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When I open the Finder window (I think that's what it's called), I see the icon and words for iCloud Drive. Thinking this was like Dropbox, I click on it, and nothing happens. I've upgraded to Yosemite on my iMac, I've been on iOS8 for some time, so I thought this was the big deal. Apple was offering a drive like Dropbox, but it might as well be on Mars. I can't get it to show me anything. I tried dropping a folder into it (iCloud Drive), but I don't see that anything really happened. And I supposed I've shown my ignorance here.
It seems to work just like the old iCloud. You have to go in either through the browser or through an iCloud-compatible app.
So…why show the icon if it's essentially useless?
Yosemite/iCloud wizards, enlighten me. I spent virtually all night last night upgrading to Yosemite. So far all I notice is that things look different. Notifications are pretty cool and improved, but the stellar iCloud Drive features don't seem to be here.

Yes, restarting fixed it.
Thanks, Jean Shea,Scott and randers4 for your help.

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