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Q: iPad w/ iOS 8 - will not access iCloud drive

iPad w/ iOS 8 - will not access iCloud drive

 

I can see it connected in settings, so it seems. 

But if I try to access via Safari then there is no access and it tells me to go to Settings and set it up first.

 

I am confused and not sure what is the next step.

 

Thanks in advance.

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 8.2

Posted on May 25, 2015 2:06 PM

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  • by Demo,

    Demo Demo May 25, 2015 3:33 PM in response to AaronKDC
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    May 25, 2015 3:33 PM in response to AaronKDC

    You do not need to access iCloud Drive in Safari and typically you can't access it unless you have Safari request the desktop site for iCloud. I believe that the message that you are getting is to set up iCloud on the iPad, not iCloud Drive in the settings.

     

    You can access everything in iCloud Nrive in the corresponding apps on the iPad so there is no need to access iCloud Drive in Safari. You access contacts in the Contacts app, Reminders in the Reminders app, Notes in the Notes App. Pages, Numbers and Keynote documents are accessed in the iPad apps themselves.

     

    What exactly are you trying to get to in iCloud Drive in Safari?

     

    If this is the screen that you are seeing, this is telling you to set up iCloud on the device because you cannot access iCloud from a mobile browser so it defaults to this.

     

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  • by AaronKDC,

    AaronKDC AaronKDC May 27, 2015 11:33 AM in response to Demo
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    May 27, 2015 11:33 AM in response to Demo

    Hi, Yes this is the message I am receiving.

    However I do still have questions.

    I have PDFs that I have saved on my iCloud Drive.  What if I wanted to access them ?

    Can you provide me suggestions to access and read PDFs that are on my drive please ?

     

    I would like to use PDFs on my iBooks but that does not seem to be able to sync across devices.

     

    Thanks in advance.

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 May 27, 2015 11:39 AM in response to AaronKDC
    Level 7 (27,631 points)
    iPhone
    May 27, 2015 11:39 AM in response to AaronKDC

    To access other files form iCloud Drive you need an App that can access it.

     

    I use Documents 5 by Readdle for just such things.

    https://readdle.com/products/documents

    https://itunes.apple.com/app/documents-by-readdle/id364901807?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D 4

     

    With that you can view the PDFs directly in Readle, or send them to iBooks if you want to.

     

    Unfortunately iBooks does not access iCloud Drive like the other apps do.