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Q: iCloud Drive setup is taking an unusually long time

I recently upgraded to OS X Yosemite on my Macbook Pro laptop. I logged into iCloud in my System Preferences, and it said it was setting up the iCloud Drive. However, it has been loading for the past 3 hours.

 

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I set up iCloud Drive on my iPhone 4S just fine. How do I fix this? Is there a way to restart the process?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 8:17 PM

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  • by JP Ellery,Solvedanswer

    JP Ellery JP Ellery Oct 18, 2014 8:56 PM in response to celebi7
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    Oct 18, 2014 8:56 PM in response to celebi7

    Hi.

     

    Quit System Preferences and try again. If it's still like that when you reopen the iCloud panel, restart your machine and try again.

     

    Cheers.

     

    JP

  • by celebi7,

    celebi7 celebi7 Oct 19, 2014 8:40 AM in response to JP Ellery
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    Oct 19, 2014 8:40 AM in response to JP Ellery

    I restarted the computer and it was set up the next time I logged in. It must have needed a reboot.

  • by Snagged,

    Snagged Snagged Oct 20, 2014 10:23 AM in response to JP Ellery
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    Oct 20, 2014 10:23 AM in response to JP Ellery

    I have this issue also and this fix does not work for me

  • by SentierTranquille,

    SentierTranquille SentierTranquille Oct 22, 2014 3:56 AM in response to Snagged
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    Oct 22, 2014 3:56 AM in response to Snagged

    I have just been on to Apple Support with the same problem.  In my case the problem appears to have been that virus software was enabled.  I booted in safe mode (shift and switch on and hold down the shift for a while), then signed out of iCloud (without losing documents on the Cloud), restarted and then the iCloud setup completed.  I have now disabled the anti-virus (it was Avast).  Apple Support was emphatic that anti-virus was not necessary on a Mac!!  Really?  I hope so.

  • by ecrissey,

    ecrissey ecrissey Oct 22, 2014 6:19 AM in response to SentierTranquille
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    Oct 22, 2014 6:19 AM in response to SentierTranquille

    I just tried this and it worked for me too. I have Virusbarrier installed and when I booted into safe mode, and signed out and back into iCloud I was able to setup the iCloud drive.   I have since rebooted normally and with Virusbarrier active I have able to access my iCloud drive.

  • by Snagged,

    Snagged Snagged Oct 22, 2014 6:19 PM in response to SentierTranquille
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    Oct 22, 2014 6:19 PM in response to SentierTranquille

    Thanx for the tip, it worked like a charm

  • by mahippos,

    mahippos mahippos Oct 26, 2014 11:23 PM in response to SentierTranquille
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    Oct 26, 2014 11:23 PM in response to SentierTranquille

    Just a note about switching off iCloud drive in safe mode. You get a warning that ALL your files stored in iCloud will be deleted from your computer. I went ahead anyway, and nothing seems to have been lost, though it was white-knuckle for a moment. After restarting normally and switching on iCloud, the setup took an uncomfortable ten seconds, but now I do have an iCloud drive. Thanks.

  • by RadioFreePG,

    RadioFreePG RadioFreePG Jan 20, 2015 10:01 AM in response to JP Ellery
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    Jan 20, 2015 10:01 AM in response to JP Ellery

    Not working for me. I just upgraded to Yosemite, so that is probably the source of the problem. They can't test everything, but they seem to miss a lot of really common stuff! What is the next workaround?

  • by RadioFreePG,

    RadioFreePG RadioFreePG Jan 20, 2015 10:02 AM in response to mahippos
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    Jan 20, 2015 10:02 AM in response to mahippos

    I can logout, but I can't uncheck the iCloud drive. Is that wht you're talking about? I get the dumb warning when I start to...

  • by mando9854,

    mando9854 mando9854 Nov 8, 2015 3:59 PM in response to celebi7
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    Nov 8, 2015 3:59 PM in response to celebi7

    I have the same problem and i tried all the solutions that have been written here and none have worked it really bothers me

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Nov 8, 2015 4:02 PM in response to mahippos
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    Nov 8, 2015 4:02 PM in response to mahippos

    mahippos wrote:

     

    Just a note about switching off iCloud drive in safe mode. You get a warning that ALL your files stored in iCloud will be deleted from your computer. I went ahead anyway, and nothing seems to have been lost, though it was white-knuckle for a moment. After restarting normally and switching on iCloud, the setup took an uncomfortable ten seconds, but now I do have an iCloud drive. Thanks.

    That means that nothing was stored on the iCloud Drive.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Nov 8, 2015 4:03 PM in response to RadioFreePG
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    Nov 8, 2015 4:03 PM in response to RadioFreePG

    RadioFreePG wrote:

     

    I can logout, but I can't uncheck the iCloud drive. Is that wht you're talking about? I get the dumb warning when I start to...

    What (if anything) have you stored on the iCloud Drive?