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Brendan D.
Explorer | Level 4
11 years ago

How to backup files stored in Dropbox when using Sync API?

I have the requirement to allow the user to be able to backup all of their files. I have 3 locations I store files in my app. One is to store the files locally on the device. Second is to store the f...
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Brendan D.'s avatar
Brendan D.
Explorer | Level 4
11 years ago

Yes, I'm realizing that I'm going to have to just sync to a local cache of files so it operates a bit more like iCloud Drive. I was just trying to reduce the disk space required. But I think I can reduce the Dropbox cache size to accomplish that and still be able to access my files using NSFileManager calls, but interact with the Dropbox sync API for specific things, such as deleting files. It'll be much easier to make my backups then.

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