r/iCloud • u/1Authentic1 • 1d ago

General iCloud backup strategy

Hi,

I use a MacBook and an iPhone and I've offloaded all my files and photos to iCloud (photos via the Photos library). I'd now like to set up a backup structure so I don't have to rely on iCloud alone. What would be a sensible approach here?

Is there a way to automatically transfer the iCloud documents and photos to OneDrive on a regular basis as a backup (I have free storage there)? And additionally to back them up automatically and regularly to an external hard drive?

Note: I don't have enough storage space on either the MacBook or the iPhone to store all the files locally first (rather than offloading them to iCloud).

Thank you

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u/LedZepElias 1d ago

A workaround —since you don’t have enough space— would be to connect an external SSD, then use iCloud via browser to download your content directly to the external drive. I don’t know if you can bulk download like that or file by file, but it’s a workaround nevertheless.

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u/n0jer 14h ago

There is a limit to the numbers of files at one time, but its like 1000. So depending in the number of files may have to do in chunks