idevicebackup(1) General Commands Manual idevicebackup(1)

idevicebackup - Create or restore backup for devices.

idevicebackup [OPTIONS] CMD [DIRECTORY]

Create or restore backup from the current or specified directory.

NOTE: This tool is outdated. See idevicebackup2(1) for an updated tool.

target specific device by UDID.
connect to network device.
enable communication debugging.
prints usage information.
prints version information.

saves a device backup into DIRECTORY.
restores a device backup from DIRECTORY.

Martin Szulecki

Nikias Bassen

Man page written to conform with Debian by Julien Lavergne.

idevicebackup2(1)

https://libimobiledevice.org

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice