Viewing iCloud Document Status

If you are like me I have started using iCloud to store everything from documents to spreadsheets to photos.  iCloud allows me to preserve space on my Mac’s drive and gives me access to these files wherever I am on all of my devices.  It is well worth the nominal fee Apple charges.  The more files you have to more you may wonder whether that file is really resident on iCloud or perhaps hasn’t quite made it there yet.

If you use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac, your folders and files may appear with one of these status indicators:

• In iCloud: The In iCloud status icon indicates that the folder or file is only in iCloud. You must be connected to the internet to work with the item, unless you download it to your Mac. Control-click the file, then choose Download Now.
• Ineligible: The Ineligible status icon indicates that the folder or file could not be stored in iCloud. This is usually because the size exceeds the 50 GB limit for an individual folder or file in iCloud Drive. To learn more about freeing up storage, see Optimize storage space.
• Downloaded: The Downloaded status icon indicates that the folder or file is up to date between your Mac and iCloud and you can view or edit it immediately, with or without an internet connection.
• Waiting to Upload: The Waiting to Upload status icon indicates that the folder or file is not yet stored in iCloud.
• Out of Space: The Out of Space status icon indicates that the folder or file can’t be stored in iCloud because there isn’t enough iCloud storage.

  A similar icon can also appear next to iCloud Drive in the sidebar, where it indicates that iCloud storage is full.

• Pie chart: The pie chart status icon gradually increases from clear to dark as the files are transferred.

  The same pie chart can also appear next to iCloud Drive in the sidebar, where it indicates the overall progress for files transferring to and from iCloud Drive.