Wednesday 30 November 2016

Backup WhatsApp video from iPhone to PC

“To explain or show some goods more clearly and real, i’d like to send videos through WhatsApp to my clients. Now i want to backup WhatsApp video from my iPhone to PC, anyone can help me?”

WhatsApp video is just as popular as WeChat video, it shows us some scene or something more clearly and visual. So we’d like to use it. But when do backup of WhatsApp video, it’s just not like save WhatsApp photos, you can open is and hold on, then there will be option “Save to Phone”. For WhatsApp videos, we’ll use some other ways, like iTunes and third-party iOS data backup and recovery software.

But when to backup through iTunes directly, it just won’t allow us to do it selectively, so we’ll introduce you a third-party iOS data backup tool iRefone here.

iRefone can support us backup iPhone data with three mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes backup and Recover from iCloud Backup. By using it, you can do it selectively and also you can preview them before backup. And it can backup more than 16 kinds of files, like voice memo, WhatsApp video, photos, notes, messages, reminders ect.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



Backup WhatsApp video from iPhone to PC with iRefone directly

1.Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC, choose “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



2.Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “WhatsApp Attachment” icon.



3.Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can choose WhatsApp video, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose the folder path to save them.



Backup WhatsApp video to PC from iTunes with iRefone

If you have done backup in iTunes, you can also use iRefone to extract your WhatsApp video from iTunes backup selectively.

1.Run iRefone, launching your iTunes, choose “Recover from iTunes Backup”, then all your backup files in iTunes will show up.



2.Click “Select” at the end of the files, then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, now tap on “WhatsApp Attachment” icon.



3.Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can choose WhatsApp video, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose the folder path to save them.



Remark: if you have done backup in iCloud, you can also use iRefone to help you extract your WhatsApp video from it selectively.

How to transfer voice memo from iPhone to PC


“We’re not allowed to use iPhone in office, but i really need to listen my voice memo, it always help me record important things. So i want to transfer my voice memo from iPhone to PC, then i can listen it through my PC. What should i do to transfer my voice memo from iPhone to PC?”

Imagining you’re in a meeting, and many people are detailing their plans, opinions ect. How would you record those information, then you can tease the main point and make your decision? Now, voice memo will be your choice when you get no other machine can help you. In this way, voice memo is a good helper and record important things in our daily life. Then after transferring voice memo from your iPhone to PC, you can listen your voice memo on PC.

From this article, we’ll learn how to transfer voice memo from iPhone to PC.

Transfer voice memo from iPhone to PC with iTunes

The common way we do backup and transferring is through iTunes, it’s used by most iPhone users.

First you’ll need to do backup in iTunes, then you can restore them from your iTunes to PC. Now we’ll see how to transfer them from your iTunes to PC.

Launching your iTunes, click iPhone image icon, go to Files--Summary, then you’ll see “Restore from Backup” option, tap on it. And confirm with “Restore”, then your voice memo will be on your PC.

Remark: when do restoring through iTunes, it won’t allow us to restore part of them, instead we’ll have to restore the whole file folders.

Transfer voice memo from iPhone to PC with iRefone

If you want to transfer your voice memo to PC selectively, you can use iRefone to help you with it.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can transfer and extract iPhone data from your iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, also you can preview them before transferring and restoring. What’s more, it can recover more than 16 kinds of files, like contacts, notes, messages, photos, voice memo, WeChat messages ect.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC, choose “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Voice Memo” icon, and it’ll be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. After scanning and analyzing, you can choose voice memo you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose the folder path to save them.

Then you can play them on your PC by using your media player.



Remark: you can also use iRefone to extract your voice memo from your iTunes or iCloud backup selectively.

Tuesday 29 November 2016

How to delete old backups from iCloud?

iCloud storage space is almost full? Then you can delete your old backups from your iCloud that you don’t need any more.

iCloud has help us a lot with managing our iPhone data, but it’s storage is limited. After doing some backups in iCloud, it’ll become full very soon, then we’ll not to do any backup in it, unless we buy more storage from it. In this case, we can delete some old backups from iCloud that we do not need any more, the more storage space will be saved. From this article, we’ll learn how to delete old backups from iCloud.

Delete old backups from iCloud

Step 1. Connect your iPhone or iPad with Wifi, go to Setting--iCloud--Storage--Manage Storage, and choose the device backups you want to delete.



Step 2. Then choose the backup files you don’t need, tap on “Delete Backup”, and confirm with “Delete”, then the backup files will be deleted.



Or you can also delete your old backup from your iCloud on PC.

Delete old backups from iCloud on PC

Step 1. Launching your iCloud on PC, then tap on “Manage” on the right page.



Step 2. Then check and select the backups you don’t need any more, and tap on “Delete”. And confirm with “Delete”.



Tips: when you want to extract your iPhone data from iTunes or iCloud backup selectively, or you didn’t do any backup, but want to retrieve your lost or deleted iPhone data, iRefone is your best choice.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data recovery software. It can transfer, backup and recover your iPhone data with three mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud Backup. It allows us to preview them before restoring and you can retrieve them selectively, like contacts, notes, messages, photos, WeChat messages ect.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



For more steps, you can follow below article:

Recover iPhone Voice Memo to PC

Retrieve WhatsApp video on iPhone

Lost your WhatsApp video on iPhone? Do you know how to retrieve your WhatsApp video on iPhone?

“With years using of WhatsApp, there are many WhatsApp messages and videos, so i have done lots of backup in my iTunes. Now i couldn’t find my WhatsApp videos on iPhone, the problem is i know exactly how to backup them on my iTunes, but i don’t know how to retrieve them. Anyone can help me retrieve my WhatsApp video on iPhone?”

Yes, as you have done backup in your iTunes, we can help you retrieve them back from your iTunes backup with two methods. Follow below steps and learn more.

First. Retrieve WhatsApp video on iPhone from iTunes Backup

Launching your iPhone, click iPhone image icon on the top. Go to Files--Summary, then you’ll see all your backup file lists under it. Tap on “Restore from Backup” on the right page, and confirm with “Restore”.



Remark: it’ll help us retrieve the whole folder with all our WhatsApp video that you have done backup, instead of retrieving part of them as we need.

Second. Retrieve WhatsApp video on iPhone with iRefone

If you want to retrieve your WhatsApp video selectively from your iTunes backup or your iPhone directly, you can use iRefone to help you.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can recover more than 16 kinds of files, like contacts, notes, messages, photos, WhatsApp messages, reminders ect. Also it can extract data from your iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and you can preview them before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, and launching your iTunes, choose “Recover from iTunes Backup”, then all your backup files in iTunes will show up.



Step 2. Click “Select” at the end of the files you need, then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “WhatsApp Attachment”, and it’ll be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. After scanning, you can choose WhatsApp video you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose the folder path to save them.

Monday 28 November 2016

How to delete iTunes backup?

“I have done many backups in my iTunes with my iPhone and iPad, now it takes too much storage space, so i want to delete some of my iTunes backup. What should i do to deleted iTunes backup?”

As we know iTunes backup files are saved in our computer, when many files are saved in your PC, it’ll be full also. So if you want to clear some space from your PC, you can also delete some iTunes backup that you don’t need any more. From this page, we’ll show you how to delete iTunes backup, follow below steps and learn more.

Delete iTunes Backup

1.Launching iTunes on your PC, go to iTunes--Preference, see below picture.



2.Then tap on Device on the Preference bar, then all your backup files will be listed below it.



3.Choose the backup files you need to delete, tap on “Delete Backup”.



4.Then confirm with “Delete” when it prompt with this notify.

Or you can go to your backup files directly in your PC:

For Windows: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup 

For Mac ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ 

Tips: when you want to restore your iPhone data from iTunes backup selectively, or you haven’t done any backup. You can choose iRefone for you to recover your lost or deleted iPhone data.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data transfer and recovery software, it can recover more than 16 kinds of files from your iPhone, iPad and iPod. Also it can extract iPhone data from your iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and you can also preview then before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



For more detailed steps, you can refer to below article:

Extract iPhone Messages from iTunes to PC

Recover iPhone voice memo to PC

We usually use iPhone voice memo to record interview, baby laughing, animal Moo and Baa ect. It helps us record very special sounds we’d like to listen and record. When you lost them by accident, do you know how to recover your iPhone voice memo to PC?

“I really did the backup in my iCloud, but it turns out that my iCloud storage is full, so some of my voice memo failed to backup in iCloud. Also i didn’t do backup in iTunes, is it possible for me to recover my iPhone voice memo to PC?”

Yes, there is still a way can help us recover iPhone voice memo to PC. But we’ll need to relay on third-party iOS data transfer and recovery tool. Here, we recommend iRefone, which can recover more than 16 kinds of files from your iPhone, iPad and iPod, like contacts, notes, messages, voice memo, WeChat messages ect. Also it supports to recover them selectively, and you can preview them before restoring.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



Recover iPhone Voice Memo to PC with iRefone

Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC, choose “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



Step 2.Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Voice Memo” icon and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 3. After scanning and analyzing, you can choose voice memo you need, tap on “Recover to PC”. And choose the folder path to save them.



Remark: it you have done backup in your iTunes and iCloud, you can also restore your iPhone voice memo from your backups selectively by using iRefone.

Sunday 27 November 2016

Encrypt your iTunes backup

To protect your backups in iTunes, we can encrypt it by enter the passcode. And this page will show us how to encrypt your iTunes backup.

“I’m using the iTunes in my office PC, so when someone use my PC, I’m afraid he could see my backups in my iTunes. So i want to encode my backups in iTunes. But iTunes won’t do it by default, anyone knows how to encrypt your iTunes backup?

Yes, there is a way can help us encrypt your iTunes backup, for the first time encrypt, you’ll need to turn on password-protected Encrypt backup option.

Encrypt iTunes Backup

1.Launching your iTunes on PC, and make sure it’s with latest version.

2.Then connect your iPhone with PC, and your iPhone image icon will show up on the top left corner. Tap on Files--Summary, then you can see option “Encrypt iPhone Backup”, tap on it.



3.When it needs password, create one and remember it. When you confirm with the password, the iTunes will start doing backup, also overwrite and encrypt your former backups.

When finish backup, you can go to top for menu bar, tap on iTunes--Preference--Device, then you’ll see the lock image icon on the right of your image icon with the date and time you created this file. Then click OK to close it. Now you’ll make sure the backup is finished.

Tips: when you want to restore iPhone data from your iTunes backup selectively, or you lost some iPhone data which haven’t be backup, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data transfer and recovery software, it supports three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes backup and recover from iCloud backup. Also it allows us to preview them before restoring, and we can restore the data selectively.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.


For more steps, you can refer to below article:

Recover deleted WeChat photos on iPhone

How to manage your iPhone storage space

iPhone users will come across a problem that iPhone storage is almost full when you haven’t realized that, and it’s more worse for 16 GB storage iPhone. Read this article and learn more about how to manage your iPhone storage space.

“I’m an iPhone lover, but one challenge is we encounter is iPhone storage space is becoming full very easily. So it’s really annoying me a lot, because i have to spend lots of time with clearing my iPhone storage space, otherwise i couldn’t save any files or important Apps. So i learn some tips about how to manage iPhone storage space, and share them to you, in case you’re also suffering about iPhone storage space issue.

Check the usage of iPhone storage space

Firstly, we’ll need to check the usage of iPhone storage space, and know how much storage space have been used, and how much are left.

Go to Setting--General--Manage Storage, then you’ll see the usage of iPhone storage space. Also you can see the detailed information about which Apps are taking more storage space.

Then you can delete some Apps which is taking more space and you don’t need any more. Or some Apps are small, but with many data files, so you can just deleted some files from it you don’t need.

Deleted unused games

As games are downloading with high quality graphics, Oregon trail ect. So it’ll take many storage space. Also there are some old games, when you didn’t need it any more, you can delete it to save more storage space.

Backup your Photos in iTunes, iCloud or PC

iPhone photos are our favorite, it’s including our photos of family, friends, beautiful scene ect. most of us will treasure them much, so backup them is very necessary before deleting them from iPhone to save storage space.

You can refer to below steps and backup them to iTunes or iCloud.

Ways to backup iPhone photos to your PC

Stop using Photo Stream

When you turn on your Photo Stream, it’ll Auto aync your photos to it. It means your photos are saved twice. When you didn’t use it, turn it off.

Delete old podcast and videos

The serial podcast which will not be listened again, you can delete them. And you can also delete your old videos when you don’t need it any more, or you can save them to your PC, in case you’ll need them in future.

Set your messages to Auto Expire

If you’re using iPhone messages a lot, you can set it with Auto expire, and the old messages will be deleted by itself. If you’re needing it any time, please don’t do it.

There will be many other ways to manage your iPhone storage space, when you find out, please also share them to us.

Tips: when you lost or deleted your iPhone data occasionally, or you need your old iPhone data again. iRefone can help you get them back for you in a few seconds selectively. Like contacts, notes, messages, photos, WeChat contacts, WhatsApp messages ect. And it can recover iPhone data with three recovery mode, that is Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup and Recover from iCloud backup.

Now download and install the free trail version to have a try.



For more detailed steps, you can refer to below article:

Retrieve Lost Notes without iPhone

Thursday 24 November 2016

Tips on iTunes couldn’t detect iPhone

When you’re ready to sync your iPhone on iTunes, but your iTunes just couldn’t detect your iPhone any more, what will you do when iTunes couldn’t detect your iPhone?

“I’m just about to update my iPhone data on iTunes, but my iPhone couldn’t be recognized. Maybe iTunes couldn’t detect my iPhone, so i couldn’t do the update now. What should i do? Any tips on iTunes couldn’t detect iPhone?”

We received many inquiries about iTunes couldn’t detect iPhone occasionally. Here, we summarized some ways about how to fix iTunes couldn’t detect iPhone. Please follow below steps.

Basic things you need to confirm before trying other methods

1.Restart your iPhone, then reconnect it with your PC. At the same time, restart your PC.

2.Close all other programs on your PC.

3.Check your iPhone USB cable, confirm it’s not damaged and it’s the original one. You can also try another marched USB for a try.

4.Check both the port on your PC and the connector on your iPhone are not damaged, or full of dirt.

5. When Auto-Lock is on, unlock the iPhone with your Passcode.

6.Make sure your iPhone is showing a Apple screen when connected with PC.

7.When prompted by the iPhone, tap on “Trust the Computer”.

8. Open “My Computer” and ensure we can see the device as an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, not as an imaging device or as a folder.

When all those tips still do not work, you can follow below steps:

Update, re-install your iTunes

Launching your iTunes, go to Help--Check for Updates, when it have new version, update it to the latest version.

If your iTunes are update to the latest version, and iTunes still couldn’t detect your iPhone, you can re-install your iTunes to have a try.

If it still doesn’t work, maybe you can try to use third-party iOS data backup, transfer and recovery software iRefone help you.

iRefone is a professional desktop iOS data backup and recovery software, it can transfer your iPhone data selectively, like contacts, notes, messages, WeChat messages, photos ect. Also you can preview them before transferring. And it can also extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively.

Now you can download and install the free tail version to have a try.



For more detailed steps, you can refer to below article:

Backup WhatsApp Messages from iPhone to PC

How to shut off an iPhone

Most of us are using iPhone a lot, do you really know how to shut off an iPhone?

Even our iPhone is on Sleep mode, it will still consuming its battery. So we’ll need to shut off our iPhone, especially when it’s with low power. Or our iPhone is stuck with some Apps, we’ll also try to fix it by restart our iPhone. Now we’ll talk about how to shut off an iPhone.

Shut off your iPhone

1.Hold on the sleep/wake button for a few seconds, then the screen with “Slide to Power Off” will show up.

2.You can tap on it. If you don’s need to shut off your iPhone any more, you can click the “Cancle” at the bottom.

3. After tap on “Slide to Power Off”, your iPhone will turn off in a few seconds.

Hard Reset your iPhone

When your iPhone is locked up, you’ll need try to hard reset your iPhone. This can only be used when other ways doesn’t work, because it may hurt your iPhone. If you insist, you can use it just as you want.

1.Hold on the sleep/wake button and Home button together, and continue with it for about 10 seconds, until the screen goes black and Apple logo appears.

2. Then release the buttons you’re holding, and let the iPhone start up like normal.

Turn on your iPhone

If you wan t to turn on your iPhone and use it, you can follow below steps.

Holding on Sleep/Wake button until the Apple icon appears on the screen. Then release the button and wait for your iPhone start up.

Tips: When you lost or deleted some of your iPhone data during use it, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data recovery software. It supports recover more than 16 kinds of files, like contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it allows to extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, you can also preview those data before restoring.

Now download and install the free trail version to have a try.



For mores steps, you can refer to below article:

Retrieve Deleted Text Messages without Backup

Wednesday 23 November 2016

How to delete iCloud backup?

Do you know how to delete iCloud backup on your iPhone? Don’t worry, here we’ll show you how to delete iCloud backup.

We always do iPhone backup in iCloud, because it’s so convenient for us to do, we can do it anywhere if iPhone is connected with Wifi and we don’t need to stay with computer. But the question is the iCloud will be full very soon, as its storage is limited. When it’s full, it won’t allow us to update any iPhone data. So if we want to update new iPhone data, we’ll need to delete some no need files in iCloud. Now we’ll tutor how to delete iCloud backup.

Delete iCloud backup on iPhone/iPad

1.Connect your iPhone with Wifi, go to Setting--iCloud--Storage--Manage Storage.



2.Then choose the device and its backup you need to delete, tap on “Delete Backup”.



Delete iCloud backup on Windows

If you want to delete them from your windows computer, you can follow below steps.

1.Open iCloud on your computer, then tap on “Manage”.



2.When enter the new interface, click on the backups you need to delete, and confirm with “Delete”.



Delete iCloud backup on Mac

1.Open your Mac, go to System Preferences.



2.Then tap on iCloud icon in the new interface.



3.Then it’ll load iCloud Preferences, choose the backup taps at the top list on the right page, and click “Manage” at the bottom. Then all the backup files will be listed, choose the one you need and tap on “Delete”. Then confirm with “Delete”.



Tips: if you lost or deleted your iPhone data, you can come to iRefone for help.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data recovery software. It allows us to preview iPhone data before restoring, also it can extract iPhone data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively. And it can recover more than 16 kinds of files, like contacts, notes, messages, photos, WeChat messages, WhatsApp messages ect.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



For more steps, you can refer to below article:

Recover WeChat Audio Messages on iPhone