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Old 10-17-2016, 09:49 AM   #7
HarryT
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Originally Posted by meeera View Post
This is not true. The password you use if you choose to encrypt an iDevice backup made using iTunes is not your AppleID/iCloud password. If forgotten and not retrievable by Keychain shenanigans, there is no official or Apple-provided way to retrive the password. The backup can only be unlocked using hacking tools (as mentioned by PPs) that rely on brute-force and dictionary attacks.
Hmmm. When I get a new iThing and I restore a previous backup onto it, it always asks me for my iCloud password to access the backup. Are we perhaps talking at cross purposes here?
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