Before you begin
Download Icloud
- Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest iOS or iPadOS, and your Mac to the latest macOS.
- Set up iCloud on all of your devices.
- Make sure that you’re signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all of your devices.
- If you have a Windows PC, update to Windows 7 or later and download iCloud for Windows.
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If you have a device that can't update to the latest iOS or macOS, see the minimum system requirements to use iCloud Drive.
Get started
Set up iCloud Drive everywhere that you want to access and edit your files.
On your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
- Go to Settings > [your name].
- Tap iCloud.
- Turn on iCloud Drive.
You can find your iCloud Drive files in the Files app.
If you're using iOS 10 or iOS 9, tap Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive. Turn on iCloud Drive, and tap Show on Home Screen. Then you'll find your files in the iCloud Drive app.
On your Mac
- Go to Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Apple ID. If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, you don’t need to click Apple ID.
- Select iCloud.
- Sign in with your Apple ID, if you need to.
- Select iCloud Drive.
If you want to add the files from your Mac Desktop and Documents folder to iCloud Drive, update your Mac to macOS Sierra or later then turn on Desktop and Documents. On your Mac, you can find the files on your Desktop and in your Documents folder in Finder under iCloud. If you add a second Mac Desktop, the files from your second Mac won't automatically merge with the files on your first Mac. Go to your Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud Drive, then look for a folder with the same name as your second Mac.
On iCloud.com
- Sign in to iCloud.com.
- Select Pages, Numbers, or Keynote.
- Click Upgrade to iCloud Drive, if you are asked to upgrade.
On your Windows PC
After you set up iCloud Drive on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you can set it up on your Windows PC.
- Go to Start, open Apps or Programs, and open iCloud for Windows.
- Enter your Apple ID to sign in to iCloud.
- Select iCloud Drive, then click Apply.
What's next
After you set up iCloud Drive, any documents that you've already stored in iCloud are automatically moved to iCloud Drive. Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch keep your files in the Files app in addition to the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps. If you don't see your files in these apps, they might be on a device that doesn't have iCloud Drive turned on.
Learn more about using iCloud Drive.
As one of the most useful and important services for iOS device users, iCloud allows you to automatically sync all the data and content on all your iOS devices. It is a useful service that helps you save your data from loss. However, we sometimes need the data on iCloud for further use. How can we make it?
In this article, we are going to focus on how to download iCloud on your MacBook.
1 How to Set up iCloud on Mac
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To set up iCloud on a Mac, you need to be running Mac OS X 10.7.2 or later. So, if your Mac is not up to date, download and install the latest version before you continue. If it is, follow these simple steps to set up iCloud on your Mac.
Step 1: Open System Preferences from the Apple Menu
Step 2: Under the “Networking” section, select “iCloud”
Step 3: Enter your Apple ID or create one if you don’t have one yet.
Step 4: Choose the apps and items you want to sync with iCloud.
2 How to Download iCloud Data through iCloud.com on MacBook
If you want to download content from your iCloud account to a MacBook, the easiest way would be to log in to iCloud.com from your browser and the select the content you want to download . Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Log in to iCloud.com using your Apple ID and password.
Step 2: Click on the type of data you want to download for example, Photos
Step 3: Select the individual photo you want to download
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Step 4: Once the photo is loaded on to the screen, click on the download icon on the upper right corner of the browser window and the photo will be downloaded to your computer.
Repeat the process for all the other content you want to download.
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3 How to Download up to 20 File Types from Your iCloud Backup on Mac
The above process could take a while especially if you have a lot of content to download. Also, you may not be able to see all the content on iCloud.com. There is therefore the need to have a more effective way to quickly download all content from an iCloud backup.
Lucky for you, we have that solution in the form of iMyFone D-Port data exporter which is an iCloud backup viewer and downloader that will allow you to gain access to any iCloud backup file and download up to 20 different types of data. The following are some of its features.
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Key Features:
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- It can extract nearly all types of data including messages, contacts, notes, videos, voice memos and even third-party app data such as WhatsApp/Kik/WeChat/Viber/Line messages.
- It is ideal for you to extract only the data you need instead of restoring the whole backup with iTunes/iCloud.
- It can also be used to view and extract data from an iTunes backup or an iOS device.
- It comes with a preview function that allows users to selectively download data and it is very easy to use.