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I want to create a link to a folder in iCloud Drive from another location in iCloud Drive, I want the link to work on MacOS & iOS. I can't figure out a solution so far.

Things I've tried so far:

Symlink strategy

ln -s ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/source_dir ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/dest_link

Alias Strategy

  1. Right-click on source directory > Make Alias option in the menu

Smart Folder Strategy

  1. File > New Smart Folder
  2. Add a new row for search criteria
  3. Set Document Container equal to "source_dir"

Results

Strategy Works on MacOS? Works on iOS?
Symlink ✅ YES ❌ NO
Alias ✅ YES ❌ NO
Smart Folder ❌ NO ❌ NO

Summary

How can I create a link to another folder in iCloud that works on both macOS and iOS?

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  • The question has come up before, but I haven't found the older one. iOS supports neither smart folders nor user-level symlinks.
    – nohillside ♦
    Commented Oct 10, 2023 at 15:42
  • Neither does the web version of iCloud
    – mmmmmm
    Commented Oct 10, 2023 at 17:27

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You can not do this as it's not implemented for cloud and iOS.

Sadly, suggesting a feature or feedback to Apple is the only thing I could see getting it prorated. Or choose another storage ecosystem. OneDrive has some features like this at some price points and configurations.

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