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Maybe i'm not understanding this correctly (I'm not an iPhone dev), but why don't you just store the data in the Documents folder ? Or maybe make it the user's

by zrgiu_ 15y ago

Maybe i'm not understanding this correctly (I'm not an iPhone dev), but why don't you just store the data in the Documents folder ? Or maybe make it the user's choice: 1. Save data in the Documents folder - > slower itunes backup or 2. Save data in the Caches folder -> Arbitrarily deletion of data

saurik 15y ago
The whole point of this conversation is that a real class of problems exist (think "offline Google Maps": download all of France to your phone, so you can have driving directions while you don't have data roaming on your trip) that wants option 3: not backed up (as you just downloaded a gigabyte of data that you can download again any time you want), but guaranteed to be available when offline (as the whole point was to accidentally have your data get deleted while you are travelling through Germany on your way to France).