
With the iCloud Status indicators enabled, anytime you are copying files to iCloud Drive from Mac or moving files to iCloud from Mac OS you will see the indicator change for those files. This is signified by the iCloud Status option being grayed out and unselectable. Note if you disabled iCloud Desktop and Documents folders on MacOS so that your desktop and documents aren’t uploading into iCloud, then this iCloud status indicator feature won’t be available for those directories, and instead will be limited to iCloud Drive. You can also right click on the file list headers and choose to toggle “iCloud Status” from there, which is quicker than going to View Options preference panel. Like other sort columns, you can move it around as desired. Once the iCloud Status view option has been enabled, it will be visible as a column in List view.

Navigate to an iCloud Drive folder, or if you use iCloud Desktop and iCloud Documents to there *.How to Enable iCloud Status Indicator for Mac iCloud Folders

Note these iCloud Status indicators are different from progress indicators, though you can also check the progress of iCloud file uploads and downloads in Mac OS if desired. The iCloud Status indicators in Finder can tell you if a file or folder is only in iCloud, on the local Mac, ineligible for iCloud, waiting to upload, transferring, and more.
