HT204053 documents in icloud.

how do I pick from my mac book pro which documents I want to sync to icloud?

What kind of documents are you talking about? If these are iWork documents (Pages, Numbers, etc.) then with Lion, you need to log into icloud.com with a browser and in the iWorks page, copy documents from mac to icloud. With Mountain Lion, just use the appropriate application, like Pages (latest version) and it provides a way to save to icloud.
Those are pretty much the only documents you can sync to icloud (but also Word and Excel docs). See...
http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/documents.html

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HT204053 My ipad stores my documents on iCloud. How can I find them from a different computer, as I used to do by using a memory stick on my old PC etc ?

My ipad stores my documents in iCloud. How can I find them from a different computer? I used to use a memory stick and could work on my documents on any computer and want to have a replacement system using documents created on my ipad - I can't use a memory stick with it.

How do you know that they are on iCloud, the iPad can (and does) save locally. If they are on iCloud they will be accessible via the application that created them (Pages, Numbers etc) and can be reached from any computer with iCloud access by logging to iCloud.com. But you did that and stated that they are not there, so what makes you think that they are?

HT204053 how do i see documents in icloud

How do I setup Icloud to view documents.
I checked it in the preferences box but do not see an icon nor know where to store documents in order to be seen

Hi,
In fact, document can only be seen from within apps. On your Mac, it will be from within Pages, Numbers, etc. and from your iOS device, it will be again from the related apps. These updated apps for Mountain Lions have a feature to select where to open/save document; on iCloud or on Mac.
From iCloud.com, you can go on the iWork icon to see all your documents.
Again, this only work with Mountain Lion.

HT204053 Can I see Excel and Word for Mac documents on icloud?

Can I see Excel and Word for Mac documents on icloud?

No, I already have Microsoft Office for Mac on my macbook and on my imac. I want to share the documents from one (imac) to the other through Icloud. But it doesn't show them as an option. How do you share documents on one computer to the other within the same house?

Problem with documents on iCloud.

I have a problem with documents on iCloud, I can`t use it with Pages on Mac and iOS too, Pages not view any documents and can not approach to save documents and not save new documents to iCloud. Any idea?
Thank you for help.

Hello,
Winston and Shayari,
I have also faced this problem with document on iCloud, I couldn't saved the documents to iCloud,
But I found this article problem posted by Hindi love Shayari San and I found the solution this way:
I signed out, then singed in again renabled the iCloud and it works.
I could do this with the instructions of Winston told to Shayari.
Well, a big thanks from my side.
Veena

I have a mac air and an iMac and both have Pages. I use Pages on my air and save all documents to iCloud. I can see them on my iMac but it won't open with Pages. It becomes visible if I change it to open with preview but I can't interact with it.

I have an mac air and an iMac 5k - pages runs on both. I use pages on my air and save all my documents to iCloud drive. I can see the documents on my iMac but some won't open in pages which is bizarre? They will open if I change it to open with preview but then all I can do is read it - I can't add to the document - All I want is to be able to see all my documents on all my devices and to be able to have them sync so I can add to the documents from any of my devices. I also have an iPhone 6 and an iPadair2 but I would be happy just to have the iMac and macair sync for starters. I have folders within folders in my documents,. The folders which contain pdf's and individual files open OK . The one I am having difficulty with is the file which I use for ongoing correspondence - in other words it is quite long - I keep adding to it ( by copying letters in and letters out so I can see a sequential history of what has been going on by scrolling down ) in date order so that it could be 1 - 100 pages long - but I don't think the size is a problem. I don't understand why some folders can open and others not . Has anyone any suggestions please. I have been trying to get this to work for months since iCloud drive came in. It has got much better but it is still not good enough - or maybe it's me?

All I can suggest is that you open that file on the MBA and save it as a new file, then see if you can open the new one on the iMac.

Microsoft Office Documents in iCloud CAN Be Done...

Hey everyone,
I wanted to share my experience as I've seen threads saying it can't be done and a lot of people confused as to, why not? Here's my method of working so hopefully everyone can enjoy this feature like I am. The image below IS a Word document but it's for my solicitor so has personal info on it.
Just list a few specs I'm using as the system layout might be different to yours;
OS X Mavericks 10.9.3
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
MacBook Pro Mid 2009 model
Step 1: Test Document
Go to Applications and open up 'TextEdit' and click the bottom left hand corner which states 'New Document' and type whatever you want, maybe 'test text'. Go to save and choose a name to save the document under BUT in the field where it says 'Where' choose iCloud... There's a method to my working.
Step 2: Finding the 'Hidden' Library folder in Finder and Mobile Documents
Click 'Finder' and at the top menu bar find 'Go' and click that, with your finger on the options key simultaneously (my keyboard states 'alt' and has the squiggle for Options) then you should see Library pop up, click that. A whole new 'screen' should pop up and scroll down until you find 'Mobile Documents'. Open it up and this is where ALL the iCloud content is saved so don't try and delete or change too much in here if you can help it. Go to the 'com~apple~TextEdit' folder and you should see your STEP 1 test document in there... So, we know it works now? Keep this open for the time being so you don't have to route through again...
Step 3: Putting Microsoft Office Documents in iCloud
Choose what WORD (Pages), EXCEL (Numbers) or POWERPOINT (Keynote) document you want to save in iCloud and open that document up as normal (so in Microsoft Office). Click SAVE AS and here's a pictured example below, save the document as .docx and save. You'll now have TWO of the same documents I have one which is compatible with Mac & Windows but the second is JUST for Mac (I believe) and this .docx is the one you'll need for iCloud.
Step 4: Putting the Word or Document into iCloud
Go back to your Finder window which has the Mobile Documents but then go to File > New Finder Window (So you have them side by side like the picture) > Locate your .docx Saved document and all you need to do is drag that file to the area you want it to go. So, if it's a 'Word' document you'll want to go to Pages as its equivalent. Open up the com~apple~Pages folder and you'll get two other folders and open the one on the left and drag the file into there.
Step 5: Check it's actually in iCloud...
Go to, www.icloud.com
Sign in with your ID etc. and it'll be in there... If you have Pages etc. on your iPhone or iPad... i believe it'll be in there but I haven't got these on my iPhone or iPad. let me know how you do?
Dave
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can share some word documents with pages on your iOS devices.
If you want to upload documents that aren't for use with iOS devices this User Tip might be of interest.

Pages won't open documents from iCloud

I have a bunch of documents in icloud. I can open them on my iPad, but I cannot open them on my MBP. I get an error message simply saying Pages cannot open the document. This is a brand new MBP running Mountain Lion.

I've encountered this issue a couple of times with Pages 5.1. You try to open a document you've been previously working on that's saved in iCloud, and almost instantly Pages says it can't open the document.
I logged into iCloud and confirmed the document was there are editable with iCloud Pages beta.
You'll find you can create a new document, save it to iCloud, but be unable to open it. Likewise, you can rename and duplicate documents in iCloud using Pages, but still it won't open anything.
Before you get too carried away signing out of iCloud, or deleting folders and what not as I've seen suggested, restart your computer to see if that fixes the problem.
In my case this worked, and effectively, your computer is signing out of iCloud, then signing back in when you restart.
There could be many reasons aside from the obvious bug in Pages as to why this might occur. Are you signed in on two different user accounts using the same iCloud account, as is frequently the situation with me, as I have a work user and home user on my MBP.
Is your wireless connection a little unreliable. You might be able to browse, but the signal strength might be too low to interact with iCloud reliably.
In any event, the good old "turn it off, then turn it on again" fixed the problem for me. Try that first as it's the least destructive.

When I try to open a Pages document from iCloud, created on my iPad, I get message stating I need a newer version of Pages. When I go to app store all I get is "installed" when looking at pages app. my Macbook pro is up to date with all updates.

When I try to open a Pages document from iCloud, created on my iPad, I get message stating I need a newer version of Pages. When I go to app store all I get is "installed" when looking at pages app. my Macbook pro is up to date with all updates. Any ideas?

You have 2 versions of Pages on your Mac.
Pages 5 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09/'08 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
You are alternately opening the wrong versions.
Pages '09/'08 can not open Pages 5 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Pages 5/5.01 can not open Pages 5.1 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Pages 5.1 sometimes can not open its own files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Pages 5 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.
Once opened and saved in Pages 5 the Pages '09 files can not be opened in Pages '09.
Anything that is saved to iCloud is also converted to Pages 5 files.
All Pages files no matter what version and incompatibility have the same extension .pages.
Pages 5 files are now only compatible with themselves on a very restricted set of hardware, software and Operating Systems and will not transfer correctly on any other server software than iCloud.
Apple has not only managed to confuse all its users, but also itself.
Note: Apple has removed over 100 features from Pages 5 and added many bugs:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
Archive/trash Pages 5, after exporting all Pages 5 files to Pages '09 or Word .docx, and rate/review it in the App Store, then get back to work.
Peter

How to share documents with iCloud and Pages?

I keep getting reminded to remove everything from iWork, but I don't really understand how to share anything (documents) on iCloud. Am I missing something? (Well, I know I am, but it isn't exactly straightforward to me.)
Could someone point me to some information about that?
Thanks.

You can store iWorks docs on iCloud, but you cannot share them with others. The old iWorks beta web site let you host files for other remote users to have access to them, and iCloud (at least not now) does not allow that.

Ipad can't see numbers document in icloud

I have icloud set up on my imac, itouch and ipad. I have Numbers on all of them. I saved a numbers document on the cloud from imac, and it appeared on ipad. This morning I saved another numbers document on icloud, but no matter what I do it won't show up on ipad. I've wasted SO MUCH TIME (not to mention the money it cost to buy the apps) on this useless "timesaving" feature. *** is going on?

Disregard. It apparently took about 15 minutes for the sync to occur and now I'm seeing my iCloud documents on my iPad.

I saved a spreadsheet to iCloud now I can not access it. The message I get say I need a newer version of Numbers but I already have it. How do I get access to my document on iCloud?

I saved a spreadsheet to iCloud now I can not access it. The message I get says I need a newer version of Numbers but I already have it. How do I get access to my document on iCloud?

Please see this user tip:
Need newer version of Numbers to open file

I have just downloaded the latest update for Pages on my iPad and now it can no longer open up documents in iCloud and then just shuts down. What The.

i have just downloaded the latest update for Pages on my iPad and now it can no longer open up documents in iCloud and then just shuts down. What The.

Before the reset quit Pages like this:
Double click the Home button to show the screen with running and recently used apps. Each app icon will have a sample page above it. Flick up on the page (not the app icon) and the page will fly away and the app icon will disappear. This quits that app.

How do I retrieve Pages documents from iCloud?

My Pages documents are backed up on iCloud. I deleted a doc from my iPad and can see it listed in Settings on the Cloud, but can't download it back onto the iPad. How do I do this?

Open the Pages app on your iPad. You will see all the documents from iCloud on the first screen that appears.

Can I store documents in iCloud? Other than those default ones.

iCloud is very useful for photos and documents I create with Pages (Mac) for example. Indeed, I can use Pages on my iPhone (4) for quick edits. Even have a Bluetooth keyboard that works with it... But other programs, like Freeway express etc, I can't seem to tell it to save anything to iCloud. I'm haveing to revert to SkyDrive - which is nice, but doesn't seem to want to play nicely and sync with the Apple folder with out a bit of a nudge. I also have a Win8.1 box ( which I hate, but lets not go there.) which has stuff on it I need, and it actually plays nicely with iCloud. but of coourse I still set up say, a Documents directory.
Does anyone know if Apple is thinking of adding "Documents" to iCloud. So I can stuff anything in there? Silly question I know, but yhou never know who's reading this stuff :-)

Definitely not a silly question.
As far as I know iCloud does not have generic storage for any kind of document. Only the specific Apple apps that support it.
For those other things, I like Dropbox, which does sync flawlessly with the Dropbox folder on my mac, and with my IOS devices.
You are correct, that would be a nice feature. You can give feedback to Apple here: Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback

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