

Since it's an SQLite database file, you can use any standard SQLite browser, I'm using this Firefox plugin: That text in brackets just before 'RootDomain::' is the name of the actual file on disk that holds the location data. Now, pipe it through grep to find the file we want, eg: ~/Downloads/iphonels.py | grep "consolidated" If you cd into the folder in the terminal, and run iphonels.py you'll see a listing of all the files with their real names. Luckily, Alasdair found a Python script here that can convert those: The Manifest.mbdb and Manifest.mbdx files contain a listing of the real names of the files represented by random strings in that folder. You should see a 'Device Name' value in the XML, make sure that it matches your iPhone. Then, load ist into a text editor to see what device it's for. Find the folder that has the most recent backup by looking at the modified dates of the files. The names of the folders and the files within them are mostly random strings, but there are some index files like ist and Manifest.mbdb.

Each time you sync up an iOS device (iPad, iPhone, etc) files will be copied into a new folder here. It will be stored in a folder inside /Users//Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/. How can I examine the data without running the application? If it finds this file, it will then display the location history on the map. If you run it on an OS X machine that you’ve been syncing with an iPhone or an iPad with cellular plan, it will scan through the backup files that are automatically made, looking for the hidden file containing your location. Since we can't vouch for them we don't feel capable of recommending one in particular. If you do a web search, you'll now find versions that other people have created, but while we have no reason to believe they contain any malicious code, we haven't inspected and verified any of them ourselves. The file exists on PCs too, but we haven't written a version of the application that runs on Windows ourselves. What does the size and color of the circles represent? How can I choose which device's location data will be shown? You say no data is shared, but why do I see the web accessed when I run the app? Why are some points in places I’ve never visited? Why did you open-source this code, won’t that make the problem worse? Is Apple storing this information elsewhere? Why is Apple collecting this information? How can I examine the data without running the application?ĭoes this application share the information with anyone? $ git clone git:///petewarden/iPhoneTracker FAQ This application relies on map tiles from the volunteer-run OpenStreetMap project, so please consider supporting their great work.
