How To Retrieve Your iCloud Data On MAC or Windows PC

Undoubtedly, iCloud is a great way to backup your iPhone data including photos, videos, music, contacts, messages and other personal information. Every Apple mobile device including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch offers 5 GB of free iCloud usage and then you can purchase the additional storage space if need be. But the thing is, you can’t easily access the iCloud data unless you really want to restore it. Of course it helps when you’ve bought a new iPhone or in case you had to factory reset your existing one. But what if you only want to retrieve some specific files on your device or computer? Restoring the whole iCloud backup will only make things complicated, right?

So in the end, it all comes down to this, “there’s got be some way to get the files that I’m looking for.” Well actually, there is one. There is this useful tool called PhoneRescue which enables you to extract the important files from your iCloud backup without having to restore it.

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About PhoneRescue App

PhoneRescue is an impeccable data recovery software tool which helps you recover deleted files, lost contacts, messages and chat conversations on your iDevices with ease. Installing this tool on your computer makes it easy for your to extract useful files from your iCloud or iTunes data and save it on your PC. Unlike the iTunes app, PhoneRescue doesn’t require you to connect your device to the computer. You can retrieve your files and useful information even in case you don’t have your iDevice with you anymore. All you need is your Apple ID credentials. PhoneRescue also helps you recover the iTunes backup and provides some PhoneRescue app works perfectly well on both Windows and Mac and you can download it for free here.

How It’s Done?

Recovering a file via PhoneRescue is quite simple and the procedure is pretty much the same for both Windows and Mac OS X. First off, make sure you have enabled the iCloud sync on your iDevice. In case you haven’t, chances are there won’t be any backup created for your data. To see if the iCloud sync is on, launch the settings app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and go to iCloud > Storage > Manage Storage. If you have a backup created on iCloud, it’ll show you the size of the backup as well as the date on which the last backup was performed.

Now to retrieve files from that backup on your Windows or Mac PC, follow these simple steps.

• Launch the PhoneRescue app on your Mac or Windows PC.

• From the Recovery Mode options, select Recover from iCloud and Click on Next button indicated by a rightward arrow.

• Sign in with your Apple ID credentials and then select the backup that you want to download. Finally click on the right arrow to proceed.

• It will take you to the categorized list contents of your iCloud backup. Choose the files that you want to download and click on the Computer icon to initiate the download.

It’s that simple! You can also use PhoneRescue to recover the deleted files as well as the data from your iTunes backup. Besides, you can also reap the benefits of the iOS repair tools to fix some prevailing issues in your device.