By default, Scrivener doesn't back up your projects when you save them manually. ... In fact, if you do both of these - back up to an external drive and to the cloud - then you'll have met the 3-2-1 backup rule. Another way to back up your projects offsite daily is to email them to yourself.

Does Scrivener have a cloud version?

What is Scrivener Cloud? This cloud is the feature for Scrivener that makes it so that you can store any file you're writing up in a backup location online. You can sync that version of the file in a folder that's not stored on your direct hard drive, in other words.

Where are Scrivener projects saved?

Scrivener lets you create and work with many projects, even at the same time. These projects are stored in your user folder (usually) as ordinary files and folders. On a Mac, they will look like and act like single file, but they are really just a folder with a lot of files in them.