Tip 28Quickly Get Documents into (and out of) iCloud

While editing a document in apps that are compatible with iCloud, you can quickly move the file to iCloud—even if it has previously been saved on your hard disk. To do so, click the filename in the title bar, and then select the Move to iCloud entry from the menu that appears. Note that when it moves to iCloud, the file will no longer exist on your hard disk—it will disappear. This avoids the confusion of duplicated files.

To move a file out of iCloud, repeat the procedure to bring up the menu as described earlier, but this time select Move To. Then select a location on your hard disk from the file-browsing drop-down menu that appears (select Other at the bottom of the menu to specify a location ...

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