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Dedicated iCloud Drive App Included Within Settings of iOS 9

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Hidden in the settings menu of the just-unveiled iOS 9, today it was found that iCloud Drive will be getting its own dedicated app experience with the newest iteration of iOS.

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The app, hidden by a "Show on Home Screen" command in the iCloud Drive section of settings, will allow users to interact and manage all of their saved files within iCloud inside of the app.

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The specific setting for turning on the hidden app lies in Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive. Once users decide to turn on the "Show on Home Screen", the app will show up on their home screen alongside their previously downloaded apps.

Tags: iCloud Drive, WWDC 2015

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BruiserB
143 months ago
Can they now put toggles in to allow people to turn off the other stock apps that they don't want? Seems like doing that would make a lot of people happy!
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appleguy123
143 months ago
They need a setting like this for most of the native apps
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DCstewieG
143 months ago
Now just add a Windows folder sync client and this could compete with Dropbox. But not without it.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201391

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Kobayagi
143 months ago
Yay, saw no use in iCloud Drive until this.
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iamMacPerson
143 months ago
Finally. Took long enough!
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cheesyappleuser
143 months ago
Now that makes sense.
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