iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customize and use the homepage tiles
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows device
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright
Upload and download files from iCloud Drive on iCloud.com
You can upload files from a computer to iCloud Drive. Files you upload are visible on any device that has iCloud Drive turned on. They appear in the Files app on your iPhone and iPad, and in the Finder on your Mac. You can also download files from iCloud Drive to copy them to your computer.
Upload files
Go to icloud.com/iclouddrive, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Do either of the following.
Drag files from the desktop or a folder window on your computer to the iCloud Drive window or a folder icon in the iCloud Drive window.
If you drag to a folder icon, it becomes highlighted to confirm that the item you’re dragging will go into the folder.
Click
in the iCloud Drive toolbar, select the files you want to upload, then click Upload.If you don’t see the button, make sure you’re not viewing the Recently Deleted folder. See View files and folders in iCloud Drive.
Some apps, like Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, have their own folders in iCloud Drive. You can only upload a file into an app’s folder if the app can open the file.
Download files
Changes you make to a downloaded file appear only on your computer unless you subsequently upload the file to iCloud Drive.
Go to icloud.com/iclouddrive, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select the files you want to download, then click
in the iCloud Drive toolbar.The files are downloaded to the location specified in your web browser’s settings.
Tip: You can also download files directly from the iCloud.com homepage. In the Drive tile, click a file, then choose Download File.
Learn how to use iCloud Drive on iCloud.com on a phone or tablet.