iCloud Drive on Mac never fully syncs
I have a 2TB iCloud Drive and use it on my Mac with a 2TB hard drive for the past few years. iCloud Drive set to automatically save drive space. The problem is the iCloud Drive never fully syncs, it's always syncing something. Yesterday, it said it had to upload 35,000 items to sync. Today, it says it has to upload more than 141,000 (where all these files came from I don't know, there was nothing installed or updated and I sure didn't create them since all I've done it watch YouTube and Netflix and browse a few internet sites). iCloud sync has never ever fully completed, not in years, and has never stopped trying to sync. If I want to have a file, like a photo or document, available system wide (also on my iPhone, for example) I have to allow days, sometimes weeks or months. I also have Dropbox with the same settings and it syncs in a matter of seconds.
What gives, Apple? How do I get my files synced and backed up? You just raised the price for the One Pass and I don't feel like I'm getting what I paid for.
Mac mini, macOS 12.6