ICloud Sync activity log

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Trying to figure out how to see activity happening while iCloud Files is syncing. The macOS Console application shows messages from cloudd, but nothing very useful:

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The Activity Monitor does not show cloudd nor other process transferring much data either.

I'm looking for log files under /var/log or ~/Library/Logs, but cannot find anything.

Is there any log file that could be used with tail to see iCloud sync activity in real time?

Best Answer

You can use brctl like brctl log --wait. When it stops showing messages it's synced.

There seems to be a lot of options and little information. This blog post might be helpful

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