I want to do this batch backup with CCC. Is it possible?

Concurrently backup to a: NAS, attached SSD, iCloud Drive, and Google Drive.

Not concurrently.... no. But CCC can easily run separate tasks to each of those backup destinations.

Weaselboy said:

Not concurrently.... no. But CCC can easily run separate tasks to each of those backup destinations.

Can it really do a backup directly to iCloud Drive, without passing through a local disk first?
I’d be interested in doing this. Is it documented?

Wando64 said:

Can it really do a backup directly to iCloud Drive, without passing through a local disk first?
I’d be interested in doing this. Is it documented?

It can't. Nor do you really want it to.

Take a look at ChronoSync. It can backup/sync to all those locations. It will run manually or on a schedule. I don’t know if tasks will run concurrently or not though.

Wando64 said:

Can it really do a backup directly to iCloud Drive, without passing through a local disk first?
I’d be interested in doing this. Is it documented?

No... it would backup to the local iCloud Drive folder, then iCloud would move the data online. You would not want to do this with a full clone obviously because you would be in an endless backup loop. But if say you wanted to CCC something from DriveB/Data/MyStuff to iCloud Drive, it would work fine.

Weaselboy said:

No... it would backup to the local iCloud Drive folder, then iCloud would move the data online. You would not want to do this with a full clone obviously because you would be in an endless backup loop. But if say you wanted to CCC something from DriveB/Data/MyStuff to iCloud Drive, it would work fine.

The OP asked if he could backup to iCloud Drive (among others) using CCC.
Your initial response to the OP gave me the impression you were suggesting that it could do so directly.
”CCC can easily run separate tasks to each of those backup destinations.”

However, following your later explanation the answer is NO, not directly, just as I thought.
I hoped you knew of a way around it.
Thanks

posguy99 said:

It can't. Nor do you really want it to.

Someone else suggested it could. I found that surprising, so that’s why I asked the question.

As for what I really want to do, I think direct Time Machine backups to a cloud service, as part of a mixed backup plan, could be useful for many reasons.

Weaselboy said:

Not concurrently.... no.

Since you can run multiple CCC backups concurrently if you start them manually, wouldn't the same happen if you scheduled them all to start at the same time? Not a great idea though. If they are backing up the same volume likely would hit a volume I/O bottleneck.

HDFan said:

Since you can run multiple CCC backups concurrently if you start them manually, wouldn't the same happen if you scheduled them all to start at the same time? Not a great idea though. If they are backing up the same volume likely would hit a volume I/O bottleneck.

I've never tested that, so I don't know what would happen if you scheduled multiple tasks to launch at the exact same time,

planteater said:

Take a look at ChronoSync. It can backup/sync to all those locations. It will run manually or on a schedule. I don’t know if tasks will run concurrently or not though.

Yes to concurrently.

Qwerty11 said:

Concurrently backup to a: NAS, attached SSD, iCloud Drive, and Google Drive.

ChronoSync might be better than CCC for your needs.