One of the biggest missing features of iCloud had always been the inability to share files with non-iCloud users. While cloud storage providers like Dropbox has always included an easy way to share files using public links, iCloud didn’t offer this feature in the past. Thankfully, it’s finally here, and now you can share files up to 5GB in size with anyone with a simple link. In this article, I am going to show you how you can share files using iCloud File sharing on Mac.
We have already covered how users can share iCloud files and folders with other Apple users on iPhone in a previous article. If you are interested in that, click on the link to read it. Here, we are going to show the steps for sharing files using a public link. That will allow you to share files with anyone, whether they are using iCloud or not. With that, let’s get into our tutorial.
Now, right-click on the file you want to share and go to Share -> Add People, as shown in the picture below.
The second “Permission” option lets you give read and viewing rights to users. If you don’t want users to make any changes to the shared file, keep the “View only” option selected.
I am happy that Apple has finally decided to improve its iCloud storage service. Cloud Storage providers like Google Drive and Dropbox have leapfrogged iCloud in terms of features. Apple’s inability to improve iCloud has forced users like me to pay for multiple cloud storage services.
