iTunes has clearly become an overdeveloped piece of junk software. Because it integrates so many unpractical functions, and the consequences are obvious: has extremely slow startup speed, takes up a lot of hard disk space, and consumes a lot of system resources. If you've fed up with official software like iTunes, too, then try Syncios, a third-party solution that lets you easily manage all kinds of data from a variety of iOS devices on your PC.

Elcomsoft Phone Breaker (formerly called Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker) is an excellent mobile access cracking tool for the encrypted (password-protected) backups of iOS, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphone or other mobile devices, and a well-crafted mobile forensics tool for Windows and Mac that can be used by legal departments. It's developed by ElcomSoft from Russia.