Hi! How can I use some designated space e.g. 40Gb of my Iclouddrive in order to install my time machine ?

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Psychodoctor Author

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Hi! How can I use some designated space e.g. 40Gb of my Iclouddrive in order to install my time machine ?

MacBook, OS X 10.11

Posted on Aug 18, 2022 3:59 PM

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muguy

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Aug 19, 2022 4:13 AM in response to Psychodoctor

A Mac cannot be backed up to iCloud. You’ll need an external hard drive to backup using Time Machine. You’ll want a drive at least twice as large as the storage on your Mac. Eg. If you have a 1TB Mac, get at least a 2TB external drive.

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muguy

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Aug 18, 2022 9:17 PM in response to Psychodoctor

You cannot. Time Machine is already installed on your Mac. What are you trying to do?

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Psychodoctor Author

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Aug 19, 2022 2:32 AM in response to muguy

Thank you for the answer! I have been registered for an Iclouddrive 200 Gb. I'd like to keep the space for the timemachine backup up to 40Gb in order to keep the rest of the space for my standard and constant folders.

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Psychodoctor Author

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Aug 19, 2022 4:32 PM in response to muguy

Thank you very much!

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Hi! How can I use some designated space e.g. 40Gb of my Iclouddrive in order to install my time machine ?

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