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.1.4 (Feb 26, 2018)

  • Improved support for iOS 11.1.1 and iOS 11.2 beta 2.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.1.1 (Nov 6, 2017)

  • Support for iOS 11.2 beta users who need to restore a backup to iOS 11.1 on an iPhone X

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.0.21 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Improved repairs in advanced repair for some encrypted backup issues
  • Improvements to speed and results of some reconstructed backups
  • Visual improvements for DBR running at high resolutions on Windows
  • Bug fixes
  • Improved support for Viber in repaired backups
  • Improved support for Notes, especially “On my iPhone notes”
  • Fix issues with Leopard/Snow Leopard version

New in Decipher Backup Repair 11.0.10 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • Support for backups made with iOS 10.3.3 public release.
  • Support for backups made with iOS 11 developer beta 3/public beta 2.
  • Some new repairs for incomplete or buggy iPhone backups.
  • Speed improvements to Advanced Repair.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 10.2.20 (Mar 22, 2017)

  • Changes to speed up repairs.
  • Additional repairs for backups affected by iOS 10 backup encryption bugs.
  • Resolves possible issues from conflicts on Mac from Java extensions installed for other software.
  • Resolves issue on some Windows configurations due to custom temp file permissions settings.
  • Fixes issues from backups made with recent iOS betas.
  • Improved support for macOS retina displays.
  • Improved support for iOS 10.2 and nicer (and fewer) prompts for encrypted backups.
  • Other minor bug fixes and memory footprint improvements.
  • Additional repairs supporting rare iPhone incremental backup issues.
  • Adds additional checks and repairs for backups with encryption bugs for some files. (See our blog post about encryption bugs if you're interested).
  • Improved rebuilding heavily broken iOS 10 backups.

New in Decipher Backup Repair 8.4.0 (Feb 17, 2015)

  • Improved repairs for partial or damaged backups
  • Additional fixes for backups that were interrupted before completion
  • Improvements for backups containing files not allowed in a backup
  • New handling and repair of WhatsApp data