When downloading iCloud backup, you can select the Download only specific data option, which allows you to download data from particular categories only.
Click Customize to select data to be downloaded. After selecting specific data, the Customize link will change its name to Customized and its color from green to red.
In the Specific data to download window, select the categories to be downloaded.
If no category is selected, only the main backup files will be downloaded. These files are used to recover the backup structure. The main files include:
•Info.plist
•Manifest.mbdb / Manifest.db
•Manifest.plist
•Status.plist
Select Check All or Uncheck All to select all categories to be downloaded, or to remove selection from all categories.
NOTE: The timezone data is always downloaded.
Select Save selections as default to use current selections as default at the next downloading of a backup.
The following categories are available:
▪Call History - Allows decrypting the history of incoming, outgoing calls, etc.
The following data will be downloaded:
\WirelessDomain\Library\CallHistory\* (for iOS 7.x and lower)
\HomeDomain\Library\CallHistoryDB\* (for iOS 8.x and higher)
▪Messages - Allows decrypting SMS, iMessages, and MMS (pictures and video) messages.
The following data will be downloaded:
\HomeDomain\Library\SMS\sms.db
\HomeDomain\Library\SMS\Drafts\*
▪Attachments - Includes attachments to SMS messages.
\MediaDomain\Library\SMS\Attachments\*
▪Google data - Data of Google applications: Google Earth, Chrome, Maps, YouTube, etc.
The following data will be downloaded:
AppDomain-com.google.b612\*
AppDomain-com.google.GoogleDigitalEditions\*
AppDomain-com.google.GoogleMobile\*
AppDomain-com.google.Blogger\*
AppDomain-com.google.chrome.ios\*
AppDomain-com.google.coordinate\*
AppDomain-com.google.Drive\*
AppDomain-com.google.Gmail\*
AppDomain-com.google.GoogleBooks\*
AppDomain-com.google.GooglePlus\*
AppDomain-com.google.GVDialer\*
AppDomain-com.google.ios.youtube\*
AppDomain-com.google.Maps\*
AppDomain-com.google.offers\*
AppDomain-com.google.Orkut \*
AppDomain-com.google.Translate\*
AppDomain-com.google.hangouts\*
AppDomain-com.google.Authenticator\*
See Google Apps for iOS for details on Google applications.
▪Safari data - Includes Safari history, cache, cookies, search history.
The following data will be downloaded:
\HomeDomain\Library\Safari\*
\HomeDomain\Library\Caches\*
\HomeDomain\Library\Cookies\*
\AppDomain-com.apple.mobilesafari\*
▪Contacts - Includes the phone numbers and associated names, email addresses, and other information stored in the Contacts list.
The following data will be downloaded:
\HomeDomain\Library\AddressBook\AddressBook.sqlitedb
\HomeDomain\Library\AddressBook\AddressBookImages.sqlitedb
▪Notes - Allows decrypting notes created by the user.
The following data will be downloaded:
\HomeDomain\Library\Notes\notes.idx
\HomeDomain\Library\Notes\notes.sqlite
▪Info & Settings - Includes the device settings and configuration data.
The following data will be downloaded:
\HomeDomain\Library\Accounts\*.*
\HomeDomain\Library\ConfigurationProfiles\*.*
\HomeDomain\Library\Preferences\*.*
\RootDomain\Library\Preferences\*.*
\SystemPreferencesDomain\*.*
\WirelessDomain\Library\Preferences\*.*
▪Calendar - Includes calendar events created by the user.
The following data will be downloaded:
\HomeDomain\Library\Calendar\Calendar.sqlitedb
▪Camera roll - Includes photos and videos stored in the backup.
\CameraRollDomain\*
▪Social & Communications - Includes data from instant messengers, such as Skype, WhatsApp, Viber, etc., and social networks.
The following data will be downloaded:
AppDomain-com.viber\*
AppDomainPlugin-com.viber.app-share-extension
AppDomainPlugin-com.viber.watchkitextension
AppDomain-com.cardify.tinder\*
AppDomain-jp.naver.line\*
AppDomainGroup-group.com.linecorp.line\*
AppDomain-com.linecorp.line.ipad\*
AppDomain-com.tencent.xin\*
AppDomain-net.whatsapp.WhatsApp\*
AppDomainGroup-group.net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.shared\*
AppDomain-com.burbn.instagram\*
AppDomain-com.facebook.Facebook\*
AppDomain-com.facebook.Messenger\*
AppDomain-com.skype.skype\*
AppDomain-com.atebits.Tweetie2\*
AppDomain-com.linkedin.LinkedIn\*
AppDomain-com.naveenium.foursquare\*
AppDomain-com.viber\*
AppDomain-com.tencent.mQQi\*
AppDomain-com.tencent.mqq\*
AppDomain-com.blackberry.bbm1\*
AppDomain-com.kik.chat\*
AppDomain-com.aol.aim\*
AppDomain-com.p.pmsn2free\*
AppDomain-com.shapeservices.implus\*
AppDomain-com.ebuddy.xms\*
AppDomain-com.beejive.WLM\*
AppDomain-com.beejive.GTalk\*
AppDomain-com.beejive.YIM\*
AppDomain-com.beejive.AIM\*
AppDomain-com.beejive.FacebookIM\*
AppDomain-com.ceruleanstudios.trillian.iphone\*
AppDomain-com.yahoo.messenger\*
▪Other - Includes user’s dictionaries, voicemail data, Apple maps, Passbook data, and cached mail.
The following data will be downloaded:
\HomeDomain\Library\Keyboard\*
\HomeDomain\Library\Passes\*
\HomeDomain\Library\Voicemail\*
\HomeDomain\Library\Maps\*
\HomeDomain\Library\SpringBoard\*
\HomeDomain\Library\Mail\*
\HomeDomain\Library\WebKit\Databases\*
\HomeDomain\Library\DataAccess\*
\RootDomain\Library\Caches\locationd\*
\KeyboardDomain\Library\Keyboard*
You can explore the downloaded data in Elcomsoft Phone Viewer.