# iOS & iCloud Slow to start: "Waiting for iCloud to synchronize Obsidian configuration files…"

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/ios-icloud-slow-to-start-waiting-for-icloud-to-synchronize-obsidian-configuration-files/50827>\
**Category:** Bug graveyard\
**Tags:** upstream-bug, repro, ios\
**Created:** [December 28, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/ios-icloud-slow-to-start-waiting-for-icloud-to-synchronize-obsidian-configuration-files/50827 "2022-12-28T13:08:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChipWarren](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@ChipWarren](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ChipWarren)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/ios-icloud-slow-to-start-waiting-for-icloud-to-synchronize-obsidian-configuration-files/50827/17 "2023-03-01T15:15:08Z")

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Also, if I tell the app to “skip” this process, I can open the app but then it freezes within a few seconds and I have to force quit it.

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