Keeping Macbook Pro awake for backup

Hi... I am backing up to my cloud drive online and it said it might take a long time so I'm going to keep my macbook pro awake overnight. I set the toggle to "never sleep" for computer but does it matter what the display is on? Meaning if the display is off will it still back up? Thanks!

Are you sure? When I go to my macbook pro with the display off and wake it up the device says it's "not connected" until it connects to the wifi... it's taking a long time to load to the drive. :/ Not sure if it's worth keeping the cloud drive...I know Time Machine didn't even take this long for me and it was backing up ALL of my computer. I'm only backing up sections of my computer and it's taking a long time...I know it's using online connection but my online connection isn't even that slow, lol.

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