decompile an app binary to get back to source code

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Is there anyway to take a binary - even signed by yourself, and get back to the code? I'm trying to recover something that I deleted a while ago... but have the binary here.

Any ideas?

Gregory Pakosz · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-22 07:41:12Z

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You can disassemble a binary and get back assembly source, but there is no way to get back your original Objective-C structured source code.

EDIT: You may want to give Hopper a try. I didn't try it personally yet but Mike Ash says it's good.

edited May 22, 2012 at 7:41

answered Apr 18, 2010 at 9:25

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Shobhit Puri · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-04 06:23:34Z

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You might want to have a look at Hex-Rays decompiler. You need to have IDA Pro debugger to use it.

edited Sep 4, 2013 at 6:23

answered Sep 3, 2013 at 15:00

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