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It means that cloud account wouldn't accept the way Data Backup stores files, so the backup can't run there. The message reads "… refused to store the backup — this cloud account doesn't support the kind of writes Data Backup needs."

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Nothing on your Mac is affected. To fix it, choose a different destination for that set: another drive with Choose a folder…, or a bucket-storage account such as Amazon S3, which handles backups well.

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What does "refused to store the backup" mean?

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Short answer: That cloud account won't accept the way Data Backup stores files, so the set can't back up there. Choose another drive or a bucket-storage account such as Amazon S3 as the destination.

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It means that cloud account wouldn't accept the way Data Backup stores files, so the backup can't run there. The message reads "… refused to store the backup — this cloud account doesn't support the kind of writes Data Backup needs."

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Nothing on your Mac is affected. To fix it, choose a different destination for that set: another drive with Choose a folder…, or a bucket-storage account such as Amazon S3, which handles backups well.

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