How to parse the Manifest.mbdb file in an iOS 4.0 iTunes Backup

Question

In iOS 4.0 Apple has redesigned the backup process.

iTunes used to store a list of filenames associated with backup files in the Manifest.plist file, but in iOS 4.

Answer 1

For those looking for a Java implementation of a MBDB file reader, there are several out there:

• "iPhone Analyzer" project (very clean code): http://sourceforge.net/p/iphoneanalyzer/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/library/src/main/java/com/crypticbit/ipa/io/parser/manifest/Mbdb.java

• "iPhone Stalker" project: https://code.google.com/p/iphonestalker/source/browse/trunk/src/iphonestalker/util/io/MBDBReader.java