{"id":"cloud-accounts.same-cloud-account-on-two-macs","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/same-cloud-account-on-two-macs","category":{"id":"cloud-accounts","title":"Cloud accounts"},"subcategory":{"id":"managing-accounts","title":"Testing, editing and removing accounts"},"question":"Can I connect the same cloud account on two Macs?","alt_questions":["Use my Google Drive account in Storage Studio on two Macs","Do accounts sync between my Macs?","Same S3 bucket from two Macs","Add accounts on my MacBook and iMac","Share one cloud account between Macs"],"short_answer":"Yes — add it in Storage Studio on each Mac; accounts don't copy between Macs. Both can use it at once, and Data Backup keeps each Mac's backups in its own folder so they never mix.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Add the account in Storage Studio on each Mac. Accounts don't copy themselves between Macs — each Mac keeps its own, with its secrets locked to that Mac.\n\nBoth Macs can then use the account at the same time. If both back up to it with Data Backup, each Mac's backups are kept in their own folder named after that computer, so they never mix.","answer_html":"

Yes. Add the account in Storage Studio on each Mac. Accounts don't copy themselves between Macs — each Mac keeps its own, with its secrets locked to that Mac.

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Both Macs can then use the account at the same time. If both back up to it with Data Backup, each Mac's backups are kept in their own folder named after that computer, so they never mix.

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Cloud accounts · Testing, editing and removing accounts

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Can I connect the same cloud account on two Macs?

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Short answer: Yes — add it in Storage Studio on each Mac; accounts don't copy between Macs. Both can use it at once, and Data Backup keeps each Mac's backups in its own folder so they never mix.

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Yes. Add the account in Storage Studio on each Mac. Accounts don't copy themselves between Macs — each Mac keeps its own, with its secrets locked to that Mac.

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Both Macs can then use the account at the same time. If both back up to it with Data Backup, each Mac's backups are kept in their own folder named after that computer, so they never mix.

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