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If you have correctly [installed libimobiledevice](../install.md) you can easily generate an iTunes backup using the `idevicebackup2` tool included in the suite. First, you might want to ensure that backup encryption is enabled (**note: encrypted backup contain more data than unencrypted backups**):
```bash
idevicebackup2 backup encryption on
idevicebackup2 -i backup encryption on
```
Note that if a backup password was previously set on this device, you might need to use the same or change it. You can try changing password using `idevicebackup2 backup changepw` or resetting the password by resetting only the settings through the iPhone's Settings app.
Note that if a backup password was previously set on this device, you might need to use the same or change it. You can try changing password using `idevicebackup2 -i backup changepw`, or by turning off encryption (`idevicebackup2 -i backup encryption off`) and turning it back on again.
If that fails, as a last resort you can try resetting the password by [resetting all the settings through the iPhone's Settings app](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205220), via `Settings » General » Reset » Reset All Settings`. Note that resetting the settings through the iPhone's Settings app may wipe some of the files that contain useful forensic traces, so try to reset the device's password using `idevicebackup2` as described above first.
Once ready, you can proceed performing the backup: