iCloud Drive stuck Setting up...

I had a similar problem. my solution is to sign out from iCloud then sign back in again.

Relaunch the Finder.

Hold the option key on keyboard first and then right-click on Finder Icon in the dock and click 'Relaunch'. After relaunch, it'll work!

PHOENiX.505Oct 17, 2014 12:31 PM Re: iCloud Drive stuck Setting up...
Re: iCloud Drive stuck Setting up...in response to wdhoward

Relaunch the Finder.

Hold the option key on keyboard first and then right-click on Finder Icon in the dock and click 'Relaunch'. After relaunch, it'll work!

This worked for me! Thanks

Apple tech support saved the day.

This article they forwarded to me solved the whole problem (which my migration via time machine from another machine seemed to create)

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4040?viewlocale=en_US

all is well now: icloud drive has ceased from its unremitting labors. it is now at rest....and with it, my frustrated soul.

thanks for your help, person with a funny apple id handle!

Patrick

This worked for me:

1. Finder > Go > (hold down option key) > Library;
2. Right-click on Mobile Documents > choose Compress "Mobile Documents";
3. Move "Mobile Documents.zip" to my Desktop (now I have a backup of my iCloud docs);
4. System Preferences > iCloud;
5. Sign Out and accept alerts;
6. Restart the Mac;
7. System Preferences > iCloud;
8. Sign back into iCloud;
9. One-by-one, from the bottom up, enable each iCloud feature and wait for it to complete (if you're enabling Keychain you'll be prompted for additional security);
10. Finally, enable iCloud Drive (mine took about two minutes);
11. If any docs are missing (some 3rd-party docs were missing for me), you can get them from the backup in step 3.

Hope this helps.

cfaheybestpitch

This worked for me:

1. Finder > Go > (hold down option key) > Library;
2. Right-click on Mobile Documents > choose Compress "Mobile Documents";
3. Move "Mobile Documents.zip" to my Desktop (now I have a backup of my iCloud docs);
4. System Preferences > iCloud;
5. Sign Out and accept alerts;
6. Restart the Mac;
7. System Preferences > iCloud;
8. Sign back into iCloud;
9. One-by-one, from the bottom up, enable each iCloud feature and wait for it to complete (if you're enabling Keychain you'll be prompted for additional security);
10. Finally, enable iCloud Drive (mine took about two minutes);
11. If any docs are missing (some 3rd-party docs were missing for me), you can get them from the backup in step 3.

Thank you, you saved my day! ✅

Signing out of iCloud and signing back in worked for me. Yes, you will get a warning that your Contacts, Calendar, etc. data will be removed from the Mac, but it will be repopulated when signing back in. (That was my experience anyway.) A "setting up iCloud Drive" spinning wheel that had been stuck overnight completed setup in about 1-2 minutes after signing out and back in.

Cfaheybestpitch,

I tried to follow your workflow, but after signing out of icloud and then restarting the machine, the Macbook has apparently signed my back in to icloud automatically; I can't re-login because I'm already logged back in. So I can't do that sequential activation of each feature in icloud.

Any idea why the macbook would automatically log me back into icloud after I've logged out and restarted?

Hi Patrick,

Strange. I'm not sure why that would happen.

Maybe try signing out - give it a few minutes - then do a shut down - give it a few minutes - restart.

This is all pretty insane, since I needed to restart, but most people didn't need to. So all I can offer is a shot-in-the-dark here.

I'll post back if something else comes to me.

HTH!

I also had this problem after upgrading to Yosemite and was able to resolve it using the following steps (without signing out of iCloud):

- I turned on iCloud drive on my iOS device using the same Apple ID as my Macbook

- I upgraded an app that can save to iCloud Drive, in my case Keynote

- I created a new file, saved it to iCloud Drive

When I next went to the iCloud Drive folder it was set up and running as expected.

hi all...

the latest OS X update 10.10.2 solved this issue neatly on my macbook air...

before that i tried all the methods that were posted on various forums but nothing helped...

good i did not try the logout iCloud account option & create a separate password for the machine...

cheers...

I got this issue right after I paid to upgrade my storage options a few weeks ago.

I have the latest iOS9 on my phone and iPad, latest Yosemite on my Macbook Pro.

I would follow the "log out and back" instructions, except I have documents in my iCloud. I would backup my "mobile documents.zip" except it doesn't exist... I have a folder that isn't a folder, sort of...it doesn't have a triangle next to it, and double clicking takes me straight to a finder window displaying "iCloud Setting Up"...which is, of course, what I'm trying to fix.

I can see and get to my iCloud via my iOS devices, but I don't have sufficient space on my devices to download all the things that are there.

Any ideas?

When you sign out of iCloud from the Mac, did you delete all contacts, calendar, etc? Are they easily repopulated from iCloud when you sign back in?

This did not work for me. I signed out, deleted everything, signed back in, and I still get "Setting up..." and the spinny thing.

-Mike D

This does the trick. Thanks for posting!