Duplicate Contacts

Can anyone tell me why this window appears continuously and can’t be closed?

Best guess would be, IAW your previous screen shot, you have at least 5 iCloud accounts still active.

To remove the accounts, you need to highlight them and press the minus button.

I don’t know man, it just seems like iCloud is another Apple failure. Its all messed up.

iCloud works just fine, if you know how to use it.

How many iCloud accounts are you actually logging into?

In System Preferences, Internet Accounts, do you have any iCloud accounts listed?

Are you complete signed out of iCloud?

In addition: Do you have any other devices signed into iCloud that are working correctly?

Log into iCloud.com website and see if all your Contacts are listed there. Also check to see if your calendars are there.

Everything is back to normal? Calendars also?

You didn't answer all questions, so I assume you have another device besides the computer that you use iCloud to sync with.

I am not running Mavericks, so I can't test anything I say to you.

The issue when you log into your computer and it asks you to sign into iCloud, are you using your Apple ID password for a login to the computer? If so, that may be why it disconnected you from your user account. If so, create a new password other than your Apple ID. You can associate your Apple ID with your user account and still have a separate password for login.

Calendars are like Contacts where when you sign into iCloud, it will merge the info. When using iCloud and signing out of it for whatever reason, it is best to choose the box to remove all content from the computer. When you sign back in, it will put the info back.

If you don't use iCloud, then choose to keep it local on the computer. Just remember if you do sign back into iCloud, it will merge the content. I thought you had the option whether or not to merge, but I don't remember.

Whenever i sign out of iCloud, when I sign back in, I uncheck the boxes for Mail and other apps on the first screen so nothing is checked when it logs in. I then choose the boxes to enable manually after that. Point being, if I'm keeping Contacts or Calendars local, I don't have to go through that process of that information being merged. I just leave those boxes unchecked in iCloud preferences and only enable what I want.

When you understand these things about what is going on, iCloud is no problem and works really well. Whether or not you want to use it is up to you.

Glad to see it's back to normal.

Computers are getting more complex every day and seems we are all being pushed into the world of cloud computing. Guess we just have to deal with things as best we can.

Good Luck

No, it's not normal. Not sure of exactly what the cause will be.

iCloud setup generally is just a matter of signing into it for setup. Sometimes it gets corrupt and requires signing out and signing back in. Also, your keychain may be corrupt and causing the problem. You also mentioned something about iTunes syncing. I don't remember what you can sync with iTunes in Mavericks, but it isn't a good idea to use to different methods for syncing the same items. So no need to sync Contacts when iCloud already syncs them.

You can try this process unless you want to wait for someone else to reply. This may take a few minutes, but shouldn't do any harm.

Hopefully you do have a backup in case anything goes wrong.

If you are using iTunes for syncing, uncheck anything that might be duplicated in syncing by iCloud such as Contacts, Calendars, etc.

Quit all applications.

Go to iCloud.com and make sure all information for Contacts and Calendars is correct. If all your info is correct at the website, then go to System Preferences and open the iCloud pane. Don't uncheck the boxes in the list, just sign out of iCloud completely. Choose to delete all info such as Contacts, Calendars, etc. from the computer when asked. This should remove all the information from the application as well as the databases for those on the computer.

Also, pen the Message and FaceTime applications and sign out of those also. Now you should be completely signed out of all iCloud applications.

Next, open Keychain, and select Logins in the top window and All Items in the bottom window. Search for iCloud and delete any remaining items related to iCloud logins. I'm not sure if Mavericks uses or if you are using the iCloud keychain. Note what keychain an item belongs to. Only delete from the Login KeyChain and not an iCloud keychain. If you do, you may need to re enter the passwords on the other devices when asked.

Then open KeyChain first aid and verify and repair your Keychain.

Open Disk Utility and select your boot volume from your hard drive. Repair permissions.

Restart the computer. I assume you should not get any requests at this point for iCloud logins.

Go to iCloud in System Preferences and sign into iCloud. Verify any service you use is checked such as Mail, Contacts, Calendars, etc., and leave any you don't use unchecked. Verify your Contacts, Calendars, etc., are restored.

And last, go to Messages and FaceTime if you use them and sign back into those also. Make sure all your addresses in each application are shown. You will probably get alerts on other devices that all those addresses have been signed into by another device. That is normal.

If this doesn't solve your problem, then I don't know what else I can tell you.