idevicebackup2 - Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later.

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  COMMANDS  AUTHORS  ON THE WEB 

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NAME

idevicebackup2 − Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later.

SYNOPSIS

idevicebackup2 [OPTIONS] CMD [CMDOPTIONS] DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION

Create or restore backup from the current or specified directory.

OPTIONS

−u, −−udid UDID

target specific device by UDID.

−s, −−source UDID

use backup data from device specified by UDID.

−i, −−interactive

request passwords interactively on the command line.

−n, −−network

connect to network device.

−d, −−debug

enable communication debugging.

−h, −−help

prints usage information.

−v, −−version

prints version information.

COMMANDS

backup

create backup for the device.

−−full

force full backup from device.

restore

restore last backup to the device.

−−system

restore system files, too.

−−no−reboot

reboot the system when done.

−−copy

create a copy of backup folder before restoring.

−−settings

restore device settings from the backup.

−−remove

remove items which are not being restored.

−−skip-apps

do not trigger re-installation of apps after restore.

−−password PWD

supply the password of the source backup.

	info		show details about last completed backup of device.
	list		list files of last completed backup in CSV format.
	unback		unpack a completed backup in DIRECTORY/_unback_/

encryption on|off [PWD]

enable or disable backup encryption.

changepw [OLD NEW]

change backup password on target device.

cloud on|off

enable or disable cloud use (requires iCloud account).

AUTHORS

Martin Szulecki

Nikias Bassen

ON THE WEB

https://libimobiledevice.org

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

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