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The encrypted image would theoretically work. Practically, I'm pretty sure iCloud cannot do differential backups and any change to any file in the image would r
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
The encrypted image would theoretically work. Practically, I'm pretty sure iCloud cannot do differential backups and any change to any file in the image would require a complete re-upload.
I actually wouldn't have a problem trusting Apple's promises on data privacy. Unfortunately, iCloud Drive is not yet encrypted end-to-end, unlike messages, keychain, photos and some other content. They're supposed to be working on it.
- C14L 9y agoThere is `rclone`, a command line tool a little similar to rsync, that supports many cloud storage providers. It does diffs too. https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/
- mercer 9y agoI just realized that I already have an encrypted volume stored on Dropbox, so I did not need to ask. But to answer yours: I'm not 100% sure about iCloud, but at least Dropbox seems to have no trouble uploading only the changes of my (large) encrypted volume, whether it's mounted or not. I have run into problems, however, when I mount the image on multiple computers, so I'd recommend against that, or at least making any changes before everything is properly synced.
- kccqzy 9y agoYou can use sparse disk images so that your encrypted content is stored in chunks as little as one megabyte.