idevicebackup(1)

Create or restore backup for devices.

NAME

idevicebackup - Create or restore backup for devices.

SYNOPSIS

idevicebackup [OPTIONS] CMD [DIRECTORY]

DESCRIPTION

Create or restore backup in/from the specified directory.

NOTE: This tool is outdated.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

OPTIONS

-u, --udid UDID: target specific device by UDID.

-n, --network: connect to network device.

-d, --debug: enable communication debugging.

-h, --help: prints usage information.

-v, --version: prints version information.

COMMANDS

backup: saves a device backup into DIRECTORY.

restore: restores a device backup from DIRECTORY.

AUTHORS

Martin Szulecki

Nikias Bassen

Man page written to conform with Debian by Julien Lavergne.

SEE ALSO

idevicebackup2(1)

ON THE WEB

https://libimobiledevice.org

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

History

Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
Debian 12 (Bookworm) to Debian 11 (Bullseye)
Debian 10 (Buster)
Debian 9 (Stretch)
Debian 8 (Jessie)
Debian 7 (Wheezy) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)

--network since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --udid since Debian 8 (Jessie); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -n since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -v since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

--uuid until Debian 7 (Wheezy).