Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 10

Store Absolutely Any File in iCloud

The built-in Preview app lets you add images and PDFs to its iCloud store (click File→Open to add files), which are what the app usually displays on most Macs, but that’s not all it’ll accept for upload. It’ll also store (and let you view!) Microsoft Office documents, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Strangely, however, it won’t accept more primitive office document formats such as rich-text files (those with an .rtf extension) or comma-separated value spreadsheets (those with a .csv extension).

It’s worth bearing in mind that, just like with Finder windows, you can hold down Option to copy a file to iCloud, rather than moving it there, which is the default behavior.

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