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Mar 15, 2015 3:00 PM in response to the0nly0neby judysings,Hello the0nly0ne,
The resource below will explain how to manage and access the PDF files from the Preview app in iCloud Drive.
OS X Yosemite: Store documents with iCloud Drive
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18987?locale=en_USiCloud Drive basics
Everything in iCloud Drive is organized in folders like other folders you work with on your Mac. Some folders are created automatically for the apps that support iCloud Drive, such as Preview, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. You can create new folders to organize the items you add to iCloud Drive.
To work with files and folders in iCloud Drive, click iCloud Drive in a Finder sidebar.
Put documents in app folders: The app folders in iCloud Drive are created automatically for apps that support iCloud Drive on any of your devices. You can move documents into these folders and create folders inside them, but they can only contain documents the app can open. For example, the Preview folder can contain PDFs and different kinds of image files but not a movie or a Zip archive.
Move items into folders: Drag files and folders to a different folder in iCloud Drive or to same level of iCloud drive as the app folders.
Move items to your Mac and remove them from iCloud Drive: Drag files and folders from iCloud Drive to your Mac. The items are copied to your Mac and removed immediately from iCloud Drive on all your devices set up for iCloud, and they’re removed from iCloud Drive on iCloud.com. If you change your mind, you can drag items back to iCloud Drive.
Copy items to iCloud Drive: Drag files and folders from your Mac to iCloud Drive. You end up with copies of the items in both places. The ones in iCloud Drive are kept up to date on all your devices set up for iCloud Drive.
You can also use iCloud Drive when you open a document or save a new document in apps that support iCloud Drive.
iCloud Drive works with Mac computers using OS X Yosemite, devices using iOS 8, and Windows computers with iCloud for Windows 4.0. You can also access iCloud Drive through iCloud.com. To access iCloud Drive, you must be signed into iCloud with your Apple ID. For information about using iCloud Drive on your iOS device, see the user guide for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. For information about using iCloud Drive on your Windows computer, see iCloud Help.
iCloud Drive FAQ - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201104How do I access all my files in iCloud Drive?
You can access your files in iCloud Drive any of these ways:
- Using any supported web browser, you can go to iCloud Drive or iWork for iCloud beta at iCloud.com. In iWork for iCloud beta, you can find your Pages, Numbers, and Keynote files.
- On your Mac with OS X Yosemite, you can go to iCloud Drive in Finder.
- On your PC with Windows 7 or later and iCloud for Windows, you can go to iCloud Drive in File Explorer.
- On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 8, you can access your files from Apple apps like Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, or any apps that support iCloud Drive.
Hope this helps ...
- Judy
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May 26, 2015 5:15 PM in response to the0nly0neby jefforganist,Not as easy as you'd think.
On your Mac, iCloud drive is simple. You have a number of folders (let's say Pages, Numbers, Preview, TextEdit). You put documents into the appropriate folder.... Pages documents go into the Pages folder, Numbers documents into the Numbers folder, PDFs into the Preview folder, etc.
In iOS, you open those documents with the same apps: Pages opens what is in the Pages folder, Numbers opens what is in the Numbers folder, etc. The problem is that there is no "Preview" app in iOS.
You would need to get an iOS app that is compatible with iCloud drive, such as GoodReader. Then you can put your PDFs into the GoodReader folder on iCloud drive.
