William Gallagher, Apple Insider:
Once you understand how it works —and know the right sequence of steps to go through —then file sharing with iCloud Drive is tremendous when it’s working. It’s just that setting it up is surprisingly confusing, so let’s walk through it.
And:
The way that you share files from iCloud Drive varies slightly between iOS and Mac, but the principle is exactly the same on both. You find your file, choose Share and then specify who you’re sharing it with.
Remember that your file has to be in iCloud Drive and remember that you cannot do this with a folder. You can’t even select two or more files and share those. It’s one file at a time, as tedious as that is.
I really want to use iCloud Drive. But I end up using Dropbox. It’s just easier.
That said, this is a good “how to”, well written, absolutely worth reading, just to know how this works.
I stopped using Dropbox because I already have storage with iCloud and Google Drive, and having *three* sync clients was a bit much to keep track of.
I’m lucky in that I don’t need to share a lot. The equation would be different if that is important for you.
People, people! Just use Git. It’s intuitive and such.
I don’t…
Bad joke, I know. But what makes Git better? Why would I even want to look?
You seem like a nice person, please don’t use Git. I am obviously not a good at sarcasm which means my Canadian passport might be revoked.
It’s a source code management system for developers, testers, ops types, etc. If you’re in that camp it’s great, if you’re not, stay away.
I’ve got my Synology NAS set up and ready to do just this. I use iCloud for a lot of things, but sending out large files is better controlled in-house.
Sorry, my sarcasm detector must be on the fritz.
Sharing a file over iCloud is literally attaching it to an email. Apple will do the right thing with large files.
I use Dropbox all the time. It’s a monster. The only reason it’s “easier” is you’re used to it.