How can I access documents saved to /Library/Mobile Documents/com-apple-CloudDocs/ ?

How do I get to the documents stored at the below destination?

User uploaded file

When I try to open the file in word I get the error message 'this document is either deleted or not accessible'.


When I saved it I did not do anything different?


Thanks.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 11.0.1

Posted on Sep 28, 2017 11:00 AM

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Posted on Oct 3, 2017 12:29 AM

Hi Eric


Please ignore the above, I have worked out how to get my user there.


When I go to the folder 'Mobile document' it takes me straight to 'iCloud Drive'. When I then click on the document folder from there it doesn't have the required documents I want?


Thanks

Alice.

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Oct 3, 2017 12:29 AM in response to Alice Stephen

Hi Eric


Please ignore the above, I have worked out how to get my user there.


When I go to the folder 'Mobile document' it takes me straight to 'iCloud Drive'. When I then click on the document folder from there it doesn't have the required documents I want?


Thanks

Alice.

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Sep 28, 2017 1:25 PM in response to Alice Stephen

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Mobile Documents.

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Oct 3, 2017 12:45 AM in response to Alice Stephen

The com-apple-CloudDocs folder is iCloud Drive, not the Documents folder on iCloud Drive, Alice.


In the iCloud Section of the sidebar, click iCloud Drive, not "Documents". Search for a folder with a name starting with "Ni" as shown in your first screenshot.



To open com-apple-CloudDocs directly, you could also launch the Terminal and then copy this command into the Terminal and hit return:

open ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs


To see a list of all files and folders there type this into the Terminal:

ls ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs

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