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Two kinds of destination: a folder on a drive — usually an external drive — or a cloud account you've already connected.

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Cloud backups are encrypted on your Mac before they upload. For speed, bucket-style storage such as Amazon S3 is the quickest cloud choice; see why some clouds are slower. To connect an account first, see cloud accounts.

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Backups & restore points · Where backups go

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Where can Storage Studio back up my files to?

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Short answer: A folder on a drive (Choose a folder…) or any cloud account you've connected in Data Transfers — such as Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Amazon S3, or an SFTP, FTP or WebDAV server.

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Two kinds of destination: a folder on a drive — usually an external drive — or a cloud account you've already connected.

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  • A drive or folder: open the set's Destination menu and choose Choose a folder…, then pick an external drive or any folder.
  • A cloud account: any account you've added in Data Transfers appears in the same menu — for example Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Amazon S3 and other bucket storage, or an SFTP, FTP or WebDAV server.
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Cloud backups are encrypted on your Mac before they upload. For speed, bucket-style storage such as Amazon S3 is the quickest cloud choice; see why some clouds are slower. To connect an account first, see cloud accounts.

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