It does, as long as you pay a license for each device.
iMazing has decided that you need to pay for each device that you want to control with their software. Perhaps these days that’s unusual, but that’s most likely because most software isn’t designed to do what this software does. So though you install and run this software on a Mac or Windows computer, in reality what you are paying for is the ability to attach to your mobile devices. That’s what the license pays for - not running the software on the host, but using the software with the data stored on the mobile device.
Has anyone here used v3 and then reverted to v2? I don’t think I would have any interest in running them side-by-side, but if I don’t like v3, I would like to be able to return to v2 even if I have used v3 to perform backups and manage apps.
As an aside, when I started to type this query, the forum software asked me if I really wanted to rejuvenate a half-year old thread. However, the forum software has, on some occasions I have started a new thread, suggested that I piggyback onto a year-old or older thread.
The lede: I have iMazing 2 and iMazing 3 running on the same Mac.
The details: I finally decided to install iMazing 3 on my Mac. As mentioned above, I use iMazing frequently, and I have the (no longer offered) Unlimited Device subscription; and I’d heard rumors that iMazing 2 wasn’t working with iOS 18 (no idea if this is true or not). My devices are still on iOS 17, but I usually upgrade to the new iOS version a month or 2 after Apple releases it, and a few bug fix revisions have been released.
Note: Before installing iMazing 3, I renamed iMazing 2.0 in the Applications folder on my Mac to “iMazing 2” – recommended on this reddit thread.
Long and the short of it – I now have both iMazing 2 and iMazing 3 on the same machine. And while I haven’t tried running them simultaneously (because I can’t see any reason to), they do co-exist without any problems. I’ve done backups in iMazing 3, closed it, and then launched iMazing 2 and seen the backups listed there – the default backup directories are the same. Running iMazing 3 with a device hasn’t restricted any iMazing 2 functionality with the same device, as far as I’ve seen so far.
In fact, at least as far as I can tell, the functionality in iMazing 3 appears to be almost unchanged from iMazing 2. On one hand, since it’s a utility program, that’s not a bad thing; but it does raise the question of “is this worth the upgrade?” – particularly if you’re paying to upgrade. (Since I have a subscription program, I’m not paying to upgrade to iMazing 3 (but I will when the subscription renews).)
The 3 things that appear to be new:
Completely re-organized UI. This is pretty much as advertised on the What’s New in iMazing 3 page; it’s the vast majority of what’s listed on that page. And I can see the value, for new users or infrequent users; there’s a lot more documentation and hints integrated with the UI, which I would think would make it an easier learning experience. For people who have used iMazing 2 a lot, there’s very little value – though I will also say it wasn’t at all difficult to figure out where things were in iMazing 3.
Enterprise Features: There are a handful of new features aimed at organizations that want to manage numerous iPhones, iPads, etc. Has no appeal to me, an individual user, and I haven’t dug into this at all.
DigiDNA has a Black Friday sale on now: 60% off for upgrades.
I agonized over how many slots to get. I have two devices now, but will likely replace one next year. So after much consideration, I decided to buy a 3 device license now, so there’s one in reserve…
…only to learn that most features are free. But what this means is unclear.
But what surprised me is that if you buy a license (of any quantity), you are not prompted to link any of your devices to it. The explanation is that you are only prompted to link a device when you use a “premium feature”.
So what are the premium features? The only mention I can find is under the Activate iMazing step in the Getting Stared with iMazing page:
Many of iMazing’s features are available for free. However, to unlock unlimited data exports, gain access to advanced options when restoring a backup, update or reinstall iOS, manage devices and more, you’ll need to purchase a license from our store,
So does that mean that if you just want to import data to a phone and manage applications, you don’t even need to activate it? Or you do need to activate, but don’t need to link any devices?