idevicebackup(1)

idevicebackup1

Create or restore backup for devices.

Usage

idevicebackup [OPTIONS] CMD [DIRECTORY]

Overview

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NOTE: This tool is outdated.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.

On the web

https://libimobiledevice.org

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 6.0–7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11–12
  6. 13–Arch

--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).

Authors

Martin Szulecki

Nikias Bassen

Man page written to conform with Debian by Julien Lavergne.

From libimobiledevice 1.4.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.