HT204150 Contacts locking up on my Mac

I started noticing that my Contacts were not updating on my Mac.  I then went onto iCloud, and noticed that they were not updating there either.  I have read other posts of icloud syncing problems, and it is recommended to turn the icloud feature off and then back on.  Now the problem that I have, is that I can't turn it back on for Contacts on my mac.  When I try to turn it back on it either locks up System Preferences or the Contact app (spinning rainbow wheel).  I tried turning the icloud sync for my contacts off on my iPhone, and then turned it back on, and did a Merge, and it still did not update my contact list on iCloud.  This is driving me crazy...I just want an updated Contact list on all my devices.  Any help????

Same happening here. Contacts and calendars sync between 2 Macs OK using iCloud. iCloud syncing with iOS devices worked well until Monday afternoon 12/19.
Since then (3 days) mail, contacts and calendars in my iCloud account do not sync to iPhone 4 and iPad. Photo Stream OK.
All software is up to date. Wiped iPhone and started fresh. Still syncing is broken.
OmniFocus, Evernote, Gmail, Dropbox sync OK. Safari works too. 
Attempts to delete iCloud from iPhone stall at spinning pinwheel.
Likewise attempts to disable calendar and contacts services stall.
Seems this problem relates to iCloud security on iOS gadgets.
Still out if sync.

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