Apple's online storage, synchronization, and general cloud services
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How can I change a defunct Apple ID email address?
I never changed my student email account to which all app purchases have been made. I just upgraded to iOS 5, and it requires to authenticate the iCloud, by verifying an email sent to the now defunct ...
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What do the various iTunes Match icons in iTunes mean?
Enabling iTunes Match adds a new default column to song lists in iTunes that displays several new icons:
What do each of these icons (as well as no icon at all) mean?
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How to use SMTP and IMAP with iCloud email?
I've never used @me.com or @mac.com emails before. Neither did I use MobileMe.
So when the iCloud came out last night I created @me.com email account this morning. Registration on its own went just ...
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How do I sync iCloud iWork documents with Lion?
I have been using my iPad with Numbers and would like to be able to just open them up on my Mac with Lion. I can not figure out how to connect/sync to iCloud documents. I have checked iCloud documents ...
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Completely synchronise multiple Macs
I actually have a Macbook Pro with Snow Leopard (I plan on upgrading to Lion).
I may have to buy an Mac mini in order to have a full dual screen (external identical screens) layout (see my previous ...
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Why won't iCloud let me download Pages documents uploaded from a computer?
It often happens that I create a Pages document on my home laptop, upload it to iCloud, then want to download it from iCloud at school. For some reason, iCloud doesn't support this—I need to, at some ...
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How can I use iCloud to sync my contacts, while also syncing my contacts with Google?
If you have Google contact syncing enabled in 10.7.1 or earlier, then upgrade to 10.7.2 and try to enable iCloud contact syncing, you will see the following dialog:
Is it possible to have both ...
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How many Apple IDs should one household have?
To date my wife and I share one Apple ID for all Apple purchases and devices. We currently own a first and third generation iPod, iPhone 4, and will own an iPad 2 in the morning. Thus far having the ...
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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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Once iOS files are backed up to iCloud, can you access them programmatically?
Is there a way to get the same files you can find in a local backup of an iPhone / iOS device from iCloud programmatically?
Ideally, I would like to access them from a computer, but any access other ...
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How do I view my iCloud Photo Stream online?
I set up iCloud when I installed iOS 5 on my iPhone and was excited about Photo Stream. I logged into icloud.com and found there are no photos. What gives? I was hoping that this would end the need to ...
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Why does iTunes only recognize some songs from a purchased album as being purchased? [closed]
Now that iTunes in the Cloud is available, my iPhone (iOS 5.0) and my MacBook Air (10.7.1 / iTunes 10.5) will show me lists of all the songs I've ever purchased through iTunes. It almost works great: ...
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Can I create/edit contact groups in iOS?
I have been successful in managing contact groups with OS X's Contacts.app and iCloud.com, but haven't found a way to do this on iOS 6.
Is there a way to manage contact groups on iOS (iPhone, iPad, ...
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Exchange contacts do not appear in iCloud
On my iPad and iPhone I have several email accounts: three Gmail and one Exchange account. I stopped using the Exchange account and tried to remove it from the iPhone, but also all my contacts were ...
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Is it possible to export all my iPhone contacts to my iPad 2?
Does anyone know of a way to export all my contacts from my iPhone straight into my iPad 2 without having to re-type all of them in?
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Multiple iPads need multiple games
I have 4 kids and they all have games on their iPads that are the same games. How do I get the accounts squared away so they are no playing each others game? For example, everyone has "Clash of the ...
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1answer
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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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iCloud calendar not sending invites
As in the title. iCloud calendar is not sending invites to people being invited. No matter whether I try via icloud.com or iCal.app synced with iCloud - it just doesn't. No events no updates. Tested ...
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After deleting an app, can you (much) later reinstall it and restore its data from iCloud?
I have several games that, combined, use up a pretty good chunk of my iPhone's flash. I haven't played some of them for a while, and would like to remove them. However, at least before iCloud, ...
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What do the numbers after an invitee's status in iCal mean?
After the text describing the status of an invitee in iCal (in the context menu for the invitee) there is a number. For example I nearly always see numbers like 1.1 or 1.2:
and occasionally I see ...
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Is there a way to access iCloud's Photo Stream from the Finder, similar to Windows?
On Windows, Photo Stream works in a way that all the files are automatically copied to your 'My Pictures' folder or the like.
I currently have Photo Stream working in Aperture, but every once in a ...
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How secure are iCloud backups?
Are iCloud backups encrypted, both when transmitted and stored?
Is it possible for someone at Apple to access any backup made to the data enter?
I have heard that when apps have been pulled from the ...
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What is the workflow between iWork apps with iCloud?
I have Numbers and Pages for iOS and the Mac. With iOS 5, I can create documents and spreadsheets in iCloud. How can I access those same iCloud documents in the Mac versions? Even better yet, if I ...
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One Apple ID or Two?
Can someone please help me out? I currently own an iPhone and an iPad and my son has a iPod touch 4th Generation. iCloud works well between them, but my wife is looking to get an iPhone as well. If ...
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Can my iPhone have more than one iCloud account on it at a time?
Can I add more than one iCloud account to an iPhone? For example if I set my wife and I both up with an iCloud account, could I get her calander and mine on my phone?
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Is the iCloud service upload only?
Does the iCloud service upload and download data or does it only upload and if so how fast will it be using a 3MB/s line?
Does it upload everything from my iPad or only the installed application ...
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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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Are there disadvantages to using different Apple IDs for iCloud and Store purchases?
Apple provides instructions for configuring one Apple ID for iCloud and a different Apple ID for Store purchases. But this is clearly not the "recommended" approach.
Is there a reason to avoid doing ...
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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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Accessing iCloud “Mobile Documents” on latest Lion [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I sync iCloud iWork documents with Lion?
It used to be (for example, as documented here: How do I sync iCloud iWork documents with Lion?) that you could access ...
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Will iCloud backups of iOS devices restore the iOS Keychain?
Prior to iCloud, it was necessary to explicitly encrypt iOS device backups in order to include passwords stored in the iOS Keychain. Indeed, this was an important and recommended use of encryption, ...
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Photos from iPad to iCloud?
I shoot a photo in iPad. I want it will be available in iCloud. How can I do it? I cannot see the PhotoStream in iCloud.
I can see all Pages, Numbers etc documents but not photos, I find this very ...
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How does iTunes Match handle metadata?
When I purchase songs from iTunes, I often times hate the way the MetaData is presented. For example, I prefer the format
Artist Song Name
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artist_name ...
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Is it possible to only see contacts with phone numbers?
I recently started syncing my iPad and iPhone with iCloud. I selected to merge my contact list into iCloud from both devices. The problem is that, while I use my iPad for my email, I don't use it at ...
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1answer
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Disable saving to iCloud in Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion introduced a feature where you can save your documents to iCloud instead of local storage.
I don't ever see myself using it, is there a way to disable this (but I don't want to ...
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1answer
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iCloud backup from old 4S to new 4S?
I just got a replacement for my 4S. Before, I did an iCloud backup and thought I could just restore from that. But with the new phone, it says there's no backup to restore from available.
Any ideas?
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How to make iCloud on Windows sync bookmarks with Safari, not Internet Explorer
I'm trying to get iCloud on my PC to sync its bookmarks with Safari, not Internet Explorer.
According to Apple's documentation, it is possible to sync iCloud bookmarks to Safari on Windows:
You ...
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Removing songs from iCloud
I would like to explicitly remove songs that I uploaded using iTunes Match, from the cloud. How is this done? And if I do remove the song, will it be automatically removed from all my devices?
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Get data off iPhone without iTunes sync or WiFi or cellular network?
I water-damaged my iPhone 4s.
Net result is that the phone powers up normally (mostly) when connected to a wall charger. I can see my old home screen, pictures, etc.
When connected to a computer for ...
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1answer
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How to send existing photos to photo stream?
I just enabled iCloud on my iPad. I've also downloaded iPhoto on my Mac to sync my photos on the iPad. The problem is that I can only get pictures that I downloaded after I enabled iCloud on my iPad.
...
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2answers
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How to use Dropbox for applications with Lion Versions support?
I have several Numbers files that I sync between my laptop and desktop. I upgraded both machines to Lion and the latest version of Numbers. I love the Versions feature: many of these spreadsheets that ...
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1answer
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Does iCloud use client-side encryption?
I would like to know if iCloud uses client-side encryption i.e. all data is encrypted on client side and even Apple can't decrypt the data and read it.
Is this true for iCloud?
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1answer
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Does the AppleTV support multiple Apple ID accounts?
I'm considering buying the new AppleTV, but I'm wondering if it works in the way that I want it to work. What I would like is that my wife can take pictures on her iPhone and have them sync via iCloud ...
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Are files saved to iCloud via 3rd party applications accessible from icloud.com web interface through browser?
I've recently seen third-party apps like Smultron and iA Writer mentioning in their Mac App Store descriptions that they support iCloud syncing.
Are the files saved to iCloud via these apps ...
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Can iOS receive email from two Apple ID but iMessages from only one of the two email addresses?
I have an iPod Touch and an iPhone, both on separate Apple ID accounts. What would happen if I added the iPod Touch email to the "receive at" on my iPhone (in addition to the separate email already in ...
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Is it a bad idea to have a shared Apple ID for purchases that also is used for iCloud?
There is lots of advice that suggests using a shared Apple ID for purchasing things (so that all devices using that Apple ID for purchasing can access those purchases) and to then use a separate Apple ...
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Is the iTunes Match Limit for ALL Songs or just Matched Songs?
On the iTunes Match page, I see this text:
iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to ...
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What does an exclamation point mean next to an e-mail address in an iCal invitation?
I'm getting strange behavior with invitations I send from iCal to another .mac address. The invitations never show up (not in the invitee's inbox, nor in his iOS Calendar or iCal) and my iCal shows an ...
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where may I login to my icloud account? [closed]
i have been trying to login to my icloud account for 45 minutes w out success. It isn't even the site where I always login.
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Syncing iPhone 3G with iCloud
Was wondering whether it's possible to sync non-iOS5 devices (in this case iPhone 3G) with iCloud? In particular I'd be interested in syncing contacts.
I know syncing iCloud e-mail won't be much of a ...
