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Q: iCloud drive has an electric symbol in it

The iCloud drive symbol in finder on my iMac has an electric ( lightning) type symbol in it, why?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 7:36 AM

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Q: iCloud drive has an electric symbol in it

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Sep 13, 2016 8:17 AM in response to darrenfromgillingham
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    Sep 13, 2016 8:17 AM in response to darrenfromgillingham

    This symbol?

    Screen Shot 2016-02-29 at 2.46.18 PM.png

    I am occasionally seeing it, if files on iCloud Drive do not finish syncing and are showing a progress bar.

    I have not seen this icon explained in any Apple document, but it seems to indicate that iCloud Drive cannot sync.  Usually it will help to simply restart the Mac to kick off the iCloud processes again.

  • by darrenfromgillingham,

    darrenfromgillingham darrenfromgillingham Sep 13, 2016 8:17 AM in response to léonie
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    Sep 13, 2016 8:17 AM in response to léonie

    YYes that's the one.

     

    Thing is even though it is there I am still able to create a numbers document for example and it still syncs to my other devices!!

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    léonie léonie Sep 13, 2016 8:36 AM in response to darrenfromgillingham
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    Sep 13, 2016 8:36 AM in response to darrenfromgillingham
    Thing is even though it is there I am still able to create a numbers document for example and it still syncs to my other devices!!

    There might still be an update in progress that is hanging for other documents.  Are you seeing any progress bars, if you are looking into the folders on iCloud Drive?

  • by darrenfromgillingham,

    darrenfromgillingham darrenfromgillingham Sep 13, 2016 8:46 AM in response to léonie
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    Sep 13, 2016 8:46 AM in response to léonie

    nope everything is updated and  accessible

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 13, 2016 9:05 AM in response to darrenfromgillingham
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    Sep 13, 2016 9:05 AM in response to darrenfromgillingham

    It would really help, if Apple explained the icon badges in the help documents.

     

    This support documents mentions "in-progress change" icon, but does not describe, what it looks like.

    https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203052

    If you still don't see the latest changes or you see an "in-progress change" icon or the iCloud Drive icon in the notification area (system tray), try to save a new document to the iCloud Drive folder. Then check the iCloud Drive folder to see if the changes appear.

    I left feedback in the feedback area at the bottom of that support document.