Apple's online storage, synchronization, and general cloud services
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One Apple ID being used for multiple phones. How to create a new Apple ID for one?
I have a question regarding using the same Apple ID for multiple phones. I have let my dad use my Apple ID to purchase apps and stuff, and now I realize that he uses my ID for iCloud, and all our ...
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Transfering Contacts from Icloud to Iphone
My brother and I shared the same apple ID, so all of my contacts from icloud are under his apple ID.I got a new Iphone using my OWN apple id. How do I get my contacts from his icloud onto my iphone?
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How can I get calendar events to consistently sync across all my devices?
I just recently set up iCloud to sync calendars between my iPhone, iPad and Mac. Sometimes it works perfectly and sometimes one or the other of the 3 devices is missing a particular event.
What ...
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Sync Photostreams from different Apple ID's to the same PC
I've got a great setup when it comes to backing up the photos I take with my iPhone. They are synced to iCloud with Photostream, and then iCloud pushes them down to my PC. My PC runs a job in the ...
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Stop Mail from keeping sent drafts?
I use iCloud and I like Mail to save my drafts on the server.
But I have no desire to keep them as drafts after they are sent. But Mail keeps the drafts and I have to manually delete them.
I ...
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Can the default contact store for Mountain Lion be iCloud?
I'm struggling to manage duplicate contacts and would like to entirely and permanently disable the "On My Mac" category for contacts.
I never, ever want a contact to be added to a Mac and not be ...
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How to add localised holidays to iCal
How can I add a localised holiday calendar to iCal? I would like to add all public holidays to iCal/iCloud, how to best do this?
(Personally I'm after the Norwegian and Australian Holidays, but I'm ...
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Automatically share new photos with photo stream?
Is it possible to make every new photo taken automatically appear in a photo stream that is shared with other users?
Either by some how share the default photo stream or make another photo stream as ...
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What impact will a dropping Internet connection have on an in-progress iCloud backup?
We are in an area where there is extensive construction going on so internet connectivity to our building is frequently interrupted. My iPhone 5 is set to backup to iCloud. I am connected to a local ...
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My apple account and gmail account are messing up my email
I have a registered apple account ending in @me.com and a gmail account as well. This is causing extremely frustrating email problems as I am not able to view any emails sent to my @me account on my ...
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Restoring a new iPhone via iCloud post-setup?
I am trying to restore my new iPhone with the data from my old iPhone via iCloud. I have tried to follow this tutorial, but unfortunately I cannot connect to wifi during the setup process (my wifi ...
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iCloud Mail setting not saved in System Preferences on Mountain Lion
I'm having difficulty keeping a Mail setting in System Preferences (10.8.2) persistent.
I have an iCloud account that is the same as my AppleID - xxx@mac.com.
I don't want to use the xxx@mac.com as ...
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How to change a users name on a Shared Photostream?
Shared Photostreams are a fantastic way to keep in touch with family and relatives. Comments on Shared Photostreams make them even better as this allows discussion about the action in the picture. ...
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iCloud showing different sets of files to OS X users using same iCloud login
I have two accounts on my MAcbook Pro. One for work and one for home. I recently wanted to share a Keynote presentation between both accounts and the iPad. I logged both accounts into iCloud using the ...
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No Flagged email folder on iCloud browser?
Is it just me, or is there no Flagged folder on the browser version of the iCloud client?
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Can photos taken with my iPhone (and Apple ID) stream to my husband's iPad (and Apple ID)?
My husband and I have different Apple ID and iCloud photo stream.
When I take photos on my iPhone, registered to my Apple ID, can I have them automatically uploaded to my husband's iPad 2 registered ...
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Does iCloud require any telephone land line infrastructure to send messages?
If all phone lines are down (meaning a local or national phone line outage) and with all cell phone towers being down, is there a way that I could send a iMessage (or an SMS) to other iPhone users by ...
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iCloud shared calendars won't stay in view only
I'm trying to share a calendar with my partner, and she is attempting to do likewise with me.
The first issue is that when sharing a calendar you do not get to select a permissions level, which has ...
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Can workplace IT settings interfere with iCloud bookmark settings?
If I set new bookmarks when I'm at work, the changes don't propagate to my iOS devices (which are also with me at work) or to my iMac at home. But if I set new bookmarks at home, they do propagate to ...
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How to backup iPhone without first deleting all data?
So I bought a new iPhone 5 64GB and I enabled iCloud backup. For a while now it has not been able to backup my iPhone, since the 5GB of iCloud storage quickly ran out. I didn't feel like upgrading my ...
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How can I use iCloud with 2 different apple ID's?
My problem is that my dad has an iPad and I have an iPhone. He uses a different apple id for his own iPad and I use my own for my own iPhone. I do have home sharing and have them linked to the same ...
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To what application does com~apple~shoebox belong to?
Looking at ~/Library/Mobile Documents I see a folder named com~apple~shoebox. What application does it belong to?
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How can I change calendar/contacts sync setting for iPhone?
I recently upgraded to iTunes 11.0.1.12.
When I plug my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.1.1) into the computer, I noticed that under the "Info" tab, "Sync Contacts" and "Sync Calendars" don't have any options ...
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Use iCloud to send and receive email from mydomain.com
I want to use iCloud the iCloud email servers for my email but I want to use my own domain name. Is there a way to send an email from patrick@mydomain.com and have it come directly from the iCloud ...
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Recover iPhone backup manually from iCloud
I had the misfortune of a stolen iPhone 4 a few months ago. In the interim I've decided not to get a new iPhone.
I can view my iCloud storage page and see there is a 1GB file there. There are random ...
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Can't restore my Notes
I've updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 6.1 today.
I made a clean restore in order for it to be as fast and clean as possible, without any junk leftovers.
The problem is that while I was able to restore all ...
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Is there any way to make my iPhone sync calendars with iCloud periodically?
I have an iPhone and an iPad, both with iOS 6.1. I use iCloud for calendar syncing between them and my Mac. For whatever reason, the iOS devices don’t sync calendars with iCloud unless and until I ...
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Apple ID - Want to make my xxx@icloud.com primary Apple ID?
So i recently created an @iclould.com ID and now i would like to make that my default or primary Apple ID instead of my current @gmail.com ID. I tried to change it through Manage Apple ID page but it ...
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How to download iCloud Address book to Mac?
Using OS 10.7.5.
How to get all my contacts from iCloud into my address book on my Mac?
I opened up iCloud control panel, checked Address book. That doesn't do anything.
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iCal does not copy all events
TL;DR: iCal copies/cuts/deletes only a subset of selected events. Why is this?
I am trying to move multiple events from one calendar (on my Mac) to another (iCloud). To achieve this I try the ...
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Why do I have duplicate groups in Contacts app on my iPhone?
If I open the Contacts app on my iPhone I get duplicate groups, hence duplicate contacts.
I started to delete one of a duplicate contact but they both gone away.
I thought I could solve this problem ...
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Does Find My Mac stop working after the system has been wiped? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
If Macbook has been wiped, will “find my iPhone” still work?
I lost my Macbook Pro recently. I had activated iCloud on the computer, so Find My Mac is operable.
If the ...
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icloud photos to mac - how?
i went to vietnam in sept, took well over 1000 pics on my iphone and were automatically backed up to my icloud acc. i have now just purchased a 18 mnth old mac book pro and would love to be able to ...
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Lost my Macbook pro with retina display. How do I find out if Find My iDevice is enabled on it?
Someone just broke into my apartment today and stole my new MacBook Pro. When I go to icloud.com and click on Find my iPhone, on the Devices section, my MacBook is listed. When I click on it, it ...
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Changing iCloud accounts in order to sync Photostream pictures
I have three iOS devices that I would like to have Photostream sync across. Right now, the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 sync because they are on the same iCloud account, but my wife's iPhone 4 doesn't sync - ...
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MS Outlook 2010 - Notes copied and pasted into appointments not being saved consistently
My employer is having a consistent issue with notes being copied and pasted into his calendar appointments not being saved. He will open the appointment, paste in the note(s), and select Save & ...
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On iTunes for Mac, download all music from iTunes Match
Is there any way to download all of my iTunes Match music in one go on iTunes OS X?
I've tried selecting all then clicking the little iCloud Button.
I've also tried generating an Automator 'Watch me ...
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Access iCloud mail via http from iPhone
There are times when you can't use any TCP ports other than 80 (HTTP) or 443 (HTTPS), so you can't use Mail accounts that communicate with iCloud via IMAP/POP3/SMTP. But when you go to iCloud.com, it ...
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Get iPad serial number on iCloud
My girlfriend and I have traveled to Singapore and her iPad has gotten stolen.
We can't seem to find her iPad serial number anywhere (she never plugged it into her computers as it was backed up ...
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Is it possible to restore individual app data (over iCloud)?
I am upgrading to a new iPhone 5 from an iPod touch, and I want a shiny new, fresh install.
I would rather not restore the whole shebang from my tired old, disorganized, app-laden, settings-broken ...
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Move regular calendar items to iCloud
When I look at my calendars in the calendar app on the iPhone there are two sections, one reads "From My Mac", the other "iCloud". Is there an app that reads the calendar items from the "From My Mac" ...
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iTunes 11 doesn't remember to show cloud purchases
On this particular computer, I use iTunes 11 only with my cloud purchases – I don't have any music stored locally. Very often (but not always), when I launch iTunes, it comes up with an empty library ...
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Blackboard theme for iPad Keynote
I'm creating a presentation with my MacBook Pro and Keynote.
I'm using the theme Blackboard which uses the font Chalkboard.
When I import the presentation on my iPad Mini via iCloud the default font ...
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How to fix icloud outlook calendar pasting?
I have a client that has outlook 2007 on windows 7. He's unable to right click and paste into the notes section of an appointment (the contextual menu doesn't even appear). I've seen other people ...
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Syncing notes using same iCloud account as husband
I synced Notes to Yahoo! and they deleted off my iPhone. If I turn on Notes to iCloud; will my husband's notes conflict and will we be deleting each other's notes? We're using the same iCloud account.
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Access an iCloud backup without a phone [stolen]
I had an iphone 4 stolen from me - there is an icloud backup with tons of data I want inside. Is there any possible way to access this without the iphone 4? I also got an iphone 5 recently but don't ...
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Why is my iCloud backup taking 10 hours?
This is my first backup, and the back up size is a little less than 600MB and I did a speedtest on my iPhone and was getting ~4Mbps upload with 10Mbps download. Why is that?
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How do I resolve duplicate “in the cloud” songs in iTunes 11?
When I installed iTunes 11, for some reason it re-downloaded all my purchased "in the cloud" songs even though they were already in my library. So now I have duplicate songs, one that matches the ...
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Facebook Messenger login data
If I uninstall Facebook Messenger from my iPhone and then re-install it from the App Store, it remembers my login. "Login as [Name]? Not you?"
Where does it store this? How can I disable that? I ...
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How do you add more than one phone number on iMessage?
My sisters and I all have iPhones under the same account. I also have an iPad under the same account. I am trying to get the iMessage on my iPad compatible with my phone number, not email address.
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