after macOS 10.13.4 update iCloud drive makes finder unresponsive

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after macOS 10.13.4 update iCloud drive makes finder unresponsive

Hi all,

I've recently updated to macOS 10.13.4. After the restart I got the message that iCloud Drive failed because the helper application could not be started. This has rendered my finder completely unresponsive ("Application Not Responding"). I could not open any file on my computer, restarting finder did not help. Running `brctl log --wait --shorten` in the terminal showed that there were sync errors, but I could not interpret or address them. Unticking iCloud Drive in the iCloud sync preferences panel released the block on finder straightaway (and files opened that I had tried opening while it was unresponsive). I have tried several things:

- signing out and in of iCloud.

- waiting 12 hours with iCloud Drive on to see if the sync errors are resolved.

- removing the .plist preferences for Finder from ~/Library/...
- resetting PRAM and SMC.

No luck...

Any ideas that I haven't tried yet? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)

Posted on Apr 10, 2018 1:00 AM

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Answer 1

lennartinge Author

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May 21, 2018 3:40 AM in response to lennartinge

Hi all,

the issue I reported above on April 10th has been solved after installing the Security Update 2018-001 to macOS 10.13.4.

For those of you who are struggling with a similar issue, I'm sorry that there hasn't been a more constructive solution, but at least for me everything is working again.

Cheers

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lennartinge Author

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May 31, 2018 2:59 AM in response to lennartinge

Hi all,

I'm afraid that the problem has resurfaced after installing the update to iTunes Version 12.7.5 on the 30th of May. I'm now again stuck with the only "solution" to disable iCloud Drive entirely. Hmm. Still a massive headache.

Cheers

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Eric Root

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May 31, 2018 11:29 AM in response to lennartinge

When you deleted the Finder.plist, did you restart the computer?

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IDrimi

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Apr 18, 2018 1:11 PM in response to lennartinge

Had the same issue as well. Finder very slow due to this icloud pop-up.

My temporary Solution:

Go the Settings
Go to icloud settings
Uncheck icloud
A couple of popups will appear asking for a local sync of you files. Ignore them as the finder is to slow to sync those files.
Restart

Without icloud it wokrs properly. If I reanable icloud again it's messing with the finder.

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