Weird Issue with my iCloud Folder

By Maldalain, 19 May, 2025

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macOS and Mac Apps

Something strange is happening with my iCloud Drive folder on my Mac. Folders keep appearing on their own, with odd names like *SwingUpdater*, *SFU*, *authkit*, and *appdefense*. Sometimes there are dozens or even hundreds of these folders. I also see other folders with sequential numeric names like *1*, *1.1*, *1.2*, and so on.
What's even weirder is that when I open iCloud Drive on another device, everything looks normal—my folders appear just as I expect them. This strange behavior only happens on my Mac. I’ve tried deleting the odd folders, but they just reappear.

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By Tyler on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - 20:42

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

I've never seen this issue myself, but the first thing I'd try is to sign out of iCloud, delete iCloud Drive data from your Mac, restart the Mac, and then sign back in.

HTH