# Enable layout sync through iCloud Drive

Turn on iCloud Drive on each Mac, then enable Sync with your other Macs in CubbyPad’s Layout settings.

Last updated 26 October 2026

## Follow these steps

1. Enable iCloud Drive under the intended Apple Account on each Mac.

1. Back up any arrangement you want to keep.

1. Open Settings › Layout › Sync.

1. Enable Sync with your other Macs and review any choice between existing data sets.

## What to expect

Layouts, folders, hidden apps and chosen app names can travel through a file in your own iCloud Drive. The applications themselves are not installed through that file.

Apps absent from one Mac keep their place for Macs that have them. Each Mac still needs a compatible CubbyPad installation and an available activation under your license.

## If the result is different

If iCloud is unavailable, use Open iCloud… and check the system setting first. Allow delivery time before expecting another Mac to show a change. Keep a separate backup before merging or replacing organization you cannot easily recreate.

For the broader walkthrough, read [set up layouts, focus and icloud sync](https://cubbypad.com/guides/layouts/).

## Related answers.

[### Fix layout sync when iCloud Drive is off

CubbyPad’s sync relies on iCloud Drive being enabled for the intended Apple Account on each participating Mac.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/icloud-unavailable/)[### Choose between this Mac’s layouts and iCloud’s

When CubbyPad asks which existing layouts to use, inspect and back up the arrangement you want before choosing a side.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/icloud-conflict/)[### Save a CubbyPad layout backup file

Use Back Up… in Settings › Layout to save pages, folders and hidden apps before a major change.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/layout-backup/)

Source: https://cubbypad.com/help/icloud-enable/