iCloud Sync activity log

Question

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:

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?

Here is the main q&a for this topic https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/151421/how-do-i-know-if-a-file-has-been-successfully-synced-to-icloud-drive — bmike, Apr 07 '19 at 22:25

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '19 at 22:15

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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

answered Apr 07 '19 at 22:15

Jonas Stensved

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As far as 2020 and MacOS Catalina --wait parameter no longer exists. – Dawid Moś Feb 01 '20 at 14:51
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You can use brctl log -w --shorten on Catalina – intagli Feb 29 '20 at 17:06

iCloud Sync activity log

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