How can I backup my iCloud

Matthewsekyere Said:

"How can I backup my iCloud"

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Backing Up iCloud:

A. Download All of iCloud:

You can download all of iCloud to an external drive. That way you do not lose any data, once downgrading.. Use my user tip: Getting a Quick and Direct "iCloud Drive-to-External Hard Drive" Download - User Tip

B. Finding Specific Filetypes from iCloud:

To search for specific filetypes in iCloud (i.e. all pdf documents), you would perform the following...

How this Works:

You would...

1. Plug in: the External Hard Drive to a Mac.
2. Download: all of iCloud to the External Hard Drive (using my user tip)
3. Create: a folder on the External Hard Drive
4. Search: for the images by filetype (enter the extension in the top-right corner of the Finder window).
5. Drag & Drop: all of these found item to the folder (in step three)
6. Move: the rest of the download to the Trash
7. Delete: the files from the Trash
8. Eject: the hard drive in a Finder window.

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