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I nee to back up iMac computer. I have iCloud, why is the messages requiring external device for the time machine?

iMac 27″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Nov 9, 2021 9:31 AM

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Nov 9, 2021 9:50 AM in response to JLD710

Time Machine can't back up to the iCloud. If you want to store your documents there, you'll need to manually upload them.

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