Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarise notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Check your iCloud Drive file and folder status on Mac
When you store files in iCloud Drive, you can view your folders and files in Finder. They may appear with a status icon, which indicates if they’re in iCloud, waiting to upload and more.
On your Mac, click
in the Dock to open a Finder window, then click iCloud Drive in the sidebar.Choose View > as List.
Choose View > Show View Options, then select iCloud Status.
Tip: Even if the iCloud Status column isn’t in the Finder window, the status icon for most iCloud file transfers appears next to the folder or file name. The only icon that doesn’t appear is for downloaded items.
View any of the following:
In iCloud:
indicates that the folder or file is only in iCloud. You must be connected to the Internet to work with the item, unless you download it to your Mac. Control-click the file, then choose Download Now.Ineligible:
indicates that the folder or file could not be stored in iCloud. This status is usually because the size exceeds the 50GB limit for an individual folder or file in iCloud Drive. To learn more about freeing up storage, see Optimise storage space.Downloaded:
indicates that the folder or file is up to date between your Mac and iCloud and you can view or edit it immediately, with or without an internet connection.Keep Downloaded:
indicates that the folder or file is kept downloaded on your Mac, even if it’s an older item and more storage space is needed. See Keep items downloaded.Waiting to Upload:
indicates that the folder or file is not yet stored in iCloud.Out of Space:
indicates that the folder or file can’t be stored in iCloud because there isn’t enough iCloud storage left.A similar icon can also appear next to iCloud Drive in the sidebar, where it indicates that iCloud storage is full.
Pie chart:
changes gradually from clear to dark to indicate the progress of a file transfer.The same pie chart can also appear next to iCloud Drive in the sidebar, where it indicates the overall progress for files transferring to and from iCloud Drive.