how to upload files to iCloud drive?

I can't seem to upload files to my iCloud drive. Never tried to before, and nothing in it, but when I'm logged in to iCloud on my Mac, and I drag various files into the Drive window, nothing happens. "No items." Must be some trick.

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Mar 15, 2023 08:12 AM

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Posted on Mar 15, 2023 03:25 PM

What browser are you using on your Mac to access the iCloud website?

The drag and drop work for me on Safari and Firefox.


Also, where on iCloud.com are you trying to drag it to. In iCloud Drive, the Recents and Recently Deleted folders won't allow you to drag and drop anything to them, however Browse and Downloads and any folder with in them should.


You should get a green circle with a white plus sign on your mouse cursor when you drag a file onto a location it can be uploaded to.


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Mar 15, 2023 03:25 PM in response to Dannymac22

What browser are you using on your Mac to access the iCloud website?

The drag and drop work for me on Safari and Firefox.


Also, where on iCloud.com are you trying to drag it to. In iCloud Drive, the Recents and Recently Deleted folders won't allow you to drag and drop anything to them, however Browse and Downloads and any folder with in them should.


You should get a green circle with a white plus sign on your mouse cursor when you drag a file onto a location it can be uploaded to.


Mar 15, 2023 03:32 PM in response to Phil0124

I'm using Firefox, latest version. You just drop a file there, where it says to drop a file, and nothing happens. I guess I'm trying to drop to Recents. But my only choices seem to be Recents, Browse,and Recently Deleted. Um, looks like that's the answer. Need to upload in Browse. Boy, that sure wasn't obvious. Why don't they make it more self-evident where you can and cannot upload? To me "Browse" means looking at stuff, not uploading stuff.

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