idevicebackup2 man page
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 its 40-digit device UDID.
- -s, --source UDID
use backup data from device specified by UDID.
- -i, --interactive
request passwords interactively on the command line.
- -d, --debug
enable communication debugging.
- -h, --help
prints usage information.
Commands
- backup
create backup for the device.
- restore
restore last backup to the device.
- --system
restore system files, too.
- --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.
- --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.
- encryption on|off [PWD]
enable or disable backup encryption.
- changepw [OLD NEW]
change backup password on target device.
Authors
Martin Szulecki
Nikias Bassen