iCloud Drive needs to finish updating ... WELL HOW MANY DAYS DOES THAT TAKE ?!

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iCloud Drive needs to finish updating ... WELL HOW MANY DAYS DOES THAT TAKE ?!

See Attachments. I need to not use iCloud right now because I need my large video files on my computer so I can work with them ... without waiting for them to download.

I've had this "iCloud Drive needs to finish updating before continuing with sign out" message for like 24 hours! But I see Terminal is showing no activity!

I had done a Clean Install, with my new iMac ... because of weird issues with the track pad ... spurious inputs. Apple is exchanging the track pad. AND the Cancel/Open option at the bottom of windows was not available. I could not see it with resizing the window, I had to change the screen resolution! Now I have that back, but the Resizing option in the lower right corner of windows, when I have a window full of photos, is gone? I did the Clean Install, erased my built-in Fusion drive, and was selectively adding items back via Time Machine. But I guess iCloud basically repopulated my iMac?

Malwarebytes says I'm clean. I've been using Macs since the SC, in 1987! I've never had any problems?!

iMac 27" 5K, macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 12, 2019 6:33 AM

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tygb

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Mar 12, 2019 11:28 AM in response to tygb

Let the documents be downloaded in home folder ( in your case the documents have larger data ) and it can take time to finish and let the bar be loaded .

Click on finder > Go > home > your user name > iCloud Drive ( archive ) the documents will get synced after hours .

If you click on cancel it will stop and documents will not be archived , in your screen shot it is for activity monitor and not terminal .

To stop a process select the process and click on cross sign see this article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/activity-monitor/quit-a-process-actmntr1002/mac

To quit which process open activity monitor and in its spotlight search type iCloud and quit the first process .

Before applying it please consult apple support senior advisor see this link https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT201232

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Answer 2

tygb

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Mar 12, 2019 10:00 AM in response to Frederick Koiwai

Why are you trying to sign out from iCloud in system preferences > iCloud to set up see this link https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-13681

Read this article also https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206985

And what is the maximum size of video you are tying to upload , please clarify .

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tygb

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Mar 12, 2019 10:36 AM in response to Frederick Koiwai

You can directly transfer ( drag and drop ) files from wwwicloud.com in finder locations see this article https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT206985

Regarding Macintosh HD is appearing on the desktop to remove it from the desktop , open finder and its preferences , click on general and uncheck the box of hard disks .

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Mar 12, 2019 10:47 AM in response to Frederick Koiwai

But what about this ... that's been spinning it's wheels for like a day now? I'm worried that if I do either Cancel or Stop Updating, it will try to force me to reinstate iCloud? As I said before and showed a screen snapshot of Terminal ... it's not doing anything, any more at least.

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tygb

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Mar 12, 2019 10:48 AM in response to Frederick Koiwai

In your first post when you sign out of iCloud account you have to click fast on stop updating and continue , the major role is iCloud verification code to set up keychain once again , if the steps are not followed or a single incorrect step will show an error .

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Answer 6

Mar 12, 2019 6:37 AM in response to Frederick Koiwai

As you can see from the attachment above. I only have 174 GB in iCloud. I have like 15 external hard drives but only Time Machine and one other HD has been plugged in. And I unmounted them when I signed out of iCloud Drive. I also put my iPhone in Airplane mode, so it would not be continuously getting "updates" from it.

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Answer 7

Mar 12, 2019 10:22 AM in response to tygb

I'm a photographer and videographer. I need my files on my computer. I can't be waiting for them to constantly download from iCloud. For my current video project I have over 150 gigs of files. I DID have those files on my internal HD, as opposed to the Desktop ... so that they wouldn't upload to iCloud, and were readily available for Final Cut Pro X. But after I erased my HD to do the clean install of the OS, for the first time ever ... my internal HD didn't even show up on my desktop? I imagine because "everything" was now iCloud? I had No Place to keep those video files locally ... thus turn the darn iCloud off.

Or ... what should I do?

The internal HD IS now appearing on my desktop.

Thanks ...

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Answer 8

Mar 12, 2019 10:39 AM in response to tygb

Confusing ... much of what you are saying is backwards ... to me. I'm saying that Macintosh HD was not appearing on my Desktop after the Clean Install. And of course that is with Hard disks checked off in the Finder Preferences. It only appeared when I turned off iCloud. But I will read your links. Thanks

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