[2 Ways] How to Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives

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• User Case: Can I Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives?
• Why Need to Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives?
• [2 Ways] How to Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives
• Bonus Tip: Best Way to Backup iCloud Data to Other Clouds
• Conclusion

User Case: Can I Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives?

Why Need to Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives?

iCloud is a cloud-based storage service provided by Apple that allows users to store and access their data such as photos, videos, documents, and more. An external hard drive, on the other hand, is a physical storage device that can be connected to a computer to store data. When using iCloud to store data, some people need to backup iCloud to an external hard drive due to the following reasons.

Overall, backing up iCloud to an external hard drive provides an additional layer of security and flexibility, making it a wise choice for users who want to safeguard their data and ensure they can access it when they need it.

[2 Ways] How to Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives

If you want to back up all data in iCloud or want to free up storage space in your iCloud account, you can easily transfer data from iCloud to an external hard drive in the following 2 ways.

Solution 1: Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives via Desktop App

If you have downloaded the iCloud Drive or iCloud Photos application on your Mac computer, you can directly use the copy-and-paste function on the computer to complete the backup operation.

Step 1. Open a Finder window, and click on iCloud Drive.

Step 2. Choose the files or folders in iCloud Drive.

Step 3. Right-click and click "Copy", or press "Command + C".

Step 4. Go to the storage medium of your choice. If it's an external drive, click it in Finder.

Step 5. Right-click and press "Paste Item", or press "Command + V".

Solution 2: Backup iCloud to External Hard Drives via a Web Browser

If the iCloud Drive or iCloud Photos application is not installed on your computer, or your Windows device is not compatible with iCloud Drive and iCloud Photos, you can use the iCloud web page to back up iCloud data to an external hard drive.

Step 1. Set the download path of the browser to an external hard drive.

Step 2. Using your Mac or PC, go to icloud.com.

Step 3. Enter your Apple ID and password to log into your iCloud account.

Step 4. After logging in, click the data you need to back up to the external hard drive in the interface. Here, we take backing up iCloud Drive data as an example.

Step 5. After entering iCloud Drive, select the files or folders you want to transfer and click the download icon. The data will be automatically downloaded to the external hard drive path you set.

Bonus Tip: Best Way to Backup iCloud Data to Other Clouds

Do you feel like an external hard drive isn't enough to back up all your iCloud data? Are you struggling to restore iCloud data from an external hard drive to the exact location? You can choose a cloud file manager---MultCloud to backup iCloud Photos and Drive data to your cloud accounts.

The tool can integrate with more than 30 cloud storage services and network-attached storage services, such as:

Dropbox, Dropbox Business, Google Drive, Google Workspace, Google Photos, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, MEGA, Flickr, Box, Box for Business, pCloud, Amazon S3, Wasabi, SugarSync, Evernote, CloudMe, Cubby, MyDrive, WEB.DE, Yandex, HiDrive, MySQL, Egnyte, Putio, Backblaze, MediaFire, ownCloud, ADrive, Baidu, and even NAS, WebDAV, FTP/SFTP, Shared with me and Shared Drive.

iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive are now available in MultCloud. This way, you can use MultCloud to manage your iCloud data as well as backup or transfer iCloud Photos to Flickr, NAS or other cloud storage accounts with ease. With MultCloud, you can easily:

 

To back up iCloud data to another cloud account, you need to use the "Cloud Backup" feature.

Step 1. Sign up for an account with your email. Alternatively, you can log in directly with your Google or Facebook account.

Step 2. Log in to MultCloud, and add iCloud Photos, iCloud Drive and other cloud accounts (such as Google Drive) to MultCloud respectively.

Step 3. Click "Cloud Backup", choose iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive data as the source, and choose Google Drive or a folder in it as the destination. Finally, click "Backup Now".

Conclusion

With the above-detailed operation steps, you can backup iCloud to external hard drives effortlessly. In addition, if your external storage device can no longer back up all iCloud Photos data, you can use a professional cloud-to-cloud backup tool---MultCloud to back up iCloud Photos to other cloud accounts.

In addition, MultCloud can also help you better manage multiple cloud storage accounts, you can safely add all your cloud accounts to MultCloud for better management. If you still need cloud sync, for example, syncing iCloud Photos to Synology NAS, you can also use MultCloud to complete it.