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idevicebackup2 — Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later. More information: <https://manned.org/

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Problem

How to use the idevicebackup2 command: Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later. More information: <https://manned.org/idevicebackup2>.

Solution

idevicebackup2 — Create or restore backups for devices running iOS 4 or later. More information: <https://manned.org/idevicebackup2>.

Create a backup of the device in the specified directory:

idevicebackup2 backup {{path/to/directory}}

Restore a backup from the specified directory:

idevicebackup2 restore {{path/to/directory}}

Enable encryption for backups:

idevicebackup2 encryption on {{password}}

List the files in the last completed backup:

idevicebackup2 list

Code Snippets

Create a backup of the device in the specified directory

idevicebackup2 backup {{path/to/directory}}

Restore a backup from the specified directory

idevicebackup2 restore {{path/to/directory}}

Enable encryption for backups

idevicebackup2 encryption on {{password}}

List the files in the last completed backup

idevicebackup2 list

Context

tldr-pages: common/idevicebackup2

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