Apple's online storage, synchronization, and general cloud services
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iCloud nuances and specifics when backing up or restoring?
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I upgraded from the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 5.
This is the processed I used in order to migrate my data over.
Plug-in and Sync completely the iPhone 4 -- Making sure to backup to the ...
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If I turn off iCloud Camera Roll backups, do I still have the pictures somewhere?
So when I'm asked if I want to turn off iCloud Camera Roll backups and delete the backup data from iCloud, will I still have the pictures somewhere? I don't get it...
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How can I add an Apple email address to an email client such as Evolution?
I somehow ended up with an Apple email address.
How can I use my '@me.com' email in my email client (Evolution in Debian)?
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How can I share reminders from one iphone to another? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to share reminders?
We have 2 iphones between us, both running iOS 5. Is there a way to share reminders between them? They have different apple IDs ...
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Can the web version of iCloud be configured to become the default mailto link handler?
How can I set up iCloud as the default email provider in my browser? I am using Linux and if I click on a mailto link in a web page it goes to my Gmail account. Can this be changed to make it go to my ...
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Script to delete all groups in contacts
I would like to have a script to delete all my groups in my Contacts.
Somehow I got a kind of replication bug resulting in over 500 groups.
Delete them one by one is not an option.
Tried this script, ...
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Moving Folders using iCloud
Can I move ENTIRE folders (Pages documents, Numbers spreadsheets, photos) to iCloud, or do I have to move each separately...documents to Pages app, spreadsheets to Numbers app and photos to iPhoto? I ...
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Why were my contacts synced to my mother's iPhone?
I have recently downloaded the new software on my iphone, iOS 6. My mother and my sister also use my Apple ID to download their apps too.
Today my mother downloaded iOS 6 and all of my contacts were ...
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Force iCloud to Download All Data on IOS?
Is there any way to force iCloud to download all data on IOS? For example, before boarding a flight, I'd like to be able to tell my iPad to download all keynote, numbers and pages documents to the ...
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iCloud not working with select apps on iPhone, but OK everywhere else
If I create a Pages, Numbers, Keynote or Byword doc on my iPhone 5 it will not synced to my iCloud account. (The little up arrow in the corner remains there forever)
Documents that are already in ...
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iPhone 5 stuck on “your iPhone is being restored”
I got an iPhone 5 and restored it from the iCloud backup of my iPhone 4. Now when I look at the iCloud backup settings for the iPhone 5, it says "Backup options will be available when your iPhone is ...
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How to import contacts and calendar from OS X to Outlook.com?
I want to use the new Microsoft Service Outlook.com.
But i don't find a way to import my OSX contacts and calendars to outlook.
I transferred my contacts to Google and then to outlook.com, but ...
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How to clean old iPhone 4 for selling after buying a new iPhone 5?
I just upgraded to the iPhone 5 and plan on selling my old iPhone 4. However, I want to make sure I don't keep any personal information (photos, emails, contacts) on the device. Since both iPhones are ...
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How do I download a single song via iTunes Match in iOS 6
When my iOS device doesn't have synced music but instead shows songs that are matched and available from iCloud, I've noticed there are only buttons to download groups of songs and not one song.
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Can I have both iCloud-synced and local-only Safari bookmarks?
Can I have some Safari bookmarks synced via iCloud to other computers and at the same time have some that are just local to my computer? If so, what is the best way to do that?
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How can I recover notes missing from the Notes app?
I recently opened the Notes app and found that about a month's worth of notes are missing. There is a gap between August 5th and September 3rd.
(This time period includes a note I wrote while in an ...
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Link Contacts between Facebook and iCloud
I have iOS6 and OSX 10.8. Both bring Facebook integration. It was smart enough for some of my contacts to merge (or "link") them. However for some on my iPhone I manually edited the contact card and ...
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Download 4 apps at a time during restore from iCloud backup?
I noticed that usually when you download multiple apps on iOS 6, it will download 4 at a time. I had to restore my phone from an iCloud backup twice in the past week. The first time it was only ...
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Is Game Center progress tied to the device or the account?
I want to make a new game center account for myself, because I share one with my mom and brother. Does it delete your progress in games if you do?
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How do I view my purchased movies and TV shows on my Mac?
I have a MBP (2009 unibody) with Mountain Lion. I have iTunes Match, iCloud, blah blah blah.
Now when I open iTunes, I'm able able stream down my music but I can't stream movies or TV shows like I ...
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On new iPad, “notify me” button does not function in Find My Friends
I want to use the new notify me feature in find my friends, so I can know when they arrive at XX or leave from YY.
I have two friends set up in Find my Friends.
I have upgraded to the new iOS 6. ...
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Missing Playlists on my iPhone after syncing with iCloud
Why did all of my iTunes playlists on my iPhone 4 disappear after I synced it with iCloud? I can see my old playlists listed on my phone when it's plugged into my desktop computer, though.
How do I ...
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Colored dots on iCloud calendar are too dim, any setting i need to change?
When I add an event to my iCloud calendar, all the colors but purple have been dimmed for some reason, is there a setting I need to change to get the colors to stand out like they used to?
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How to receive iMessages sent to the iPhone on Mountain Lion
I've just upgraded to iOS 6 and Mountain Lion 10.8.2
Since it should be one of the new features, I've successfully set up my iPhone and my iPad to receive iMessages, so that I can now read on the ...
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Syncing contacts with iCloud
So I just upgraded to iOS 6 and have two questions:
Is it possible that my updated contacts (using Facebook integration) will uploaded to the cloud so the same info appearing on iPhone will be ...
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Synchronising contacts between iCloud and iOS
I have a problem with my contacts synching between iPhone and iCloud. There is a number of contacts that appears with the tag iCloud in my phone, although they arent on the iCloud website or my ...
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Apple ID with iCloud email address?
Can you create an Apple ID with the iCloud email address it comes with? (if I enable it)
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What does this mean? “When purchased, this movie will not be available from iTunes in the Cloud”
In the iTunes Store, specifically in regards to movies, what does this mean? "When purchased, this movie will not be available from iTunes in the Cloud"
I'm seeing it on the individual movie page ...
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Restore existing iPhone from iCloud
I am looking to restore my current iPhone from iCloud because I've accidentally deleted WhatsApp and want to recover the conversations.
I am nervous to do a reset in case I lose more than I bargained ...
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Contacts first and last name order inconsistent between iCloud.com and iPhone
The iCloud.com Contacts interface orders the name fields as following: Last name, First name
On the iPhone, the order is reversed: First name, Last name.
Can this be adjusted so the order matches?
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How do I solve iCloud “CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy failed with error 0x80092013”
iCloud has been acting up recently on my Windows 7 computer, it will not sync the photo stream properly.
When I check my %appdata/Apple Computer/Logs file I see the following entries, which most ...
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Multiple Apple IDs on one iMac
I've got an iMac that was set up by Apple when we bought it. My wife and I have seperate logins. We share applications but are separate users. I have an Apple ID and use iCloud for the iMac, an ...
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Access an iPad's Photos via the Web or a Linux Computer?
I have earlier used AirDroid but its quality is unexpected, more here so now looking alternative solution.
I have iPad but I have no other Apple products. Can I somehow get the images from iPad to my ...
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Empty PhotoStream-folder on Window
I have installed iCloud Control Panel on my Windows PC. During setup, I was asked to create folders for both the PhotoStream and my uploads. I've done all that, but the issue is that I can't see my ...
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iCloud prompts me to create a free @me.com email address to turn on Notes sync
I'm very aware this question is probably about to become obsolete with the release of iOS 6 at some point soon, but thought I'd ask anyway.
I have an iCloud account set up on my phone with the email ...
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Can I save iCloud documents to the Documents folder as well as to iCloud?
Basically, I want to be able to save a copy of my iCloud documents that I made in Pages (on both mac and iOS) to my documents folder, where all my pre-iCloud documents are still stored.
to note: I ...
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Is there a web viewer for photos stored on iCloud? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I view my iCloud Photo Stream online?
I am new to iCloud. When I open iCloud.com and login with my Apple ID, I couldn't find my photos there. Is it possible to ...
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How do I create recurring events in iCloud calendar for every other day? [closed]
I can do this in iCal under "custom" for repeated events. The events I already have like this show up on a single day in iCloud. There is no option in iCloud to do this that I can see.
Update, I ...
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How can I access my iCloud files on my Mac?
When I save a file that I've written in TextEdit, it saves to iCloud by default. If I close the file, and close TextEdit, the only way for me to find that file is by searching it in Spotlight and ...
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How can I access iCloud documents/files from an iOS device?
I completed a Numbers document on my Mac, saved to iCloud and now tried to open/read it on my iPhone 4S.
I can see it listed in Settings → Manage Storage, but how do I retrieve it?
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Does -tef in the extension stand for anything in documents saved to iCloud in ML?
When you save a new iWork document under Mountain Lion you are given the default extension of .pages-tef or .numbers-tef. These files appear to be directories and a different format than your standard ...
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Recover contacts after deleting from iCloud?
I recently purchased a MacBookPro which I synced to the same iCloud account that my iPhone is synced with. When I did this, the birthdays of all my contacts showed up as a day late on my MacBookPro. ...
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What does a 'dotted-line' cloud icon in the iCloud file browser represent?
What does this "dotted-line" cloud icon next to a file in the iCloud file browser mean?
This is a plain-text file saved to iCloud from Byword, and it refuses to sync to my iPhone. But I'm having ...
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How can I access preview documents saved to iCloud from 10.8 on an iPad?
As of OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) one can move Preview documents to iCloud, how do I access these documents from my iPad?
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“on my mac” calendar option missing from New Calendar menu
I recently did a clean install of Mountain Lion (upgrading from Lion). Exported my calendars to a "Calendar Archive" on Lion and then imported them on Mountain Lion.
Maybe I broke something, but I ...
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How can I add a due date to OS X Reminders?
I would like to know if it is possible through a .plist alteration, or otherwise, to add the due date checkbox shown in my screenshots to the OS X version of Reminders. I am not looking for the ...
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My iPhone 4S has been destroyed… can I backup from the cloud at a later time?
My iPhone 4s is giving me the option to set up as new phone or restore via iTunes or iCloud. I have pictures on my previous phone that is now destroyed. I am unable to maintain a stable wireless ...
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Is there a Mountain Lion dashboard widget that displays notes from iCloud?
I am using the notes functionality in iOS as well as MacOS. My notes sync through iCloud. Works super.
Now, I'd like to have the notes displayed in my MacOS dashboard. Is there a notes dashboard ...
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How do I remove the iCloud-first behavior in Mountain Lion?
In Mountain Lion, I have iCloud activated for Documents. I'd like document-saved-in-the-cloud to be an option, but not the default, as in "if I choose iCloud from the dropdown, save in iCloud, else ...
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Migrating from Entourage to an iCloud compatible solution
For years my wife has had her email, calendar, and contacts stored on Entourage (most recently Entourage 2008). Now she would like to be able to take advantage of iCloud to automatically sync ...
