I noticed that icon for iCloud in system preferences (settings) panel is missing after update. I have restarted the mac but the icon is not restored.
How to solve this.
Mac mini, macOS 26.1
Click on your Apple Account at the top of the System Settings sidebar. There should be an iCloud setting there, too.
Click on your Apple Account at the top of the System Settings sidebar. There should be an iCloud setting there, too.
Try booting into Safe Mode then restart normally. Sometimes that will fix anomalies.
macos 26.2 did not fix the icon missing problem. I discovered that if you change the sidebar icon size in settings/appearance to large then the icon is ok and then if you set it to medium or small then is also ok. After another open the settings the icon is missing. If you leave sidebar icon size to large then is all ok. As soon as you change it to medium or small the icon is missing.
The thing is as I see, if you change the window size of the settings that you dont see the icloud icon then the icon is always there as you scroll down, but if you leave the windows setting size large that you always see the icloud icon then it is missed.
The solution I found for now is to set the settings window size so it does not show the icloud icon or a few icon above it. Then after a new open of settings if you scroll down the settings you should see the icon is ok and not greyed out.
Is this a managed computer, like one administered by a school or business? If so, your IT administrator is the one to ask.
It is not a universal condition. From my M4 Pro Macbook Pro running 26.1:
The only other thing I can suggest is reinstalling Tahoe from Recovery Mode. I had a small problem a few versions ago, and that's the only thing that would fix it.
You can send bug reports through the feedback page.
It's certainly possible but if so, it is definitely not a bug that affects everyone. Not a single 'Me Too' click in this thread, and I see the iCloud icon behaving normally in System Settings.
You can submit a bug report, but I suspect this is something specific to your system and that you may need to reinstall macOS.
The sidebar isn't greyed out its the default icon for when an icon is missing it look bait like a test card.
I have the same issue. It come back when going to accounts in mail swell. It's a bug I am sure not sure what events lead to its state.
Changing sidebar icon size
Only temporality sets it back
Safe Mode then restart normally.
Doesn’t solve
You should let Apple know.
we have
macos 26.2 did not fix the icon missing problem
Nope .. still here
Is this a managed computer
Nope
Recovery Mode
Not doing for one icon. there must be a solution without having to do this.
a single 'Me Too'
a lot of people are reporting this issue though
A dozen people is not a lot, it's not even a blip relative to the millions running Tahoe.
Suggest you see if Apple can fix it:
Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple
I did boot into safe mode and restarted and it did not work. The icon is still not showing. I also cleared the icon cache but that also did not work. But sometimes it shows the icon for a couple of minutes and the it disappeared again and shows this grey box. That hapens on macos 26 as well on this 26.1. only this icon has problems like it is managed from could servers. I dont know.
You should let Apple know. We can't do anything about it.
The icon for iCloud is displayed when launching internet accounts from mail app file menu, but when you launch settings then it is grayed out. I think it is a bug that needs to be fixed.
Here is the video showing this bug that i have.
https://1drv.ms/f/c/51ddc533bf15e6f3/EvRTlkhhTmJDpA9o3BuXE7gBu2f95HssUjUhc51OBIdzzw?e=ouWl8b
iCloud icon is missing from settings pannel on macos 26.0 and 26.1
