Apple's online storage, synchronization, and general cloud services
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Is there a way to save notes to the iPhone itself and not to any account for syncing?
On the iPhone and presumably applies to the iPad as well, running iOS 5.1.1.
Right now, I've got my iCloud and Gmail account on my phone syncing everything including notes. When creating a note using ...
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How to I access documents saved in iCloud with Mountain Lion on my iOS device
I know that I can save a pages document in the cloud in Mountain Lion and then open it in Pages for iOS, but how do I access something saved in iCloud on TextEdit or Preview.
For instance, with ...
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iCloud on Mountain Lion: one account per Mac or one per user?
Before installing Mountain Lion and using iCloud for the first time, I would like to know how it can be configured.
My iMac has three standard user accounts and one admin account. If I understand ...
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Downloading previous purchases in iTunes says “Buy”
I'm trying to download previous iTunes purchases to a computer. The following warning comes up.
I know how to deal with authorizing the computer, but what I'm concerned about is the "Buy" button. ...
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Some songs are not syncing with iCloud in iPhone
I have some songs that are not synced with iCloud. I reset the iPhone, removed all the songs in iPhone to resync, but it doesn't work. What's wrong with this and how can I fix it?
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1 old (Snow Leopard) iMac & 2 newer (Mountain Lion) MacBooks — iCloud or DropBox?
I have an old iMac (circa 2006, Intel Core Duo) which is running Snow Leopard (somewhat slowly) and cannot be upgraded to Mountain Lion, so there's no iCloud on that machine.
I also have 2 MacBook ...
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Move iPhone notes to iCloud
So, today 10.8 released, and I have empty list of notes on my mac. But I have some notes on iPhone, which are not in iCloud. How to move them into iCloud?
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3rd Gen iPad photostream
I just bought an iPad for my mother and now I would like to turn on Photostream so she can see them.
Is there a setting I can change to make this possible?
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Corrupt timezone in iCloud calendar
Somehow the timezone definitions in my iCal data got corrupted. When I download a shared calendar from iCloud, it contains this spurious timezone definition:
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/…
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Keep two people's music separate under one iTunes (Match) account
My wife and I both have large music collections. We share my iTunes Store account, but she has her own iCloud account.
We recently had cause to add her music to iTunes Match. To keep our music ...
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Why don't appointment times show on my iCloud Calendar
Maybe I'm confused. I'm using Mac Leopard, so I have to use the iCloud website in order to post appointments on my calendars. The appointment times show up on my iPhone and my iPad, but don't show ...
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Can I disable video iCloud backups in Camera Roll?
My default iCloud backup is almost full at 4 out of 5 GB, and I strongly suspect it's not the photos (I don't take that many) but a few giant videos in the Camera Roll:
Is there any way to disable ...
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How can I remove my me.com address from Mail?
I have a few email accounts set up in Mail. One of them is my xxxxx@mac.com email address. At some point (maybe after I switched to iCloud), Mail started including the xxxxx@me.com address in the list ...
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How do I remove multiple mail rules using iCloud server?
Using the iCloud server, is it possible to remove multiple rules at once (instead of selecting each rule individually)?
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How can I remove 300 groups from iCloud.com efficiently?
My OS X Address Book started out with about 10 groups, but now iCloud.com has about 300 groups.
The replication arose because of a bug in how iCloud handles a mixture of Address Book Cards with both ...
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Where are Address Book group definitions stored and how can I delete them all?
I know Address Book metadata is stored in Library/Application Support/AddressBook.
I wonder, however, what's up with Address Book "Groups".
They are peculiar items. For example, I quit LaunchBar ...
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iCloud Document Library as replacement for Dropbox?
I've been put down by iCloud when it came out and kept using Dropbox instead. I mostly need to synch files between macs and eventually sneak-pick them on mobile devices. I don't take lots of pictures, ...
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Archive iCloud calendar
How do I archive an active calendar so it's still in iCloud but doesn't sync with any devices. I can do this in Google Calendar but not sure about iCloud.
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Can two iPhones access the same iCloud content?
My wife and I have iPhones. We have separate Apple accounts on the phones. Can we share the same iCloud music and pictures?
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Transferring contacts from iCloud to Android
I have a Samsung Android phone and need to transfer my iCloud contacts to that phone. How do I accomplish this?
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How do I sync iPad to iTunes without losing iCloud stuff
I have an iPad that has never been synced, It was just set up with an iCloud account originally. I now want to sync it to my laptop to get my photo albums on it, but when I plug it into itunes I am ...
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iCloud in OS X Implementation - which protocol does it use?
In Mountain Lion, iCloud is "integrated" in every program. So when i open or save a document i have an iCloud option available.
But where are the documents? Are they local and get syned every now
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Keeping contacts on iOS5/iPhone4s
So, I have my iPhone 4S with iOS5. I don't plug it into my computer often (I don't think I plugged it in since I got it), but I did plug it in today and I lost all of my contacts. I don't know if it ...
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iCloud server side wildcard mail rules
I couldn't find any information on how to set up wildcard rules in iCloud mail. I want to forward mail from any sender of a certain domain to another address.
What exactly is the syntax of the ...
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How to retrieve backed-up game data from iCloud after reinstalling a game?
I deleted a game from my iPad and was wondering if i could retrieve the data somehow, because the game was backed up on iCloud and when i reinstalled it all my data was gone. How do i retrieve the ...
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How to recover IMAP folders from iCloud?
I accidentally (!!) deleted a synched IMAP folder on iCloud from Mail.app. It was a large project folder with many clients in it but none of them show up in deleted messages.
This is incredibly ...
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iTunes Match: Matched songs are now Uploaded and I can't download the 256kbps version of songs
I subscribed to iTunes Match yesterday and let matching process run overnight. This morning, most of my tunes were matched. I wanted to upgrade my matched 128kbps bitrate tracks for iTunes Store ...
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iCloud streaming
I have an Apple TV and it works great. I can stream my movies and TV shows from the cloud and watch them on my TV.
I also have a MacBook Air, with a small HD. How can I stream my movies and TV shows ...
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Can I use Back To My Mac's mDNS address and for ssh and other routing of traffic?
On Lion and iCloud, the old MobileMe and Snow Leopard mDNS naming has changed and no longer works.
I'm wondering how to use command line tools to find out the DNS name that Apple has assigned to my ...
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Can iCloud synchronize contacts from Windows Mail?
Can I sync my Windows Mail contacts into iCloud?
I don't use Outlook for Windows, only Windows Mail.
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Why does my phone say I can't backup to iCloud even after deleting lots of video?
I have an iphone 4s and I got an error message saying it can't do a backup because I have more than 5 GB to backup (more details listed on my question here). When i go into the detail i see that the ...
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iCloud not syncing with work machine
I use an iMac at work and recently have been upgraded to Lion. I've used Lion at home since it came out.
I've switched iCloud on on the iMac, but none of the calendar events are visible on my other ...
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Best way to clear up space and dump to computer when getting iCloud storage backup prompt?
When i sync my iphone, I am getting an error message saying it can't do a backup because i have more than 5GB of space used.
I went to:
Settings --> iCloud --> Storage and backup --> Manage ...
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iMovie which was created & stored on my iPhone 4S is nowhere to be found on phone or iCloud
The problem: The iMovie that our son spent dozens of hours making and editing for his final 7th grade project- due June 4th is now missing from his iPhone!
And unfortunately, a trip to the Genius ...
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What is JishoPlus in iCloud storage?
I have storage for something called JishoPlus in my iCloud storage breakdown. I can't find anything definitive about it online. I know how to delete it (and I will), but what is it from?
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Transfer iPhone contacts to iCloud or Mac
I just got involved into a new project at work, and I added all my colleagues to my iPhone contacts. In the middle of the process I got the idea it would be better to add the contacts to my iCloud.
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iCloud - two songs, same album - one Matched, one Ineligible. How to fix?
I have 250 songs marked Ineligible, and I can't figure out why. They are all 128kbps or greater, way less than 200MB, all Protected AAC audio files purchased by my ex. I am authorized on his account ...
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History of downloaded iBookstore samples?
For some reason—presumably a sync by my iPhone that overwrote my iPad’s more recently downloaded library—the majority of my iBooks were deleted.
The books I purchased can easily be restored, but I ...
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iCloud: Troubleshooting Safari bookmarks sync between Windows and OS X
I've been trying to ditch Google Chrome and start using Safari both on my MacBook (OS X Lion) and my Windows 7 desktop.
After setting up iCloud on my Mac, I've set up bookmarks sync with Safari via ...
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iPhone, iCloud and Mail syncing problem
The Situation
I work in an IT department for a law/property/ifa firm and we have iPhones rolled out to many of the important staff members. It is a UK firm, and as well as the permanent staff we also ...
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iPod touch (iOS4) doesn't sync AddressBook after moving to iCloud
I moved from MobileMe to iCloud. So my iPod2gn blocked in iOS4 is not part of the sync anymore. Well, it's a technical and commercial shame, but well, ok, enough said.
I wanted to be able to have my ...
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Syncing bookmarks between iCloud and Firefox
I use Windows 7 and I've just got myself a lovely new iPhone. I've installed iCloud and it synchronizes my iPhone's calendar with Outlook, which is great, but I also prefer Firefox over Safari, but ...
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How to move hosting from mobile.me to iCloud?
A client of mine had a website hosted on mobile.me account.
I received credentials and was prompted to upgrade to iCloud.
I asked her to do it on her own machine (there might be some issues with ...
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Reading List in other browsers?
Is there a Reading List extension for Chrome? I have a deep, dark hatred of Safari, but Reading List seems more convenient than Pocket of Readability. Or, is there a way to access it by any non-safari ...
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Lion iCal calendar event shows up as grey rather than colour of calendar it belongs to
I have an item in iCal that shows in grey rather than the (blue) colour of the calendar it belongs to.
It also has an interrupted border rather than a flawless border.
What does that mean?
Update: ...
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Why does me.com always redirect to Find My iPhone?
I changed my Apple ID, and I have to confirm my old mail @me.com to my new id. But the https://www.me.com/mail/ will always redirect to "find my phone" (maybe some issue with my last iPod touch that ...
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Access iCloud.com from iPhone
I noticed that in the HTML of icloud.com there are meta tags for creating a webapp on iOS devices. However it is impossible to get to just icloud.com on the iPhone, instead it redirects you to ...
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access iCloud backup app data
How can I access the iCloud backup app data, i.e. the app data from my iPhone? E.g., I would like to make a local copy of it on my computer (without accessing the iPhone directly, i.e. really just the ...
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Sync Safari bookmarks between computers
I've got a lot of bookmarks in Safari on my iMac. How do I get the same bookmarks show up in Safari on my MBA? Both using latest OS X with iCloud. I have checked Bookmarks in the iCloud settings, but ...
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How to export groups from an iCloud Address Book account using Automator?
I’m using Mac OS X Lion with iCloud. My address book ‘lives’ on iCloud and I’ve gat a number of groups in the address book.
Under Snow Leopard I used Automator to export addresses from a group using ...
