I have started using an older Mac with OS 10.11, however, though logged in with my icloud id, my files from the current Mac's desktop are not uploaded to the icloud. what shall I do

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I have started using an older Mac with OS 10.11, however, though logged in with my icloud id, my files from the current Mac's desktop are not uploaded to the icloud. what shall I do

I have started using an older Mac with OS 10.11, however, though logged in with my icloud id, my files from the current Mac's desktop are not uploaded to the icloud. when I login to my account from browser, it shows files from the earlier Mac, which ran high sierra. icloud on my iphone X also shows the files from desktop of the previous Mac. what shall I do

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 10, 2021 10:35 AM

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FoxFifth

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Sep 10, 2021 2:24 PM in response to Ijazk

Ijazk wrote:

Thank you, but my OS is 10.11.6

And that explains why iCloud Desktop & Documents are not syncing. That feature was not introduced until 10.12 and your OS is before that.

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FoxFifth

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Sep 10, 2021 11:17 AM in response to Ijazk

The Desktop and Documents option of iCloud Drive is a feature that was introduced with macOS 10.12.

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Ijazk Author

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Sep 10, 2021 2:20 PM in response to FoxFifth

Thank you, but my OS is 10.11.6

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Ijazk Author

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Sep 10, 2021 2:34 PM in response to FoxFifth

Thank you

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FoxFifth

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Sep 10, 2021 3:14 PM in response to Ijazk

Note that even though the Desktop & Documents option isn't available with 10.11.6, you can sync files/folders with iCloud Drive by moving them to the iCloud Drive folder in Finder.

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I have started using an older Mac with OS 10.11, however, though logged in with my icloud id, my files from the current Mac's desktop are not uploaded to the icloud. what shall I do

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