You can access iCloud Drive from the Finder window, but for an even quicker way to see you cloud files you can add a shortcut to the Dock itself. As the icon for iCloud Drive is not accessible from the Applications folder, this quick SoundByte will show you 2 ways to add this onto the Dock.
To add iCloud Drive to the Dock (as an application)
- Click on the Finder icon in the Dock.
- On the Finder menu bar (at the top) click on Go > Go to Folder...
Paste…
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Applications/
… into the Enter a path field.
Pasting the pathway address in the Go to Folder... > Enter a path field.
- Drag the iCloud Drive app icon to the Dock. As this is an application it will need to be placed on the left-hand side of the Dock divider line (which separates applications and folders).
Dragging the iCloud Drive application icon into the Dock.
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To add iCloud Drive to the Dock (as a folder)
- Click on the Finder icon in the Dock.
- On the Finder menu bar (at the top) click on View > Show Path Bar (if not already shown).
Activating the Path Bar option in the Finder.
- On the Finder window click on iCloud Drive from the left-hand side menu.
- In the path bar at the bottom of the Finder window it says iCloud Drive - drag this into the Dock. As this is a folder it will need to be placed on the right-hand side of the Dock divider line.
Dragging the iCloud Drive folder into the Dock.
::WARNING:: Be careful not to drag the iCloud Drive folder on to the desktop as this will make a copy of the folder and its contents there.
These instructions should work on any version of macOS that include iCloud Drive.