iCloud Drive sync stuck
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I ran into the exact same problem like some other people here. After clean-installing Monterey to my two machines yesterday (MacPro 6.1 and a MacBook Pro 15" Late 2015) my iCloud Drive got stuck syncing on both machines!
If I try to copy folders within the folders in iCloud Drive (documents / desktop / etc.)I get this Error: **Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in “” cannot be read or written Error -36**
If I click on a folder's cloud icon to download it it says **folder "" can't be downloaded check your internet connection**. But I am online, no ports are blocked.
Copying files is not a problem! Just folders. When I deactivate iCloud Drive I can copy folders on my desktop without any problems.
The same problem is also documented here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253885938?page=2
**What I did:**
- Booting in safe mode
- PRAM Reset
- Uncheck iCloud Drive couple of times
- Killall Bird
- Tried everything from this topic https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/264915/icloud-drive-is-stuck-uploading-items-and-no-longer-syncs
Nothing worked. **Just deleting the CloudDocs Folder helps for a couple of Minutes**. While it starts resyncing I can copy folders an everything is ok till it finished syncing. Then the problem is back.
So what I can do?
Would be great to get your help and expertise!
Asked by 12557
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Feb 15, 2023, 07:55 PM
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