Cannot share icloud folder

Hi, I transferred all my DropBox files to iCloud and am having issues sharing them with individual colleagues. On my phone when I click the share button it allows me to Add People or share via other methods; but on my computer, it does not show those options. I am trying to figure out how to share folders/files on my macbook using the share function.

MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 14, 2020 11:47 AM

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Sep 14, 2020 12:23 PM in response to dian211

dian211 wrote:

Hi, I transferred all my DropBox files to iCloud and am having issues sharing them with individual colleagues. On my phone when I click the share button it allows me to Add People or share via other methods; but on my computer, it does not show those options. I am trying to figure out how to share folders/files on my macbook using the share function.

What macOS are you running? Share iCloud on macOS is very recent.

Oct 25, 2020 4:02 AM in response to dian211

Same here, when trying to share the folder (to which I also transferred all my Dropbox files) I get the message "cannot connect to icloud" and nothing is shared.. from my mac (10.15.7) same problem, even sharing from icloud.com tells me there's a problem with the server.. nothing is being shared.. icloud folder sharing simply does not work..


Strangely, an empty folder can be shared.. so probably first share the folder and then populate it?


icloud/mobileme.. sigh... the saga continues


Dear Apple,

Pleas implement in icloud drive the following:

  • sync log so we know what happened to a file when it's missing, misplaced, not synced for whatever reason like duplicate and please tell us why
  • Tell us why we cannot share a file / folder, we know it can't be done if it isn't done...
  • Tell us when syncing is working, better when it is not

Many thanks,

a user


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