Backing up to icloud and to external hard drive
I am backing up my files to icloud because I want to optimize my storage. I am running out of space on my macbook pro. However, I also back up my computer to an external hard drive through time machine. Does this mean that files that are put on icloud but no longer on my computer locally will not be backed up to the external hard drive?
Is there a way to back up to the external hard drive and to icloud while optimizing storage?