What if you want to copy your saved games to a new gear?

Read on to find out how.

When it comes to selective backup and restore, however, iTunes isnt so hot.

How To Backup and Copy Data Between iOS Devices

Further more it doesnt always effectively back up 3rd party data.

What Youll Need

The requirements for this trick are pretty minimal.

Were focused on retrieving data from third party applications which do not store their data in the root directory.

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Getting Started

Wed recommend plugging in your iOS machine and performing a full backup before proceeding.

Once youve completed the backup, download and install free app iPhone Explorer.

Its available for both Windows and Mac OS X machines.

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iPhone Explorer is a great little app for easily browsing the system files on your iOS unit.

After installing iPhone Explorer tether your iOS gadget to the computer via the sync cable.

If it automatically mounts in iTunes, dismount it (but leave it plugged in).

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select theAppsentry to expand the tree.

Within the directory tree is the data folder of every third party system on your equipment.

Lets scroll down and find the data folder.

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Its kind of a pain to decode the directory names but typically theyre organizes likecom.developmenthouse.appname.

LUA file), we recommend starting by copying the entire directory.

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