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* And then it got weirder…
* And then it got weirder…
** Suddenly my Mac thought I was using too much iCloud space:<br>[[Image:BooksSyncFail04.png]]<br>Which was weird, because mac Mac and iOS Devices were telling me I had > 1GB left!<br>[[Image:BooksSyncFail05.png]]
** Suddenly my Mac thought I was using too much iCloud space:<br>[[Image:BooksSyncFail04.png]]<br>Which was weird, because mac Mac and iOS Devices were telling me I had > 1GB left!<br>[[Image:BooksSyncFail05.png]]
** Now what? Is my iCloud storage full or not?
** Finder seems to think it's full too (and that's space left):<br>[[Image:BooksSyncFail05.png]]


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[[Category:Mac OS X]]
[[Category:Mac OS X]]

Revision as of 17:37, 1 January 2021

About

Catalina is very reliable and easy to use OS - having that said, Books, Music and TV Apps keep driving me crazy.

This time Books.app stopped syncing. Of course with out any recognizable problem. No alerts displayed in any way. And Apple does not make it easy to solve puzzles like this. The whole iCloud Books syncing is a darn black box.

What I did to find the problem

  • Made sure my iOS-devices were syncing OK
  • Made sure my Mac was signed in to iCloud
  • Performed some rituals…
  • Took a look at ~/Library/Mobile Documents/
  • Found two suspiciously looking folders…
    BooksSyncFail01.png

What I did to solve the problem

  • I trashed one of them…
    BooksSyncFail02.png
    …and then mac OS started syncing:
    BooksSyncFail03.png
  • And then it got weirder…
    • Suddenly my Mac thought I was using too much iCloud space:
      BooksSyncFail04.png
      Which was weird, because mac Mac and iOS Devices were telling me I had > 1GB left!
      BooksSyncFail05.png
    • Now what? Is my iCloud storage full or not?
    • Finder seems to think it's full too (and that's space left):
      BooksSyncFail05.png