I wanted to pull my iphone backups apart because i accidentally deleted some stuff but didn’t want to restore it all and play with it that way.

So heres the tools and what i needed to do it:
Backups are stored at: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup) or on a PC (c:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup).

Iphone backup extractor for OSX
how-to-save-and-read-your-iphone-text-messages-on-your-computer
how-to-recover-your-iphone-files-photos-contacts-notes-sms-call-history-etc

Couldnt work out how to pull up previous backups though.. only the latest one.. which is a pain..