Password for transfer to iPhone 6

I back upped my iPhone 5 via iTunes.  Connected new iPhone 6.   Clicked "restore from this backup." Entered password when requested and repeatedly got the message "iTunes could not restore the iPhone ... because the password was incorrect."   Well...no, it is not the wrong password.  It is exactly the password I use for my Apple ID.  Help?

The backup is an iTunes backup on your Mac?
Those 'local' backups can be encrypted (not iCloud backups) - that allows the backup to securely contain all the passwords from the device in the backup. It does mean that the backup has it's own password, which can be different to your Apple ID password (it's normally a good idea to make them different).
See if you can see anything in /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access - it's possible you saved the password for the backup in the login keychain, otherwise you will need to keep trying with passwords you may have used, try your user account password etc.

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