I have a 1TB hard drive with a 2TB iCloud account and I was wondering if I can have it sync to an external hard drive instead. I can't find any solutions other than pulling off Half of my iCloud account to the external hard drive, which isn't the purpose of having 2TB account. Please help. Thanks
iMac 27″, macOS 11.6
Hi, greybirdgraphicdesign. Are you referring to using iCloud Drive? For automatic syncing with iCloud Drive, you'd be limited to the Desktop and Documents syncing as shown here: Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive
If you're referring to something else, let us know and we'll be glad to elaborate further.
Cheers.
See the article How to back up your Mac - Official Apple Support
How much space do I need for a backup?
To see the size of a specific file or folder, click it once and then press Command-I. To see storage information about your Mac, click the Apple menu in the top-left of your screen. Choose About This Mac and click the Storage tab. For Time Machine backups, it's good to use a drive that has at least twice the storage capacity of your Mac.
Can iCloud be synced to an external hard drive
