iCloud Drive — where are my files?

I set up a new MacBook with Big Sur installed. I have singed into my iCloud account. The iCloud Drive however only shows folders for App documents like "TextEdit", "Preview", etc.

But I have many, many other folders I have created in iCloud Drive ... they're not showing up.

I see them when I go to iCloud.com and go to iCloud Drive.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 1:46 PM

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JKCalhoun Author

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4 points

Nov 20, 2020 2:36 PM in response to JKCalhoun

It took several hours, but the file are showing up now.

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