iMazing for Mac
Complete iOS device manager.
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iMazing overview
iMazing is the world’s favourite iOS device manager for Mac and PC. Millions of users every year leverage its powerful capabilities to make the most of their personal or business iPhone and iPad.
Often called 'The Swiss Army Knife of iPhone Management', iMazing offers a wide variety of features:
- Time-Machine style local backups, on your schedule, via USB or Wi-Fi and to the storage location of your choice.
- Live browsing of the iPhone's photo library. Preview and save hidden assets (originals of edited items, frames of bursts, videos of Live Photos).
- Accurate PDF or Excel exports of Messages and WhatsApp chats, including attachments.
- Other exports: music, files, contacts, calendars, notes, voicemail, call logs, voice memos, safari data, books.
- Transfer to device: music, videos, photo albums, books, files.
- Device to device data migration.
- Advanced admin tools: supervision, single app mode, configuration profiles, OS restore, console, battery diagnostics.
- And other amazing things you never thought possible!
What’s new in version 3.2.1
- Improved: App Files and Config behavior when applying iMazing Configurator Blueprints
- Fixed: Creating Organization error when generating a new supervising certificate
- Fixed: Set Timezone functionality in iMazing Configurator Blueprints
- Fixed: The connection with the device is not available error that occasionally appears when an Apple Watch is briefly detected on the local network before disconnecting
- Fixed: Birthday date incorrect import from vCard to Contacts in certain cases
- Fixed: Date Created issue when importing photos to Photos synced albums
- Fixed: Importing .ipa files in the Manage Apps tool
- Fixed: Additional minor fixes and improvements
- Fixed: Various rare crashes
- Fixed: Crash when displaying videos in Messages or WhatsApp
- New: Added "Show Available Versions" to view app version history and download previous versions
- New: Added "Export List to CSV" to export all apps’ info to a CSV file
- New: Apple Account authentication now supports SMS for two-factor authentication (2FA)
- New: App downloads can now be manually canceled and resumed later, which also helps recover from connection interruptions
- Fixed: Stopping or pausing app downloads now functions correctly
- Access device info
- Access storage containers for file sharing-enabled apps and apps in development mode
- Uninstall apps
- Install configuration profiles
- Export logs and crash reports
- Export Unified Logs
- Export Sysdiagnose
- Export process list
- Show device console
- New: Added "Ignore Apple Watch connections" option in "iMazing Preferences" > "Devices" to ignore Apple Watch connections
- New: Introducing Total App Setup. iMazing Profile Editor can now scan macOS apps for configuration needs and automatically set them up
- New: visionOS configuration and validation
- New: Managed Client (MCX-style) payload display and editing
- New: Import payloads from plist and other profiles, and export payloads to script
- New: Added "Set Timezone" option in blueprints under "Setup & Accessibility"
- New: Added new Setup Assistant skip keys in blueprints:
- Stolen Device Protection
- Enable Lockdown Mode
- Emergency SOS
- Web Content Filtering
- Camera Button
- Action Button
- Wallpaper
- Apple Intelligence
- Voice Selection
- Dictation
- Fixed: App data restoration in "Manage Apps" now reverts to the previous method that minimizes device space requirements and prevents data loss for apps opting out of backup. iMazing also provides clear instructions for navigating the iOS Setup Assistant that appears after the device restarts following data restoration.
- Fixed: Apple Account login dialogs now properly retrieve passwords from macOS Passwords or Keychain
- New: Added "Ignore Remote Pairing connections" option in "iMazing Preferences" > "Devices" to ignore remote pairing with Apple Vision Pro and Apple TV (macOS)
- New: Added support for latest 2025 iPads
- Fixed: Disabled "Delete" button in Photos
- Fixed: Importing vCard (
.vcf) files with umlauts to Contacts - Fixed: Potentially corrupted reports from Spyware Analyzer in Excel format
- Fixed: Various rare crashes
- Fixed: Issue where "Something went wrong..." dialog appears when iMazing displays other dialog boxes. We apologize for the inconvenience.
- New: Added support for iPhone 16e
- New: Added CLI command
--device-enroll-in-mdmto enroll a device in MDM via Automated Device Enrollment (ADE/DEP) for devices registered in Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager - Fixed: Crash during spyware analysis in TCC module
- New: Export to RSMF (Relativity Short Message Format) for e-discovery (available with iMazing Business)
- New: Export Digitally Signed PDFs (available with iMazing Business)
- Fixed: Display of rotated photos could appear distorted in message view or PDF
- New: Long Exposure media filter in sidebar
- Fixed: Deleting photos from camera roll could fail for items saved from WhatsApp, email, and other apps
- New: MVT Viber detection module
- New: MVT Contacts detection module
- New: MVT Shortcuts detection module
- New: MVT LocationD services detection module
- New: MVT TCC detection module
- New: MVT ProfileEvents detection module
- New: MVT module to detect non-App Store applications
- New: Basic support for IP indicators
- Improved: WhatsApp detection module with latest MVT changes
- Improved: Messages detection module with latest MVT changes
- Improved: Configuration Profile detection module with latest MVT changes
- Improved: InteractionC detection module with latest MVT changes
- Improved: DataUsage detection module with latest MVT changes
- Improved: Parsing of STIX files IoCs for better performance
- New "Enroll in MDM" action in the device "Tools" section
This powerful new feature seamlessly enrolls devices to any MDM—whether for the first time or migrating from one MDM to another—with a simple action in iMazing. - New "Allow MDM enrollment via Automated Device Enrollment (ADE/DEP)" option in the "Restore Backup" wizard
This functionality is also available in iMazing Configurator blueprints as "Prevent skipping Automated Device Enrollment (ADE/DEP) when restoring backup," enabling bulk device MDM migration.
- Improved: Pre-Configuration "Back Up / Set backup encryption status" action
- Improved: Support for devices registered in Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager using Automated Device Enrollment (ADE/DEP)
- New: Logs, Diagnostic and Crash Report commands:
--device-export-unified-logs,--device-export-sysdiagnose,--device-export-logs-and-crash-reports,--device-process-list - New:
--library-list-profilescommand to list configuration profiles in the iMazing library - New:
--library-list-organizationscommand to list organizations (identities) in the iMazing library allowing signing PDFs of exported messages - New:
--restore-allow-mdm-dep-enrollmentoption for the--backup-restorecommand - New:
--sign-pdf-with-organization-identifieroption for signing PDFs exported with--device-export-datasets --format pdf - New:
--format rsmfoption for--device-export-datasetsenables exporting Messages and WhatsApp conversations in RSMF format - New:
--filter-start-timeoption to filter items exported by--device-export-datasets - New:
--filter-end-timeoption to filter items exported by--device-export-datasets - New:
--filter-fulltextsearchoption to filter items exported by--device-export-datasets. This allows for example to filter exports of Messages, WhatsApp conversations, Call History, and other contact-related datasets to show only items matching specific contact names, phone numbers, or email addresses
- Fixed: Issues with changing the name of target devices
- Additional improvements to operations
- Photos: fixed issues when deleting photos from the camera roll
- Photos: Fixed issues with downloading photos from iCloud after Apple's recent changes
- Apps: Fixed issues with Volume Purchasing (VPP) accounts that prevented installation of apps downloaded through these accounts
- Battery: Fixed issues with the battery health indicator
- Notes: Fixed an issue importing vCards using the 'macintosh' charset
- Mini: Fixed crash at launch on macOS 10.11 (El Capitan)
- Apps Management: Fixed VPP license management issue
- Apps Management: VPP token can now be entered directly as password during Apple Account authentication
- Added compatibility for iPad Mini 7th generation
- Fixed crash at launch on macOS 10.11 (El Capitan)
- Photos: Resolved iCloud authentication issues when downloading photos or videos after Apple's recent changes
- Photos: Added support for iCloud authentication via SMS to a trusted Apple Account phone number
- Photos: Added support for iCloud Advanced Data Protection
- Fixed a crash when displaying a running operation in full screen
- Backups: Improved efficiency of the backup repair feature - users experiencing issues restoring a backup, even after repairing it, are advised to try the backup repair feature again
- Backups: Fixed issues when backing up on NAS with backup snapshots enabled (cannot access version.db)
- Photos: Improved handling of ProRes videos on iOS 18
- Photos: Improved handling of RAW files
- Photos: Fixed incorrect moments in the Hidden album
- Photos: Fixed minor UI issues when deleting photos from the camera roll
- UI: Fixed an issue where the app could become unresponsive when coming back from sleep if a dialog box was displayed
- Other fixes and overall stability improvements
- Support for new iPhone models: 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max
- Compatibility with iOS 18
- Support for macOS Sequoia 15.0
- Redesigned welcome and licensing window
- Vision Pro: fixed device activation
- Photos: deleted items are now hidden from user albums
- Italian: various enhancements
- Backups: fixed an issue where the device's UDID was in lowercase, which could potentially cause further issues
- Device Configuration: addressed an issue on iOS/iPadOS 17.2 and above where the iOS/iPadOS Setup Assistant might display a "iPhone/iPad is Partially Set Up" dialog after erasing a device and applying a configuration
- New Device Support: added support for HomePod mini
- Photos: improved compatibility for iOS 18
- Fixed a crash when performing specific actions on a device, such as managing backups or apps.
- WWDC24: early support for iOS 18 and macOS 15
- Quick Transfer: accessibility improvements
- Other fixes and overall stability improvements
- Snapshots: fixed user interface issues when deleting backup snapshots
- Update OS: fixed an issue making updating iOS take longer than usual (attempting data recovery)
- Localization: added support for traditional Chinese
- Other minor user interface improvements
- Spyware Analyzer: fixed an issue that caused false positive detections and generated empty lines in reports.
- Added support for the new 2024 iPads
- Photos: fixed issues when transferring photos with dates before 1970
- Photos: fixed an issue preventing metadata from being read when importing photos to a device
- Music: better metadata support when importing FLAC audio files
- Classic iPods: Fixed issues when transferring data from an iPod classic
- Classic iPods: Fixed user interface issues when browsing the contents of an iPod classic
- Messages: fixed a crash when exporting messages to PDF with an active search filter
- Restore OS: fixed user interface issues with devices in DFU mode
- Update OS: fixed an issue making updating iOS take longer than usual (attempting data recovery)
- Backups: editable backups are no longer shown in a different location on the home screen
- Backups: improved the loading time of backups at application startup
- UI: user interface refinements
- Other fixes and overall stability improvements
- Redesigned from the ground up, native apps on both macOS and Windows
- Enhanced and detailed status reporting for active & completed operations
- Storage metrics panel shows how data is used on any device at a glance
- Battery diagnostic with optional continuous updates
- Full support for Dark Mode for Windows and macOS
- Discover Section: Explore popular features and learn what iMazing can offer
- Devices Screen: Manage all your Apple mobile devices from one place with grid and list views for better visibility and bulk control
- Backups: Streamline backup snapshot management. Easily archive/unarchive, export, edit, and manage all your backups
- Configurator (macOS): Use advanced management tools for your Apple mobile devices: provision, configure, supervise and simplify MDM enrollment
- Device Overview: View detailed device information in one place and quickly access various actions and data
- Data Section: Browse and transfer content such as messages, photos, music, call history, contacts, and other media
- Tools Section: Access iMazing’s powerful tools such as quick file transfer to device apps, local iOS device backup, download and reinstall apps, spyware detection, device-to-device transfer, iOS/iPadOS update or restoration, log export, device supervision, and more
- Device Settings: Set backup location, encryption and snapshot options, schedule automatic backups, edit your device settings and more
- Support for Apple Vision Pro (macOS)
- Remote pairing via Wi-Fi for Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro (macOS)
- iMazing 3 is a free upgrade for any license purchased after October 2020
- Legacy licenses for iMazing 1 and 2 can be upgraded at 50% Off
- iMazing Configurator
- iMazing CLI
- iMazing Account for licensing management
iMazing for Mac
$39.99
In English
Version 3.2.1
What users say about iMazing
Features: 5.0
iMazing lets an iPhone user backup, load, clean and control his or her iPhone without big brother Apple interfering. With iMazing, an iPhone user owns his or her phone (more or less) with no need for iCloud.
Customer support: 5.0
Customer support responds quickly. Design was noted as an area of improvement due to MacUpdate requirement to note something which needs improvement. iMazing design is in fact good but could probably be improved.
Other user ratings:
Value | 5.0
Ease of use | 5.0
Reliability | 5.0
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May 22 2025
Version: 3.2.1
The MU download link is broken. Use this: https://imazing.com/download/macos
Apr 2 2025
Version: 3.1.2
3.4. Remove a Device from Your License
Linking a specific iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, or Apple Vision Pro device to your license is permanent and cannot be undone. Licensed devices can be used with all iMazing updates (including major versions), for their entire lifetime, on any Mac or PC computer.
💡 If your Apple device is lost or broken, if iMazing fails to perform the expected task with a specific device, or if you mistakenly linked a device to your license, please contact our support team immediately with the details. We trust our users and will quickly handle legitimate requests.
3.5. Upgrade to the Personal Subscription Plan
If you use iMazing's premium features with more than 4 new devices per year, the Personal Subscription plan may be more advantageous. Get in touch with our support team for upgrade conditions.
So I´m stuck with my OLD iPad and my OLD iPhone that I have not used in a long time? If I don't pay ... again? Third time.
Mar 7 2025
Version: 3.1.0
v3.1.1 is out. "What's New in iMazing 3.1.1
• New: Added support for iPhone 16e
• New: Added CLI command --device-enroll-in-mdm to enroll a device in MDM via Automated Device Enrollment (ADE/DEP) for devices registered in Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager
• Fixed: Crash in spyware analysis in TCC module"
Dec 3 2024
Version: 3.0.6
You can skip the surveillance stuff when trying to use this Download link by simply going to the website to find the download. I'd provide the link, but then this comment would be flagged.
Jun 19 2024
Version: 3.0.1
v3.0.3 is out. "3.0.3-21058: • New Device Support: added support for HomePod mini
• Photos: improved compatibility for iOS 18"
