Has anyone tried putting an encrypted sparcebundle in iCloud Drive?

[zorinlynx]

I just tested by copying an encrypted sparsebundle I had to iCloud Drive. I could mount it, make changes, and the changes upload when I unmount it. I could then open it on my other Mac, make changes, etc...

Seems like a convenient way to keep sensitive data in iCloud, though it's only accessible on Macs because iOS cannot open sparsebundles.

I'm just wondering if anyone has been doing this for a while, and if there are any reliability concerns. I was surprised at how well it seems to work; it even seems smart enough to wait until I've unmounted it before uploading changes to the cloud!

 

[riverfreak]

Great idea.

 

[chabig]

I've been doing it for years with DropBox, primarily because DropBox only sends the changes after I modify the bundle. I think iCloud used to have to upload the entire bundle after changes were made. If that has changed, I can stop using DropBox.

 

[riverfreak]

are you using sparse bundles or sparse images?

 

[chabig]

Sparse bundles. Maybe I will try putting them into iCloud.