Now that you’ve How to Add iCloud Drive to Dock, it’s easy to open iCloud Drive on Mac. Here are the steps to use iCloud Drive on a Mac. To put the iCloud Drive folder on the Mac desktop, you’ll need to add iCloud Drive to the Finder, which is something that was already said above. If iCloud Drive isn’t showing up in Finder, follow the steps above to add it to the Favorites list.
Drag your document into the iCloud Drive folder on your Mac OS X Yosemite to send it to iCloud. To get to your newly made document, you can put it in a separate folder that can be shared with other devices running iOS 8. As a more advanced feature, you can edit documents in PDF, DOC, etc. formats without having to download them to your device.
Once the shortcut to iCloud Drive is added, drag the iCloud Drive folder right into the Dock. Make sure to move iCloud Drive to the right side of the Dock’s divider.
How to Add iCloud Drive to Dock
- Select iCloud Drive from your left sidebar.
- If you do not see this option under iCloud, you’ll need to add it. Click Finder from the menu bar, select Preferences, and on the Sidebar tab, check iCloud Drive
- With iCloud Drive selected from your sidebar, click View in the menu bar.
- Select Show Path Bar.
- You will then see iCloud Drive with its icon at the bottom of your Finder window. Click it, drag it to your desktop, and release.
FAQ
How do I get iCloud on my Mac Dock?
- Select iCloud Drive from your left sidebar. …
- With iCloud Drive selected from your sidebar, click View in the menu bar.
- Select Show Path Bar.
- You will then see iCloud Drive with its icon at the bottom of your Finder window.
How do I get iCloud on my Desktop?
Open File Explorer or Windows Explorer on your Windows computer. Then, in the Navigation pane, click iCloud Drive. Drag files into iCloud Drive. All of your devices with iCloud Drive turned on can access these files. See the iCloud User Guide for how to set up iCloud Drive on all of your devices.
Where is iCloud Drive folder on Mac?
“/Library/Mobile/Documents/com/apple/CloudDocs” is the path to iCloud Drive. You can use standard Terminal commands to move, copy, and delete files in iCloud Drive, as well as to make new directories. You can also change the Bash profile to make an alias for iCloud Drive that will make it easier to use in the Terminal.
What is difference between iCloud and iCloud Drive?
While iCloud is a storage service, the iCloud Drive is Apple’s version of Dropbox. It is cloud-based, making sharing of all the data on the drive much easier after setting up iCloud Drive in settings. It is slightly different in operation as compared to Dropbox or Google Drive.