How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices
By following a few simple steps on your Mac and your target device, you can easily get your documents synced using iCloud, Google Drive, or Dropbox. Click the menu. This is the upper left corner of the screen.
Method 1 of 3:
Using iCloud
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Picture 1 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click the Apple menu. This is the upper left corner of the screen. -
Picture 2 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click System Preferences. -
Picture 3 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click iCloud. -
Picture 4 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Sign in with your Apple ID.- If you do not have one yet, you can make one by clicking 'Create a free Apple ID'.
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Picture 5 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Check the iCloud Drive checkbox. -
Picture 6 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click Options. -
Picture 7 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click Desktop and Document Folders.- This option requires macOS Sierra and iOS 10 (if syncing to an iOS device). [1] Older versions of macOS can use the Documents option in the main iCloud menu.
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Picture 8 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Check all boxes in the window. -
Picture 9 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click Done. -
Picture 10 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Open the Settings app (iOS).- If you want to sync your documents to another Mac or Windows device, download iCloud Drive (if Windows) and repeat the previous steps.
- iCloud is not supported for Android devices.
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Picture 11 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Tap iCloud. -
Picture 12 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Tap iCloud Drive. -
Picture 13 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Tap the iCloud Drive slider to enable. -
Picture 14 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Open the iCloud Drive App. The files synced from your Desktop and Document folders will appear in the iCloud Drive app interface.
Method 2 of 3:
Using Google Drive
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Picture 15 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Navigate to https://drive.google.com/ on your Mac. -
Picture 16 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Sign into your Google account.- If you do not have a Google account, you will need to make one.
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Picture 17 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click New. -
Picture 18 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click File Upload.- You can also click Folder Upload to upload multiple documents.
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Picture 19 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Select a file on your computer to upload. -
Picture 20 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click Open.- You can also drag and drop files into the Google Drive window to upload them.
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Picture 21 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Navigate to https://drive.google.com/ on your other device.- If you are using an iOS or Android device, you can also download the Google Drive app.
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Picture 22 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Sign into your Google account. You will have access to all of your files uploaded from your Mac.- You can click/tap a document to view it or open the menu for a document and click/tap Download to save it to your device.
Method 3 of 3:
Using Dropbox
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Picture 23 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Go to https://www.dropbox.com/ on your Mac. -
Picture 24 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Sign up for an account.- You will need to provide a name, email and password to do so.
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Picture 25 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click the Download. -
Picture 26 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Run the installer. -
Picture 27 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Sign into the app. -
Picture 28 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click the Dropbox menu. This will appear in the upper right corner of the top menu -
Picture 29 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Click Open Dropbox Folder. -
Picture 30 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Drag and drop your documents into your Dropbox folder.- A file in the process of uploading will display a blue loading icon. This will change to a green checkmark when the upload or sync is complete.
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Picture 31 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Go to https://www.dropbox.com/ on your other device.- If you are using an iOS or Android device you can install the Dropbox app.
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Picture 32 of How to Sync Your Mac Documents to Other Devices Sign in to your Dropbox account. Your synced documents will appear in your Dropbox.- You can click/tap a document to view it or open the menu for a document and click/tap Download to save it to your device.
Update 04 March 2020
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