The headline is a little misleading since this isn’t a true two-way sync, but TJ Luoma details a clever trick at TUAW for backing up iCloud files to Dropbox. It involves a little spelunking in ~/Library/Mobile Documents (the location OS X uses to ‘hide’ local copies of your iCloud files) and learning how to use Hazel, a great utility that automates file management.

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