Why is iCloud not syncing across my two macs?

I have installed Yosemite on my MacBook Pro and on my 2010 iMac. iCloud Drive is not syncing between the computers. I can create folders on each mac in my iCloud Drive through the Finder and they do not mirror each other. Moreover, they are not uploading consistently to my iCloud Drive. Only a handful of the folders and their files have uploaded. It is a hit and miss. What must I do to fix this impasse?

You may need to reset the iCloud documents & data service, as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5824.

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It is not Mac to Mac.
Why not look up iCloud support, it was never offered as anything outside iOS 5 supported devices.
Maybe if you would stop reading into things what isn't there.
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My devices are not syncing in iCloud.
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Fiona

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I have a macbook pro, iphone 4, and iMac. Both computers are running Lion and my iphone 4 is up to date.
I believe I set up iCloud correctly on all three devices. However, only the iMac and the iPhone seem to be syncing properly. For some reason, mail sent from me.com via my macbook pro doesn't show up in my other devices. Also, iCal entries made on my macbook pro are also not showing up.
Is there a quick fix? Some kind of setting somewhere that I need to change? All help appreciated.

mail.
Try turning mail and notes syncing off and on again on the MacBook.
calendars.
First check that all your settings are correct, that calendar syncing is checked on all devices (system preferences > iCloud on a mac and settings > iCloud on a iPhone, iPad or iPod).
Make sure the calendars you are using are in your 'iCloud' account and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud account (you can do this by clicking/tapping the calendar button in the top left corner of the application ), non iCloud calendars will not sync.
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All I want iCloud to do is simply mirror and sync all three of these Notes platforms so that the latest versions of all existing and new notes are identical in number and content on all devices.
Is that not what this great complicated,bug-prone iCloud is SUPPOSED to do ????
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- Iam frustrated and on the verge of just shutting it all down and giving up on the Cloud - it is so poorly explained !!!

I can't see a failure on Apple's part: they are giving you Notes for each and every of your email accounts. In each account you can activate Notes or not. Can you ask for more flexibility? The rest depends on what you make out of it.
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2.2. In iOS:
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On your iPhone go on Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendar> Under "Contacts: in "My Info" select That new contact you created on your Mac.
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HTH.

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