Is there any method for determining whether a specific file actually is being backed up to iCloud? I don't mean whether it is supposed to be backed up or not, I mean whether there is a way to see what files were actually backed up?
This question may be considered a duplicate of this, but I am asking something slightly different per my second sentence above.
I applied the NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey attribute to my file, but I used iExplorer to browse my iTunes backup and the file is in there so now I am not sure which if any of the following may be an issue:
- If my file is being backed up despite the attribute (I have not verified that the attribute is there with the xattr command, but I will check tonight.)
- If what iExplorer is showing me is not just what's in my backup.
- If this is designed to exclude the file only from iCloud backups. (I tried both encrypted and unencrypted backups.)
It did just occur to me that possibly I might have to set the attribute every time I save the file? (Particularly because I am using atomic writes which, as I understand it, create a new file every time which is then renamed as the original.)
** UPDATE **
After looking at the file created by the simulator with xattr, I figured out that apparently I do need to add the attribute every time I save the file, and now iExplorer shows that it is not in my iTunes backup.
So now I am wondering why my phone settings indicate that my app is backing up 29kb of data when the only other file I have is my 3k plist (NSUserDefaults) file. (It's weird anyway since my other file is only 10k. Maybe the 29k is a leftover figure from old data? I am going to delete and reinstall the app fresh to check.)
Is there a more reliable way than the phone settings to see the app backup size?
