Q: Restore from backup help

Jdp19 wrote:

 

Is this a different password than my apple id password?

Yes.

You have set an encryption password on your iTunes backup.  You cannot reset it without knowing what it is (as is true with pretty much all passwords in the Apple world).

Here is more information:

About encrypted backups in iTunes - Apple Support

You can determine beyond question whether your backup is encrypted as follows:

In iTunes, use iTunes' menu to go to iTunes > Preferences > Devices (Mac) or File > Preferences > Devices (Windows).  Look at the row showing the iPhone's backup.  If it displays a padlock, it's encrypted.  Otherwise, it is not.

Glad to help, but sorry about the outcome.  It sounds like the road ahead will be somewhat painful.

Enjoy your Apple gear.

Certainly you would have set up the password when you turned on encryption.  Perhaps you did that some time ago, as encrypted backups save more data (e.g., passwords, health data) than unencrypted backups.

I assume you would need to enter that password every time you access the backup (e.g., to overwrite it).