Q: Can I use Time Machine with iCloud Drive?

Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support

Have a nice day.

You can't back up to your iCloud Drive using time machine, nor should you try with other software, use an external drive.

Your time machine back up includes your icloud drive files if that's what you mean.

NO, never go without making back ups.

georgewit wrote:

 

I mean can I ignore making backups with Time Machine when I store all my files in iCloud Drive? Files stored in iCloud Drive seem to give the same "older version"possibilities as Time Machine.

No, you need a backup

If you use Time Machine they are. Apple does not back them up for you, it's your responsibility.

NO, but even if they were, what happens if you delete one.

Indeed, not as though I'd ever suggest you don't need a back up, but if you keep files on iCloud Drive I think you should be even more determined to maintain a back up.

No. If you value your files back them up.

You cannot use Apples iCloud redundancy as a back up.

iCloud is a syncing system, not an external 'hard drive'.