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# NSFileProviderItemVersion

The version of the item’s content and its metadata.

```
class NSFileProviderItemVersion
```

## Overview

Each item has a separate version object for its metadata and its content. As a result, the file provider can update an item’s metadata without uploading or downloading a new copy of its content.

## Topics

### Creating Version Instances

[`init(contentVersion:metadataVersion:)`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemVersion/init(contentVersion:metadataVersion:))

Creates a new version object.

### Accessing Version Data

[`beforeFirstSyncComponent`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemVersion/beforeFirstSyncComponent)

A Boolean value indicating that this version predates the version returned by the file provider extension.

[`contentVersion`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemVersion/contentVersion)

An opaque object used to track versions of the item’s content.

[`metadataVersion`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemVersion/metadataVersion)

An opaque object used to track versions of the item’s metadata.


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