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I just purchased 2T of iCloud storage but I don't know how to use it to backup important files that I keep on an external hard drive??

I just purchased 2T of iCloud storage but I don't know how to use it to backup important files that I keep on an external hard drive??

Mac mini, macOS 12.0

Posted on Oct 30, 2021 1:47 PM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2021 8:42 PM

you would need to move the files to your computer - into iCloud Drive.

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I just purchased 2T of iCloud storage but I don't know how to use it to backup important files that I keep on an external hard drive??

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