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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1637090">Let's clarify a few things:1. iCloud is great (and about to get better ... see below), but it is a very limited amount of space. By default, you get 5GB of free space. That's TONS if all you want to keep synced is a packet of documents. Not so much, though beyond something basic like that. You can buy more space (I have 20GB for 99 cents per month for example), but it's still pretty tiny compared to a hard drive. But this depends on your needs.2. ChronoSync has nothing to do with cloud services. It can (using ChronoAgent) keep remote hard drives in sync across the Internet or on a local network. It can sync the entire drive, or just selected bits. Space is never an issue, because you're syncing to a hard drive of (presumably) at least the same capacity as your own.3. Apple is about to add iCloud Drive-only files to Time Machine's ability to backup, as well as some other features:<a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/01/26/update.should.also.fix.wi.fi.bluetooth.mail.security.problems/" target="_blank">OS X 10.10.2 will integrate iCloud Drive content into Time Machine | MacNN</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1637090"] Let's clarify a few things: 1. iCloud is great (and about to get better ... see below), but it is a very limited amount of space. By default, you get 5GB of free space. That's TONS if all you want to keep synced is a packet of documents. Not so much, though beyond something basic like that. You can buy more space (I have 20GB for 99 cents per month for example), but it's still pretty tiny compared to a hard drive. But this depends on your needs. 2. ChronoSync has nothing to do with cloud services. It can (using ChronoAgent) keep remote hard drives in sync across the Internet or on a local network. It can sync the entire drive, or just selected bits. Space is never an issue, because you're syncing to a hard drive of (presumably) at least the same capacity as your own. 3. Apple is about to add iCloud Drive-only files to Time Machine's ability to backup, as well as some other features: [url=http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/01/26/update.should.also.fix.wi.fi.bluetooth.mail.security.problems/]OS X 10.10.2 will integrate iCloud Drive content into Time Machine | MacNN[/url] [/QUOTE]

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