Restoring New Mac from iCloud Data

frustrated147 wrote:

My Mac literally died and we cannot get the hard drive to respond. How can I restore my new Mac to the settings and info in the iCloud without doing it manually, one file at a time?

iCloud will only have at best, the contents of your iCloud Drive folder and if enabled, your Desktop and Documents folders.

It is not a disaster recovery option like Time Machine is.

You must reinstall macOS before you can resync iCloud data.

frustrated147 wrote:

OMG!! I cannot thank you enough. This solved my issue. Now all I have to do is reset my screen saver and it is like I am back up and working. I could not imagine having to move my entire business over one document/file at a time. Thank you!!!

you're welcome.