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I don\u2019t know about you, but I use Apple\u2019s iCloud Drive<\/strong> a lot. Subscribing to a full 2TB of storage for my wife and me, we store everything out there \u2014 scanned documents, all of our photos, you name it. On the iPhone and iPad, there\u2019s a Files app <\/strong>that gives you one-tap access to iCloud Drive and any other local files or cloud services, but there\u2019s no such app for Mac. In this short article, I\u2019ll show you how easy it is to add an iCloud Drive Button to the macOS Dock for one-click access to your content in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where’s The Button?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We know that there’s a button that opens iCloud Drive \u2014 if you open a Finder window on a Mac, you’ll see a tiny gray cloud icon with the words iCloud Drive next to it. However, you can’t simply drag that icon to the Dock to install it. What we need to do is find that icon and its associated link in the System Folder, then drag that to the Dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than have you dig around inside the System Folder to find the icon, just follow these simple instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) In the Mac Finder, select Go > Go to Folder… from the menu bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) Copy the following line of text and paste it into the Go to Folder edit field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \/System\/Library\/CoreServices\/Finder.app\/Contents\/Applications\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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\"Paste
Paste the path text in Step 2 into the Go to Folder edit field, then click Go or press Return<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
3) Click the Go button or press the Return key on your keyboard. A folder buried in your System Folder appears with several applications in it (note that mine is showing two “Recents” for some reason…). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Drag
Drag the iCloud Drive application icon to the Dock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
4) Drag the iCloud Drive application icon to the Dock and drop it in whatever location you’d like. I put it next to my Finder icon, as you can see in the screenshot above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The iCloud Drive application icon is now available in the Dock, just a click away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Now with a single click of the iCloud Drive button in the Dock, you’re immediately transported to the top level of the Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don\u2019t know about you, but I use Apple\u2019s iCloud Drive a lot. Subscribing to a full 2TB of storage for my wife and me, we store everything out there \u2014 scanned documents, all of our photos, you name it. On the iPhone and iPad, there\u2019s a Files app that gives you one-tap access to iCloud Drive and any other local files or cloud services, but there\u2019s no such app for Mac. 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