Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 13

Create iCloud Folders

Here’s a tip that will be obvious to anybody who owns an iPad or iPhone but possibly a revelation to anybody else.

Apps that let you save files within iCloud, such as TextEdit and Preview, allow you to create folders within iCloud to help organize documents. But there’s no New Folder button. Instead, you can create a new folder by dropping one file on top of another (provided either file isn’t locked). You’ll immediately be prompted to enter a name for the new folder. Simple!

You can add new items to the folder by dragging and dropping them on top, just like in Finder. Note that you can also elastic-band select many files at once.

To delete the folder, you’ll need to empty it of all its contents by either dragging ...