I have a Mac Mini and a Mackbook Air. My Mini is my primary tool. My Air is for traveling. I would love it if every time I opened my Air it looked exactly the same as my Mini. So whatever changes I make to my desktop view, files, etc, on my Mini will automatically update with my Air when I open it.
All my searches include mirroring and that's just not what I'm looking for.
Is this possible?
Thanks
Mac mini (M2, 2023)
See the Desktop & Documents option for iCloud Drive.
click here ➜ Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive - Apple Support
When you store your Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud Drive, you can access files from your Mac on all your devices. That means you can start a document on your Desktop, then work on it later from your iPhone or iPad and on iCloud.com. Everything automatically stays up to date everywhere.
It's poorly worded, but what will happen is, the first Mac you turn on the option on, will be the master so to speak.
The second Mac you turn it on, on, will have its documents and files moved to sub folders with its name in iCloud Drive you can access, but will use the main Documents and Desktop folders from the first Mac from that point on.
Basically anything on the second Mac gets separated out so you can then manually move it if you need it on both Macs.
Anything in the Desktop and documents folders of the first Mac will be visible on the second Mac directly as normal once the option is turned on and will sync across seamlessly.
Thank you. Will they show up on my Air desktop like on the Mini or are they just accessible in their folder in iCloud?
It was worded just right, because I understand it. Thank you so much!
Syncing Mac Mini and Mackbook Air.
