decompile an app binary to get back to source code

Question

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?

Karissakarita

Answer 1

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.

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

Metaphosphate

Answer 2

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

Sudd