iCloud Drive on the Web won't let me drag and drop

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iCloud Drive on the Web won't let me drag and drop

I paid for the 200GB of iCloud storage and created some test folders on iCloud Drive just to make sure the iCloud.Com iCloud Drive app works as well as Dropbox's online version. It is nearly as good, but iCloud Drive on the web won't let me upload folders (by drag and drop) from finder to the web iCloud app. Apple says you can drag and drop.

It tells me that "This type of file needs to be compressed before it is uploaded". I'm going crazy! I need to be able to drag and drop or use the upload button to upload FOLDERS...not just files. But it gives me this message every time, even for a folder with one .pdf inside.

Please help!

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MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 1:31 AM

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Answer 1

Mikey D-Man Author

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Oct 18, 2014 10:26 AM in response to picas

That's not true. You can easily drag files to the web version of iCloud Drive. But when I try to drag a folder, it tells me I need to compress it first before uploading. The point of iCloud Drive is that you can access it via iCloud.com anywhere and upload folders and files. I just can't seem to upload folders. Uploading files works fine.

Does anyone have a fix?

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picas

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Oct 18, 2014 1:43 AM in response to Mikey D-Man

You need to drag the folders/files to the iCloud Drive in Finder.

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