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How do I use icloud drive for my time machine backup

Posted on Nov 15, 2019 2:14 PM

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Posted on Nov 15, 2019 10:09 PM

You don't.

iCloud is best suited for content syncing, not off device storage.

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Nov 15, 2019 10:09 PM in response to Megelll

You don't.

iCloud is best suited for content syncing, not off device storage.

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Nov 16, 2019 12:42 PM in response to Megelll

Cloud services do not work with Time Machine.

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