When I prepared to restore iPad Air from iTunes backup, I
found it was encrypted and what’s worse, iTunes backup password is lost.
In fact, there are many ways you can choose. But the success
rates are different. For example, some educated guess probably let you find
iTunes backup password, and iTunes backup
password recovery tool can help you to recover iTunes backup password with
100% guarantee. Now see the possible three methods in the following, and choose
one that is available for your iPad.
- Method 1: Try Guessed Password to Decrypt iPad Backup
- Method 2: Decrypt iTunes Backup with Keychain
- Method 3: Decrypt iTunes Backup with iTunes Password Recovery Tool
Method 1: Try Guessed Password to Decrypt iPad Backup
Effectiveness: Low success rate, but possible helpful
Which kind of password would be used to protect iTunes
backup? Let me think. You have Apple ID, passcode, default password, or Windows
administrator password. So you can try these numbers or characters to unlock
iTunes backup.
If failed, keep going on to another two ways to recover iPad
backup password.
Method 2: Decrypt iTunes Backup with Keychain
Effectiveness: 50% success rate
If you are using a Mac computer, lost iTunes backup password may
be recovered in Keychain.
1. Run Keychain Access utility from Application – Utilities.
2. Enter "iPad" in the top-right search field and then look
for a keychain item named "iPad Backup" of kind "application password".
If there is no such item, iSunshare iTunes Password Genius
is needed for iTunes backup password recovery.
3. Double click "iPad Backup" and click on the "Show
password" checkbox in the new window.
4. You will now be prompted to enter your password to show
the iPad backup password.
Click Allow (once). You should now see the iPad backup password
in the clear text.
Method 3: Decrypt iTunes Backup with iTunes Password Recovery Tool
Effectiveness: 100% success rate guarantee
When you couldn’t decrypt encrypted iTunes backup password
with above two methods, try this way please. With 100% success rate guarantee, iTunes
backup password can be recovered easily with iTunes backup password recovery
tool, such as iTunes Password Genius. But there are some tips you need to know
when you use iTunes Password Genius.
- Tip 1: Choose which version of iTunes Password Genius, trial
or full version
Trial version only can recover iTunes backup password less than 3 characters, while full version can recover any kinds of iTunes backup password. - Tip 2: How to select backup password recovery type
Four password types, Brute-force, Mask, Dictionary and Smart are available for iPad backup password recovery. However, password recovery rate depends on which one type you have chosen and made settings. Read more>>
Now follow the steps to decrypt iTunes backup for iPad.
Step 1: Install and run iTunes Password Genius in your
Windows computer.
Step 2: Click Open button and add iTunes backup file into iTunes Password
Genius.
Step 3: Choose and set password recovery type and click Start button.
In few seconds of minutes later, you will see a pop-up window showing iTunes backup password. Copy password and save it in text. Now connect your iPad Air to computer, and open it in iTunes. Click Restore backup, and you can decrypt iTunes backup for iPad with the recovered password.
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