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8 years ago Hi, You can prevent icloud backup for a directory path by using the setxttr() function to add attribute that makes icloud not backup your data in the path..like so
int result = setxattr(filePath, attrName, &attrValue, sizeof(attrValue), 0, 0);
you can check the SO link below for details http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8694112/adding-the-do-not-backup-attribute-to-a-folder-hierarchy-in-ios-5-0-1
0 down vote favorite I am working on a social media project. I have used CoreData with Magical Record to store chat messages, friend list. As per my understanding Magical Record stores data in /Library/Application Support directory. The content of this directory is backed up if we use iCloud backup.
As per iOS Storage Guidelines, user created data are to be stored in /Document folder. When I start chat conversation or add friend I save it in core data, this means user created data is being stored in /Library/Application Support directory. Is this Ok with storage guidelines?
Do I have to store these in /Document directory. Also my friend list, chat messages will be maintained in the server, so I can sync my app database with that of server. These are downloadable content and apple says not to save downloadable content in the /Document directory. So what is the correct way? Does Magical Record handles all these cases?