iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customise and use the homepage
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Hide your photos and videos
- Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
- Upload and download photos
- Add a title or caption
- Organise photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favourites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Share photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows computer
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright
You can use iCloud Drive on your iPhone, iPad, iPodtouch, Mac and Windows computer, and on iCloud.com. For an overview of what you can do with iCloud Drive, see Keep your files up to date and share them with iCloud Drive.
Note: Make sure you’re signed in with the same AppleID on each device. If you have devices where you’re not signed in with your AppleID or that have iCloudDrive turned off, you won’t be able to access your files on those devices.
Set up iCloud Drive on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
On your iPhone, iPad or iPodtouch, go to Settings> [your name]> iCloud.
Do one of the following:
iOS16, iPadOS16 or later: Tap iCloudDrive, then turn on Sync this [device].
iOS15, iPadOS15 or earlier: Turn on iCloudDrive.
A list of apps appears below iCloudDrive. When you turn on an app, it can store data in iCloud.
To view your iCloud Drive files and folders, open the Files app and go to the iCloud Drive section.
For more information on how to use iCloud Drive on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, see any of the following:
iPhone User Guide: Share files and folders in iCloud Drive on iPhone
iPad User Guide: Share files and folders in iCloud Drive on iPad
iPodtouch User Guide (iOS15 or earlier): Share files and folders in iCloudDrive on iPodtouch
Set up iCloudDrive on your Mac
On your Mac, do one of the following:
macOS 13.3 or later: Choose Applemenu > System Settings, click [your name] at the top of the sidebar, click iCloud, click iCloud Drive, then turn on Sync this Mac.
macOS 13 to 13.2: Choose Applemenu > System Settings, click [your name] at the top of the sidebar, click iCloud, click iCloud Drive, click Turn On, then click Options.
macOS12 or earlier: Choose Applemenu > System Preferences, click AppleID, click iCloud, select iCloudDrive, then click Options.
Select or turn on any of the following:
Desktop & Documents Folders: When you select or turn on this option, you can access the files on your desktop and in the Documents folder on any device that has iCloudDrive turned on. See the Apple Support article Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloudDrive.
An app: When you select or turn on an app, it can store data in iCloud. (If apps aren’t shown, click Apps Syncing to iCloudDrive.)
To view your iCloud Drive files and folders, open the Finder, then click iCloudDrive in the sidebar.
For more information on how to use iCloud Drive on your Mac, see Work with folders and files in iCloud Drive in the macOS User Guide.
Set up iCloud Drive on your Windows computer
If you don’t already have it, get iCloud for Windows. See the Apple Support article Download iCloud for Windows.
On your Windows computer, open iCloud for Windows.
Select iCloudDrive, then click Apply.
To view your iCloudDrive files and folders, open File Explorer, then click iCloudDrive in the Navigation pane.
For more information on how to use iCloudDrive on your Windows computer, see View, add or remove iCloudDrive files in iCloud for Windows and Share iCloudDrive files and folders in iCloud for Windows in the iCloud for Windows User Guide.
Use iCloud Drive on iCloud.com
You can access your iCloud Drive files in a web browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
Go to icloud.com/iclouddrive and sign in with your AppleID.
For more information on how to use iCloud Drive on iCloud.com, see any of the following:
On a phone: Use iCloudDrive on iCloud.com
On a tablet: Use iCloudDrive on iCloud.com
On a computer: Use iCloud Drive on iCloud.com
You can also set up and use the Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps with iCloud.
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