backing up to norton cloud

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backing up to norton cloud

I have Norton 360 with 250G of cloud space but I can't get my MacBook to back up to it. Norton says that it is apple who doesn't allow 3rd party back up services. However, on the "official" apple support page under back ups it says you can set Time Machine to back up to a portable drive (USB) or a 3rd party cloud service.

Which statement above is accurate? Norton's or Apple's? If Apple's site is correct, how do I get Time Machine to do a weekly update to my Norton 360 cloud space?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.12

Posted on Dec 17, 2019 9:12 AM

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FoxFifth

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Dec 17, 2019 9:33 AM in response to zippitydodah

Can you post a link to the site you refer to in: "However, on the "official" apple support page under back ups it says you can set Time Machine to back up to a portable drive (USB) or a 3rd party cloud service."

I don't think that is correct and I don't find any indication of it in: Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support

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Dec 17, 2019 9:27 AM in response to zippitydodah

Norton hasn't played well with Macs in decades. Norton products are a known culprit in lots of problems (decreased performance, crashes). Given that there's nothing you actually need in Norton 360, I'd recommend getting rid of it and increasing your iCloud Storage.

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FoxFifth

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Dec 17, 2019 9:36 AM in response to zippitydodah

Also, to the best of my knowledge Time Machine will not even back up to Apple's own iCloud storage.

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