can i use Apple cloud as a backup for my PC?

I currently use a service called 'Blaze' as a backup for my PC hard drive. Can I use apple cloud in the same way for automatic backups of all my data on my PC?


Windows, Windows 6

Posted on Sep 14, 2020 3:02 PM

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Posted on Sep 14, 2020 3:16 PM

Not directly.


While you can copy things to Cloud drive manually for instance, its a sync service, not a backup, so the copies on icloud drive must also exist locally on the device and take up space.


If that is o.k, you can use a backup software and point it to the iCloud Drive location on your PC, however there is no built in mechanism to backup a PC directly to iCloud no.



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Sep 14, 2020 3:16 PM in response to Rick b59

Not directly.


While you can copy things to Cloud drive manually for instance, its a sync service, not a backup, so the copies on icloud drive must also exist locally on the device and take up space.


If that is o.k, you can use a backup software and point it to the iCloud Drive location on your PC, however there is no built in mechanism to backup a PC directly to iCloud no.



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