Is everything on my computer backed up to the iCloud?

Are all the documents on my computer backed up to the iCloud?


If something happened to my computer - would I be able to retrieve my documents with another computer from the iCloud?


I used to have a Time Machine and have a 2017 MacBook Pro but am trying to figure out if I need to buy an external hard drive.


Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Nov 29, 2020 3:00 PM

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Nov 29, 2020 8:33 PM in response to Zaby

Not everything on your computer is backed up to iCloud. You can back up the documents in the Documents folder to iCloud, but documents in another folder aren't backed up to iCloud.


A Time Machine backup is a much better backup. It backs up everything on your computer. If you don't have an external drive to do a Time Machine backup on, I suggest you get one.

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