Keep Documents and App Data in Sync

iCloud Drive is Cloud’s online file storage component, which includes mechanisms to sync files and folders among your devices and apps.

To learn all about iCloud Drive, read the next topic, Use iCloud Drive. In addition, you’ll want to read Use In-App Data Syncing, later in this chapter, for information on working with apps that don’t rely on documents but do need to sync data across devices.

Use iCloud Drive

iCloud Drive is cloud-based storage you can access from any of your devices. That includes in the Finder in macOS, in the Files app on an iOS or iPadOS device, in Windows, on the iCloud website, and from within apps that support it.

With iCloud Drive, an authoritative copy of each of your documents—called ...

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