Recovering files from an iCloud backup

I backup my wife's iMac to iCloud, before resetting iMac to me

Now, none of the files that were on her machine, show up in iCloud.

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Dec 7, 2023 06:47 AM

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muguy

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Dec 7, 2023 04:56 PM in response to baron-pilot

Macs don't backup to iCloud. Macs use Time Machine to create a backup on an external drive.

If you synced some content using iCloud, visit iCloud.com and review the data in files.

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