Select the file(s) or folder you wish to copy to iCloud Drive, then hit Command+C to copy it to the clipboard.Much like the ability to cut and paste files elsewhere in Mac OS X Finder, you can use that same function to copy a file or folder to iCloud Drive: Method 2: Copying Files & Folders to iCloud Drive with Copy & Paste Keyboard Shortcuts You’ll find the files appear in iCloud Drive with a ‘Syncing’ indicator below them and a progress bar on the icons themselves, when those are gone the file has completed uploading and has been successfully copied to iCloud Drive from the Mac.įor the unfamiliar, the Option + Drop key modifier actually works to copy files between anywhere in Mac OS X, even folders or the same folder.

Drop the file into the destination on iCloud Drive as usual, releasing the Option key afterwards.

While dragging the selected file to iCloud Drive start to hold down the Option key.

Open a new Finder window and choose ‘iCloud Drive’ from the sidebar.

Select the file(s) or folder(s) as usual in the Finder of Mac OS X.That’s not what we want to do in this example though, so instead we can tell the Finder to copy the file to iCloud Drive by using a simple variation of the standard drag and drop trick in the Mac finder: Method 1: Copying Files to iCloud Drive on Mac with Option Drag DropĪs mentioned, if you simply drag and drop a file from Finder into iCloud Drive, it will upload the file there and remove it from the local location, effectively moving it to iCloud. We’ll demonstrate two ways to copy files to iCloud Drive from a Mac, this works with just about any conceivable file type, but we’re going to use two particularly obvious looking files in this demonstration. How to Copy Files from Mac to iCloud Drive Rather than moving the files to iCloud, we’re going to show you two ways to copy them to iCloud Drive instead, meaning the original file will stay on the origin Mac in it’s original location, in addition to uploading it to the iCloud Drive service.

It’s important to note that copying files to iCloud Drive as described here is different from moving files to iCloud Drive, the latter of which is the default behavior, and what happens if you simply are dragging and dropping a file into the iCloud Drive folders – it will actually move that file or folder to iCloud from local storage.

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