How do I add iCloud to Finder sidebar

You can't view your files in iCloud except directly via the relevant apps for those files.

But you can do this seamlessly across all your devices with Dropbox. It's very reliable and best of all, it's free - http://db.tt/h78ZauB

The solution to "How do I add (insert any folder on the Mac) to the sidebar" is: Navigate to the folder in Finder and press Command+Control+T.

If my previous answer was still here, I wouldn't have to come back. As Mikerudolph22 stated: "I couldn't seem to find the answer anywhere", which is why he commented; and now we have a duplicate situation of one party confusing 2012 iCloud with 2014-15 iCloud. Let it go, clarification has been made.

This is extremely frustrating. All I want to do is be able to browse the files stored my cloud, rename them, and open them with the revelant application on my new Mac. Apple, if you're reading this, I'm a Windows user and really liking my new Mac, except for this. Please fix this situation so I can browse my files WITHOUT using a third-party solution such as dropbox, otherwise, what's the point of the iCloud?

I know mikerudolph22. My comment referenced the keyboard shortcut, which is still Command+Control+T by the way Csound1, which was reported by the aforementioned white knight, as being off topic and irrelevant because I was referencing iCloud Drive, where as the original post was referencing Mobile Documents, which evolved into iCloud Drive since 2012 and became more user friendly in the process. The resulting argument pulled all posts on the issue.

No doubt your valid response and discussion will also get flagged because it doesn't reference an obsolete product, causing continued confusion. This is the problem when sites like this one don't close threads when they become completely irrelevant. Mobile Documents no longer exists, in the capacity it did in 2012, so this whole thread needs to be removed, as to stop people attempting to answer the question based on the 2015 iCloud Drive implementation.

Hopefully the moderator can see this time that the information is relevant.

The "Mobile Documents Folder" refuses to be added to to the sidebar, but you could add (drag) it to the Finder's Toolbar instead. Here it will even show a custom icon as an added bonus. Or drag it to the documents section of the Dock. There it is also easily accessible.

My Toolbar looks like this, with iCloud always available, when I want to find my GarageBand projects:

Regards

Léonie

NOTE: In Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.

For Mavericks, Yosemite amd El Capitan go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring up this window:

To access your user Library hold the option key while clicking the Finder 'Go' menu - your Library will appear as a choice. However as said this has nothing to do with iCloud.

You do this with the iWork documents stored in the cloud on the iCloud website - please see

http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm9d1d48dc

iCloud does not have general file storage; at present only iWork and TextEdit documents can be uploaded to iCloud for access by your iOS devices.

Dropbox is completely independent of iCloud and is an online file storage solution.

what's the point of the iCloud?

iCloud:

•Provides one main @me.com email address and up to three 'aliases' (additional addresses).

•Allows you to sync your calendars between your Mac(s) and iOS devices.

•Ditto with contacts

•Ditto with Safari bookmarks

•Provides a conduit which copies photos taken on any one device onto all the others

•Provides a fairly basic photo gallery (populated only from iPhoto for iOS)

•Provides 'Find My iPhone/iPad' to locate a missing device that is able to connect to a network

•Backs up the contents of your iPhone

•Syncs iWork and TextEdit documents (only) between your Mac and your iPhone

•Tracks the location of your friends (only with their permission)

More details with illustrations and videos here:

http://www.apple.com/icloud/what-is.html

Csound1, you misunderstood my post above.

I'm trying to move the Mobile Documents folder from inside of the Library root to the sidebar, which is not the same thing. For anyone wanting to acheive this, krz's workaround above creates a saved search that searches for all document-types inside of the Library/Mobile Documents folder, which you can add to the Sidebar. 🙂

Try creating an Alias to the mobile documents folder in ~/Library and adding that to the sidebar. There must be some sort of restriction in 10.8.2 preventing you adding the actual folder. I origonally added the link a while go on one computer when 18.8.1 was current, but could not add it to a different one running 10.8.2 today.

Apparently tthis is off topic because iCloud drive didn't exist when the question was asked. My answers have been removed otherwise you'd already know I answered similar to that.

This is why partially relevant answers should not be removed.

what?! that's ridiculous! I couldn't seem to find the answer anywhere online. I guess you could ask the question on a separate thread and answer your own question but at that point you're just doing Apple's work for them.

Devil's Teardrop wrote:

Apparently tthis is off topic because iCloud drive didn't exist when the question was asked. My answers have been removed otherwise you'd already know I answered similar to that.

This is why partially relevant answers should not be removed.

The correct answer is the one before yours, it's totally relevant.

1. Start with the Finder application displayed on the screen.

2. Click "Finder" on the application's menu. Then, select "Preferences", then "Sidebar".

3. On the pop-up, check the "iCloud Drive" box.

- The sidebar now contains an iCloud Drive favorite.

Use Go to navigate to your iCloud.

Then, select the iCloud window and use File to add to sidebar.

Control + Command + T is the command to add a folder/file to sidebar.