iMazing is an iOS file manager designed for Mac. With its help, you can back up the media files from your iPad, transfer your iPhone contacts to your computer, copy music from your iPod to your local iTunes library, and so much more. So, it definitely comes in handy to people who own iOS gadgets.
The program is compatible with multiple iOS versions and device models (even the new generation), supports various file formats and communicates well with iTunes. You can use the utility to back up your iOS data to your iTunes library or local directories and delete files from your Apple gadget with just a few clicks.
After you connect your iOS device to your Mac, the tool automatically imports and sorts the files from the gadget. You can preview your photos, use the built-in search tool to immediately locate files within the device, back up iOS app data, and so much more. So, the utility can complete a wide variety of tasks.
The one thing that's still missing from the tool is a built-in media player which might come in handy if you want to pre-listen songs or watch videos from your iOS device before transferring them to your Mac.
Briefly, I think anyone who owns an iOS device and is looking for an alternative to using iTunes for managing Apple gadget data should give iMazing a try. It's feature-rich, simple to handle, and affordable.
v2.1 [Nov 18, 2016]
- Easily create shortcuts to your favourite apps’ Documents folder from the main view of your device. Shortcuts 2.0.
- If you have FileApp installed, a shortcut to FileApp will be created by default.
- Create shortcuts to specific locations in your device’s file system.
- iOS 10.2 Compatibility, including support for accessing and editing backups protected by Apple’s new encryption scheme. iOS 10.2 introduces 1’000 times safer encrypted backups.
- TouchBar integration for the new MacBook Pro.
- For Developers: Device Console Window. You’ll never want to use Xcode’s again. Filter output, save to TXT, pause and resume. And it works via WiFi too.
- Access to device logs through the File System section. Access the log files of 3rd party apps, but also of iOS system apps and services. Make some room by deleting unneeded logs.
- New "iTunes Archived Backups" section in iMazing's left sidebar to show iTunes archived backups which are not longer needed and could be removed to gain disk space on your computer.
- Differentiate backups and devices is now easier in the sidebar, "Backup" is now shown in the description for backups.
- Bug fix: Loading music from an iPod Classic, Mini or Nano was never finishing in some rare cases.
- Bug fix: First access to an app shortcut was slow, it's now much faster.
- Bug fix: Extracting an app from a backup could fail when app was not installed on the connected device.
- Bug fix: Extracting, Installing or Deleting an app is now faster.
- Bug fix: Fixed a rare crash on Windows when disabling Find My iPhone.
- Bug fix: Fixed an error when installing apps not downloaded from the App Store.
- Bug fix: When loading the "Device info" view, apps icons were blinking on Mac.
- Bug fix: Progress bar was blinking on Mac when updating the software.
- Bug fix: New MacBook Pro Touch Bar was not working with an iPod Classic connected.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
