Trying to set up family sharing on my iMac, El Cap recently updated to 10.11.1, and see that iCloud is missing from System Preferences. It is present on wife's MacBook Air running 10.11.1. Advice, please.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
You will likely need to reinstall El Capitan, but you can manually look for the settings pane using the below pathway.
Open a Finder window: Click "Go" > Computer > Macintosh HD (your hard drive) > System > Library > PreferencePanes
Look for iCloudPref.prefPane. If it's there, double click it and see if it opens the settings for you.
Nope! We should be able to delete the preferencepanes cache to bring it back (usually)
Quit System Preferences and open a new Finder window.
Click "Go" > Hold down Option and Library will appear > Select Caches > Move com.apple.preferencespane.cache to the trash
Close Finder and open System Preferences
Downloaded and reinstalled OSX 10.11.1 and deleted the PrefPane cach from the Library. iCloud is still missing from System Preferences!
I notice that the PrefeerencePanes folder in the Library is empty, FWIW.
I didn't even know that existed!! That is really cool, and really helpful to know. Crazy that you needed a Senior Advisor to tell you that. I've used Macs for years and have never seen that.
Thanks for sharing that.
My problem was ultimately solved by a Senior Apple Advisor who went directly to System Preferences > View and checked "iCloud."
Thanks to Pmintz25 for intelligent suggestions!
Thanks! I can open the iCloud prefPane from the Library, but it doesn't stay in Settings. Is a full reinstall necessary to fix this?
Well that was easy! Out of curiosity, does the iCloud preference disappear if you uncheck iCloud?
Not sure how that got changed.
I should have included this step: System Preferences > View > Customize. Check or uncheck iCloud to show or hide it in the Pref Panes.
iCloud missing from system preferences
