Back up help

I back up my photos and files to an external hard drive via Time Machine. I just signed up for 2 TB of iCloud storage. How do I back up the 50 GB of files, photos, etc. I have saved on my Mac to the iCloud storage? I have a mid 2011 iMac with High Sierra OS.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 3:17 PM

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Eric Root

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Sep 24, 2019 12:57 PM in response to RDNetty

Open Photos, then go to Photos/Preferences/iCloud and set up syncing. Then go to System Preferences/iCloud, sign in, and check Photos syncing.

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RDNetty Author

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Sep 28, 2019 7:55 PM in response to Eric Root

Thank you, Eric, that was most helpful.

Eric Root

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Sep 28, 2019 7:58 PM in response to RDNetty

You are welcome.

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