My iCloud drive has been stuck on uploading

For the last two weeks I've been trying to make iCloud Drive not be stuck uploading. I have been to so many of these threads. So I thought now that I found a solution that I would share it.


I'm on Windows and for some reason the Software kept getting stuck on upload. The way I fixed is by right-clicking the iCloud Drive in my file explorer and turning on the option "Always keep on this device"


Now if you have a huge drive this might not be the option for you, since you'll have everything on your computer, but it did make my iCloud Drive not stuck uploading


Took a few screenshot of the magic happening:



Just to name a few things I've tried without success:

  • Installing the latest version of iCloud
  • Changing around firewall settings
  • Force closing iCloud Drive by using the task manager (making iCloud Drive recount everything and start all over)
  • Restarting my computer (multiple times)

Posted on Dec 5, 2024 01:39 PM

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Dec 14, 2024 02:59 AM in response to Beevocate

I've been stuck on this for so long, I forgot to update this thread that I finally found a solution.


The problem was I had some files that needed to be confirmed by an admin on my computer. I found out since I have multiple drives til ensure different things are backed up. I tried to backup my files on a OneDrive and it requested admin status from me, which iCloud simply doesn't. OneDrive had a hard time with those files as well, so it isn't just a way for me to say OneDrive>iCloud. I excluded the files that needed an admin to backup and everything is running smoothly now.


A few tips I found out along the way:

  • Just because the drive seems stuck, doesn't mean it is stuck. Sometimes iCloud will be working in the background not using a lot of the computer's power. It took me 8-12 hours to go through it all and I did so multiple times because of the aforementioned, because I didn't know what the problem was (so I thought iCloud just got stuck, and it was a problem of the software). If you can, let your computer be open overnight especially if you have a lot of GB laying around
  • Force closing iCloud because you think it is stuck may lead to a disaster - for me it uploaded all my folders which were empty without any order, so if you can, try not to force close iCloud with Task Manager (it was a mess to clean up)
  • If you hold SHIFT, mark all the folders you want to backup, press RIGHT CLICK, and click on PROPERTIES, it'll show you how many files are actually present. If your iCloud finds too many files (for me it found 130.000+ while there were actually only around 90.000), there might be an issue (which might be the one I was having with the authorized by admin files).


The specific files that were the issue was me trying to mod the game Minecraft. A setup where you use InteliJ, gradle and some other stuff. These things combined prompted the ask for permission whenever the files needed to be moved around


Hope this helped, even if it was just a fellow Minecraft modder amongst the crowd of iCloud Drive users

Dec 6, 2024 01:39 AM in response to BobbyMargarita

I truly do not know. I'd urge you to try it out though. Since last night, when I made this post iCloud Drive got stuck again, although it did backup quite a bit. I have no idea why, but it did. When I restarted my PC, it started on something, but I don't know what and since iCloud Drive is probably the only cloud-software on the market without an interface to see whats happening so I can't possibly know.

Dec 5, 2024 11:25 PM in response to Beevocate

Beevocate,


I have the same issue. I utilize both a Mac and PC. Coworker and I utilize an iCloud share folder for collaboration and document sharing. He’s strictly Mac, i mainly use PC due to Mac software limitations. Do you know if turning on the “Always keep on this device” option will still allow the files created on my PC to be uploaded to the iCloud share folder?


Thx

BM

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