Be sure to encrypt your local backup, which tells iTunes to include your various passwords in the backup.
While I have your attention, let me make a suggestion: make a local backup of your iOS device before upgrading to iOS 8. A local backup or your device is the best chance you have to protect yourself in case something goes wrong.
If you have pictures on your iOS device, I highly recommend that you connect it to your Mac, launch Image Capture.app and copy all of your pictures to your Mac hard drive. Yes, even if you use iCloud backup and/or Photo Stream. Why? Because I'd much rather you have two copies than none. Just in case. Belt and suspenders. Import them to a folder on your Desktop named something like "iPhone Pictures 2014–09–17" and if the upgrade goes off without a hitch you can just trash the folder.
"But I use iCloud backup!"
That's good! iCloud backup is great and convenient. I use it myself. However, the day of a new iOS release is the last day you want to be trying to restore your iOS device from an iCloud backup. Apple's servers are going to be slammed. You want a local, current backup you can use just in case.
The good news is that you can easily make a manual backup in iTunes, even if you usually backup to iCloud:
Be sure to encrypt the backup, which tells iTunes to include your various passwords in the backup.
Note: if you haven't done a backup to iTunes recently, it might take awhile. I did a manual backup a day before iOS 8's arrival, and I'll update it while I'm waiting for iOS 8 to download.
Source: TUAW
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