N Kaushik

How to restore your lost iCloud folder on Mac

February 15, 2020

Lost my iCloud folder :

I was thinking about writing on this topic for a long time. I do it more than 24 times in a year. Open your finder window, click and drag your iCloud folder and it is gone. First time it took me a while to search for the solution. Normally, to add a folder on the left side menu of finder, I use spotlight search to find it and drag-drop it on the sidebar. But for iCloud drive, it is bit different.

How to get back your lost iCloud Drive :

Drag drop doesn’t work here. But Apple provides an easier method to enable/disable iCloud drive. Here are the steps :

  1. Open one finder window or any folder.
  2. Go to Finder -> Preferences or use the short code : Cmd + ,

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  1. Check the iCloud Drive. That’s it.

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It will start showing the iCloud Drive on the left side of the finder window.

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