How to Check iCloud Drive File Upload Progress on a Mac

How to Check iCloud Drive File Upload Progress on a Mac

Whether youre moving a file over to iCloud Drive or , you may want to know the upload progress as the file is transferred to iCloud. Fortunately the Mac Finder makes this easy, and youll be able to see the status of uploads to iCloud Drive from several locations in the file system. Well show you four different ways to check iCloud Drive upload progress on the Mac so that you can watch file transfers as they go from the local file system to iCloud.

The Finder Status bar can reveal the exact progress of a file being uploaded to iCloud Drive, this is the most thoroughly detailed option to watch iCloud file upload progress: You must enable the Finder Status Bar to have this feature. Go to the View menu and choose Show Status Bar to do so. The Status Bar is useful in general as it includes , folder item counts, and other helpful information, aside from revealing details about the iCloud Drive upload status. The Size item in List View of Finder windows will show you the remaining size of a file that is being uploaded, offering a countdown of sorts.

 If youre uploading folders to iCloud Drive and want to watch their upload status, youd likely want to turn on the option in Finder for added convenience. Finally, the general icon view in the Mac Finder will also show the upload progress of an item uploading to iCloud Drive. This is found directly under an icon within iCloud Drive of any file being uploaded. The Finder Sidebar will also show a little pie chart type of general indicator to demonstrate upload status, but it is not particularly specific and does not show any sizing information.

Obviously you must have the to see this iCloud Drive upload indicator as well. Remember, any file or item dropped into iCloud Drive will move that file into iCloud Drive and away from the local Mac storage. If you simply want to upload the item into iCloud Drive and not remove it from local storage (closer to how an FTP upload or Dropbox works), youd want to instead. That difference can be a little confusing at first until you learn how iCloud Drive works.

Once the file(s) are located in iCloud Drive, you can as well as from other iCloud Drive Finder windows on another Mac sharing the same Apple ID and iCloud account. Do you have any other tips or tricks regarding watching the progress of uploads and file transfers to iCloud Drive? Let us know in the comments!