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iCloud Drive in Sidebar
#47048 11/28/17 11:37 AM
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In my Finder's Sidebar is an iCloud Drive icon.

Were I to drop a file/folder on that, would it upload it to the iCloud or is that icon just for accessing data that is already there? confused



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Re: iCloud Drive in Sidebar
Pendragon #47049 11/28/17 02:57 PM
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Just completed dragging / dropping a file from my MBP's Desktop to my iCloud Drive in the Sidebar. ...Result was file no longer on my Desktop, but in my iCloud Drive. So, the file was moved to my iCloud Drive and an internet connection (of some means) now required to view / edit the doc(s) in my iCloud Drive from any of my devices.

I checked my iPhone's Files app (showing what's in iCloud Drive) and the doc (a pdf) was in the subfolder of my iCD where I'd dragged / dropped it.

Here's a link to iCloud Drive FAQ

Here's a link to iCloud Drive Security



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Re: iCloud Drive in Sidebar
pbGuy #47050 11/28/17 04:48 PM
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There are several ways you can view the iCloud Drive:
  1. as an external drive attached to your computer
  2. as a remote file server that can be accessed by anyone using your Apple account
  3. as an extension of your local disk drive that stores data but does not take up any storage space on your computer
It is this third view that I find most useful and least understood.

For example, it is possible to have both your Desktop and your Documents folder on the Cloud Drive (System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive > Options > Desktop & Documents folders). As long as there is space on your local boot drive those files will also be mirrored on the local drive, but when you get short of space on the local drive the least recently used files will be deleted from the local drive and will only be on the iCloud Drive.

Counting all my Photos, Tunes, Videos, documents, etc., by using the iCloud Drive the over 2TB of data in my user folder occupies only 103.1GB on my SSD. The only time I notice anything different is when a progress circle icon appears next to iCloud Drive in the Finder window. Equally useful, that same 2+ TB of data, images, Tunes, is accessible to my iPhone and iPad (with the help of the Files app) so my workflow can move effortlessly from MacBook Pro to iPad, to iPhone with equal facility.


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