Does iTunes Backup Photos Videos on iPhone

Does iTunes backup photos and videos on your iPhone? Can I get these photos and videos from backup? Read this post to get answers.

Author Avatar Joy Taylor Last Updated: Feb. 11, 2022

Some photos on your iPhone are important and valuable, no matter the photos you took, downloaded, or synced. And iTunes is one good tool with which the feature helps you backup your iPhone data. And iTunes does backup some photos. However, you may not clear about what kind of photos will be backed up to iTunes and how to extract these photos from iTunes backup.

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Part 1. What Photos and Videos Will Be Backed Up

Apple iTunes enables you to backup almost all of data and settings from iPhone to the computer. And it does backup your photos and videos on your iPhone 6/6s. But not all iPhone photos and videos will be backed up, such as synced items, and the photos and videos in iCloud. Normally, your Camera Roll photos and videos will be included in your iTunes backup.

Part 2. How to View and Extract Photos from iTunes Backup

Apple doesn’t provide a method to view photos in iTunes backup. But you can use iTunes backup extractor – PhoneRescue for iOS to easily make it. It is a professional data recovery for iOS users. After downloading PhoneRescue for iOS and installing it on your computer, you can make it by following the 3 simple steps just as below shows.

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Free Download

* 100% Clean & Safe

Free Download * 100% Clean & Safe

Step 1. Open PhoneRescue > Select Recover from Backup > Click on Right Arrow to enter the next page.

Choose Recover from Backup

Choose Recover from Backup

Step 2. Select the backup that contains the photos you need > Click on Right Arrow to scan the backup.

Select Photos Category

Select Photos Category

Step 3. Select Photos > Preview and select the photos you need > Click on To Computer button to download them to computer.

Preview the Photos and Choose to Recover

Preview the Photos and Choose to Recover

The Bottom Line

That’s all about what photos and videos that iTunes will back up. Also, if you need to recover photos or other data from iTunes backup in a simple but efficient way, PhoneRescue will help you. You can free download it and recover data from iTunes backup, iCloud backup, or from the device directly.

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