idevicebackup(1)

💖 idevicebackup — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, welcome to idevicebackup(1), a page from the General Commands Manual section. sit down, hydrate, and let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

idevicebackup — create or restore a backup for devices. that's it, that's the job 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

idevicebackup [OPTIONS] CMD [DIRECTORY]

yes queen, options first, then the command, then optionally a directory. order matters, don't fight it 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically: this lil tool creates or restores a backup in or from the directory you point it at. you tell it a directory, it does backup things there. iconic behaviour, honestly 🌈

⚠️ NOTE, and this one's important bestie: this tool is outdated. like, it still works, but it's giving vintage. go look at idevicebackup2(1) for an updated tool. no cap. 💀

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -u, --udid UDID — target a specific device by its UDID. got multiple devices plugged in? this is how you pick your main character 👑
• -n, --network — connect to a network device. wireless vibes, no cable needed 🦋
• -d, --debug — enable communication debugging. turns on the yapping so you can see what's actually going on 🐛
• -h, --help — prints usage information. when in doubt, ask for help, it's literally free 💖
• -v, --version — prints version information. so you know which era of this tool you're dealing with ⭐

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🧚 COMMANDS 🧚

• backup — saves a device backup into DIRECTORY. your data, safely tucked in 🌸
• restore — restores a device backup from DIRECTORY. putting it all back, the way that it was 😭

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💅 AUTHORS 💅

• Martin Szulecki
• Nikias Bassen
• Man page written to conform with Debian by Julien Lavergne.

absolute legends, all of them 🫶

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• idevicebackup2(1)

(go read that one too, it's the upgraded version of this whole situation fr fr)

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🌈 ON THE WEB 🌈

• https://libimobiledevice.org
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

go say hi, the source is right there 💜

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and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 👑 this was idevicebackup(1) — go forth and back up responsibly ✨💖🎀