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• Icloud Drive On Mac

Delete files from iCloud Drive. You can also delete the files you have stored in iCloud Drive to free up iCloud storage. Go to Settings Apple ID iCloud Manage Storage iCloud Drive. You will see all the files stored in iCloud Drive. Swipe left and tap on the trash icon to delete the file.

1. Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest iOS or iPadOS, and your Mac to the latest macOS.
2. Set up iCloud on all of your devices.
3. Make sure that you’re signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all of your devices.
4. If you have a Windows PC, update to Windows 7 or later and download iCloud for Windows.

If you have a device that can't update to the latest iOS or macOS, see the minimum system requirements to use iCloud Drive.

• I'm using iCloud drive to sync my e-books via the iBooks app. I noticed that the synced files show up in the All My Files view. I tried to find out their exact location, it seems to be iCloud Drive / iBooks (via Cmd+I) but when I try to navigate there from iCloud Drive, the iBooks folder doesn't show up, even when I turn hidden files on.
• If you are using iPhone models, one of its back up methods is iCloud drive syncing. The iCloud Drive lets you store all kinds of files and allows you to access all the backed up files from any type of models of Apple product and PC. You can choose the files you want to back up to your iCloud, and when you backup your files through iCloud, you.

Get started

Set up iCloud Drive everywhere that you want to access and edit your files.

On your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

1. Go to Settings > [your name].
2. Tap iCloud.
3. Turn on iCloud Drive.
   

You can find your iCloud Drive files in the Files app.

On your Mac

1. Go to Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Apple ID. If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, you don’t need to click Apple ID.
2. Select iCloud.
3. Sign in with your Apple ID, if you need to.
4. Select iCloud Drive.
   

To add the files from your Mac Desktop and your Documents folder to iCloud Drive, turn on Desktop and Documents.

• You can then find your Desktop and Documents folder in the iCloud section of the Finder sidebar.
• If you add a second Mac Desktop, you can find the files in your Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud Drive, in a folder with the same name as your second Mac. The files from your second Mac won't automatically merge with the files on your first Mac.

If you already use a feature from another cloud provider that syncs or manages your Desktop and Documents folders, you need to turn it off to use Desktop and Documents. Desktop and Documents requires macOS Sierra or later.

On iCloud.com

1. Sign in to iCloud.com.
2. Select Pages, Numbers, or Keynote.
3. Click Upgrade to iCloud Drive, if you are asked to upgrade.

On your Windows PC

After you set up iCloud Drive on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you can set it up on your Windows PC.

1. Go to Start, open Apps or Programs, and open iCloud for Windows.
2. Enter your Apple ID to sign in to iCloud.
3. Select iCloud Drive, then click Apply.

What's next

After you set up iCloud Drive, any documents that you've already stored in iCloud are automatically moved to iCloud Drive. Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch keep your files in the Files app in addition to the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps. If you don't see your files in these apps, they might be on a device that doesn't have iCloud Drive turned on.

Icloud Drive On Mac

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