Metadata query not coming back with anything. Is there actually any Stuff up in the cloud? Get a listing of the ubiqutious container dealie:NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSURL *ubiquitousFolder = [fm URLForUbiquityContainerIdentifier:nil]; NSLog (@"Location of ubiquitous folder: %@", ubiquitousFolder); // Then use standard ways of iterating, given a URL, such as NSArray *contents = [fm contentsOfDirectoryAtURL: ubiquitousFolder includingPropertiesForKeys: @[] options: 0 error: &error]; if (contents == nil) { NSLog (@"could not contents of %@ - %@", mediaDirectory, error); }