How to set up, activate and access iCloud Drive on a Mac

You can access your iCloud Drive using your web browser or finder in your mac.

If your iCloud drive is not active, you activate it then the drive will allow you to share and access your files across all devices.

iPhone and iPad are good devices , and macs os is one of the best systems around.

Apple icloud is a really good way to share data across devices, and with mac’s advance ability to execute projects (from editing a pic in photoshop to writing to final cut pro, Mac is still number one). You should know how to use iCloud drive from you mac. We have a few different and easy ways to access iCloud drive from your Mac.

How to activate iCloud Drive

Click on the apple icon in the upper left corner of your mac screen
Scroll down and click on System preferences
Click on iCloud
Login with your apple ID then click on iCloud drive to turn it on, if it’s already ticked in blue on then your iCloud drive is on

Now as your iCloud drive is on you can share data with devices which have the same apple ID logged in.

Now if you want to use iCloud drive on a different computer you can access it from your web browser.

To access iCloud drive from your web browser:

Go to https://www.icloud.com/
Sign in with your ID and password
Once you do that apple will send you a passcode on one of the saved devices
Once you type in the passcode you will get access to all your data on iCloud. On the website you can see the location of your other devices by clicking on “FIND MY IPHONE”
To access files on your iCloud drive, Click on iCloud drive icon shown below: