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How to Recover iTunes / iCloud Backup to iPhone 8/8 plus?


More and more people use iPhone or iPad to work and play for its powerful performance and fashionable design. We get used to save all significant media files and personal info in our phone. And generally, we back up our iPhone via iTunes or iCloud regularly to safeguard our iPhone files, thus we need to retrieve these important iTunes and iCloud backup files from old iPhone after getting new iPhone 8/8 plus. When it comes to extract files from iTunes or iCloud backup, iTunes and iCloud may disappointed its users to some extent for it won't allow to access and extract backups selectively. Here, we recommend you a better way to extract your files from iTunes and iCloud backup easily.


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 Part 1. Recover iTunes Backup to iPhone 8/8 plus

What if I want to sync iTunes or iCloud backup to iPhone 8/8 plus with one-click? What if I want to sync iTunes or iCloud backup to iPhone 8/8 plus with clear preview? To solve these problems, we need this handy Phone Data Transfer , a comprehensive iOS & Android data transferring tool, which allows you to move all you data like messages, contacts, call logs, music, video, and more between iOS & Android devices with great convenience and safety. Besides, it's also specialized in retrieving iTunes backup and iCloud backup quickly. To sync iTunes backup and iCloud backup with one click, please download and install Phone Data Transfer on pc firstly.

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Step 1. Open Phone Data Transfer, then click on Restore form iTunes Backup on the Phone Data transfer homepage.

Phone Data Transfer Homepage

Step 2. Connect your iPhone 8/8 plus to PC. Choose iTunes backup file one the left panel. Phone Data Transfer will detect your iTunes backup file on computer automatically.

Step 3. After loading iTunes backup successfully, all items will be displayed on the left panel. Then choose items you’d like to transfer and click on Start Copy.


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 Part 2. Recover iCloud Backup to iPhone 8/8 Plus

Step 1. Click on Restore Phone from iCloud on the Phone Data transfer homepage.

Step 2. Connect your iPhone 8/8 plus to PC. Click on Download more iCloud on the bottom of left panel. Then you need to log in your iCloud account. Please make sure you have entered the correct Apple ID and passcode. Then Syncios will show a list of your iCloud backup. Just select the proper one for your iPhone and click Download.

Step 3. The downloading process will take you only a few seconds. After it is done, please click view or scan the downloaded iCloud backup on the bottom of the download window. Then all data from your iCloud backup file will be displayed in categories on the window. Connect your iPhone to Syncios. If there is an error when sign in iCloud, please follow here to fix it.

Select iCloud backup file


Step 4. Now you are able to select Contacts, SMS, Call logs, DCIM photos and Bookmarks to restore. Clicking on the Start Copy button to transfer selected data back to your iPhone.


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Part 3: Recover iTunes/iCloud Backup to iPhone 8/8 Plus via Data Recovery

This iPhone Data Recovery software is built with 3 recovery modes that allows you to restore data from iCloud backup, iTunes backup, and even lost data. It supports selectively recovering files from iCloud and preview what has been scanned. Moreover, you will be able to extract the whole backup file to your computer without resetting your device. You can download it from below:

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To Recover iTunes Backup to iPhone 8/8 Plus


Step 1 Choose Recover mode from homepage


After successfully downloaded and installed on your computer. Launch it, select Recover from iTunes backup file module on the homepage.

Then the previous iTunes backup on computer will be detected by iPhone Data Recovery directly. You will see a list of the iTunes backup files, choose one then click on Start Scan. It may takes a while to scan your iPhone 8/8 Plus, please wait with patience.

Choose iTunes backup file


Step 2 Preview iTunes Backup Files and Recover

 

All of the data of iTunes backup will be displayed with a clear preview, which helps you to recover iTunes backup selectively. You can choose the items you'd like to recover then click on Recover to Device or Recover to computer. Here we choose Recover to Device to recover the iTunes backup to iPhone 8/8 Plus.

Restore iPhone 8/8 Plus from iTunes backup


To Recover iCloud Backup to iPhone 8/8 Plus


Step 1 Choose Recover mode from homepage


Select Recover from iCloud backup file module on the homepage of iPhone Data Recovery.

After that you need to sign in your iCloud account. This software is completely safe and secure, hence you don't have to be skeptical about your account privacy.

log in iCloud account


Step 2Download and Extract iCloud Backup File.


You will see a list of the backup files after logged in your iCloud account. Click on the one that you want to restore and the Download button, it may takes a while, please wait with patience. After the download is complete, you can click on the Scan Downloaded button to get ready for restoring.

Next time you can directly access the downloaded iCloud backup file and don't have to re-download unless you deleted the file.

Download iPhone 8/8 Plus iCloud backup

 

Step 3 Preview iCloud Backup Files and Recover

 

All of the data of iCloud backup will be displayed with a clear preview, which helps you to recover iTunes backup selectively. You can choose the items you'd like to recover then click on Recover to Device or Recover to computer. Here we choose Recover to Device to recover the iTunes backup to iPhone 8/8 Plus.

Restore iPhone 8/8 Plus from iCloud backup


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Recover iTunes / iCloud Backup to iPhone 8/8 plus

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