Show iCloud Drive on the iPhone or iPad home screen

iCloud Drive has become the quintessential app that allows files not only to be stored in iCloud, but also to be accessed or retrieved from a Mac or using an Apple ID.

iCloud has been present in iOS as a file storage mechanism, but now, with the latest versions of iOS, iCloud Drive can appear on your mobile device's home screen to give you quick access to your files . So, if you've made any changes to a file in iCloud, those changes will be reflected in iCloud Drive, whether you're using iOS or macOS.

How to activate iCloud Drive on iOS and display the icon on the home screen

This time we bring you the possibility of having iCloud Drive on the home screen of your iPhone or iPad:

1. Go to the app settings and select “ iCloud ”.

2. Look for “ iCloud Drive ” in the list that will appear below and change the switch that should be OFF to ON.

3. Locate the “ Show on home screen ” option and switch it to ON.

4. Finally, exit settings and check that the iCloud Drive icon appears on your home screen.

iCloud Drive is one of the few apps that behaves like a remarkably simple file system for the user, because it allows you to search for, open, view, and edit files, or even edit them from within another iCloud-compatible app. Furthermore, you can use iCloud Drive on any device to view images and media stored in the app simply by using the same Apple ID.

So, if you haven't created any documents in iCloud yet and want to copy a file into the app from your OS X computer, you just need to sync them via iCloud Drive from your iPhone or iPad on iOS.