iCloud doesn't work on MacOS 14 Sonoma

I finally was able to sign in to iCloud and can now access my System Settings, which is great.....but now my computer isn't running smoothly like it used to. It takes forever to load a page and scrolling and typing isn't smooth at all. It seems like it's ready to crash! What is up with that?

This sounds drastic, but I had to turn everything off for 8 hours. In fact, the total number of hours I shut down the computer and the internet connection was 12 hours. The computer and the routers were completely disconnected from the power supply. No internet or TV, etc, for 12 hours. But it worked.

I can access iCloud, but cannot access my files. I get a message the files are damaged. Someone at Apple has messed up on this update. Apple when will this be fixed, my kids need to work on their papers

works on my MacBook Air except for the notes. The iCloud is just spinning continuously and if you try copy and paste with notes it takes forever. Also typing lists such as hashtags is not working as it did before. There seems some kind of a bug in iCloud to do with notes? Never had this problem before the update.

this worked for me!. Thank you!! for ending 5 hours of misery and panic spent trying to resolve this.

Previously I tried creating the second profile with admin and could accept there but it didn't carry over to the original profile.. and safe mode and all the other suggestions didn't work.

Did not work. Set up new user. Yes - notes copied there ok from iCloud but going back to original user the iCould is just spinning still in notes and any typing/copy/paste is extremely slow and difficult. Typing takes forever to load.

This is really annoying. Why has Apple released Sonoma when it clearly was not ready. It is not fair to expect users to jump through hoops to try and find a solution. Most users are not skilled enough to do all these complicated things...why people buy Apple is for ease of use!! Now have a useless extra user on my MacBook which I did not want eating up memory etc. Space is a problem in any case.

It is odd as on iCloud website everything is there including latest notes - and can change things in notes wiht no problems. Only when using the Notes App on MacBook Air on Sonoma they do not work as they did before the update. Apple needs to fix this. It is ridiculous!

I've had the same problem as to not seeing iCloud - Did all the other things mentioned, finally logged off inside of System Settings, restarted computer (Mac Studio M1 Max) logged back into my account from System Settings, and it worked. YMMV.

HELP!!!

I am having the same issue with my Apple silicon MacBook Pro. Every time I use Finder, it goes non-responsive... even when I try to open or "save as" files in any app (Office or Pages etc.) that use Finder to mange files it goes non-responsive. This makes my MacBook Pro useless for anything other than surfing the web.

I've tried all the above and nothing worked. My laptop is a work laptop being manage by JAMF. My IT team says I have to bring my laptop in to get it 'rebuilt' back to Ventura.

I had to turn of iCloud completely to be able to use any productivity app that uses file storage/management... which is essentially all apps! I can only access my iCloud files by going logging onto iCloud.com, download the file, work on it offline, then upload it as rev2... which is such a waste of time! When I turn iCloud back on in settings, the Finder problem comes back.

Is there a fix where I can start using iCloud again? or will there be a fix/patch coming?

It is incredible that there has been no response from Apple to all of these problems in Sonoma. They should never have released this update if it was not ready! My notes app is unusable on MacBook Air. I can use it on iCloud website but that is not a solution! We should be able to use Notes on the computer like before. It just seems that on each Apple OS update things just get worse. I also can't bear the arrows now popping up when you use Office. And copy paste etc on any browser. They are just distracting. Did Apple ask their customers if they want these silly things or is it just for them to show something looking flashier? Not happy with Sonoma at all!

I installed the update but it has not fixed the iCloud issue and other issues with the notes. You still have iCloud spinning and copying and typing over text grinds to a halt and takes several minutes for a few words to show. The iCloud does update as I can see the new notes if I sign to iCloud on a browser but it still makes working on notes almost impossible on MacBook Air M1.

Indeed. Incredible that this happened just when they put up the cost of iCloud as well. Pay more - get less. Really annoyed with Apple now. Do they really just not care? Putting out an OS which is not properly tested??

I was told that Apple is still working on the issue. Apple support said they were hoping the 14.1 update would fix the issue but it apparently didn't as I still have it, especially with my Book's. They said that their engineers are working on the issues and will hopefully be fixed soon.

This is a huge issue. Apple's software developments are terrible. It makes no sense to introduce new possibilities if the basics are missing.

ICloud has not been working in my case for years. If I restarted my computer, ICloud sync was forced to occur. By introducing Sonoma, ICloud sync does not occur even if I restart my IMac. Congrats !

ICloud is the basis of service.

It didn't solve my issue with iCloud books showing up in the Books app. Only about 1/3 of my books showing up, both on my macbook and my iphone. I luckily haven't upgraded my iPad so that is still working corectly.