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macOS - Adding iCloud Drive to the Dock

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.

James Pearson

31 Dec 2021 • 2 min read

SOUNDBYTE #6 macOS Adding iCloud Drive to the Dock artwork. Icon by Sergey Demushkin @ The Noun Project.

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. — 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. — Dragging the *iCloud Drive* application icon into the Dock.

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. — 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. — 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.

_{Originally posted 28 August, 2021 and updated 14 May, 2024.}