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iCloud Standard Guide

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iCloud Standard Guide

Overview of this book

iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. iCloud is a hub in a multi-devices environment, that allows your iPads, iPhones, iPod Touches, and Macs sync with each other and always have the same content. The service allows users to store data, such as music files, on remote computer servers that can be downloaded to multiple devices such as iOS-based devices, and personal computers running OS X or Microsoft Windows. This practical guide provides easy, step-by-step guidance to using the numerous features offered by iCloud, for first time users You will be guided through everything that you need to know about using iCloud on multiple platforms, as well as how to use it on a Windows PC. Learn about what iCloud can offer you with this practical guide, and what makes it better than other cloud services. It will take you through all of the iCloud services available, and help you to manage your contents easily across devices. You will also learn how to use Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and other iCloud services on Mac, PC, iOS devices or in the web browser. This book will also let you explore more on using iPhone and iTunes with iCloud, sync all contents without any hassle, and even back them up with iCloud. If you want to take full advantage of iCloud, then this is the right book for you.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
iCloud Standard Guide
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
3
Working with Mail, Contacts, and Calendar
4
Collaborate with iMessage, Notes, and Reminders
Index

Configuring the iCloud Control Panel


Before we proceed to using iCloud services on Windows, we need to install the iCloud Control Panel. In Chapter 2, Getting Started with iCloud, we learned how to install iCloud Control Panel on Windows. In this chapter, we will learn how to configure iCloud so that it is usable on Windows.

Syncing bookmarks

On Mac OS X and iOS, iCloud syncs all bookmarks between the Safari web browser on each platform. On Windows, iCloud supports bookmarks syncing with Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. Apple does not support this feature on its own browser, Safari for Windows, since it was discontinued in May 2012. Firefox and Chrome support were added in mid-2013 and require an add-on or plugin for each browser.

To activate iCloud bookmarks syncing, open iCloud Control Panel and click on the Bookmarks checkbox to activate. iCloud will ask which browser you want to sync with. You can choose more than one browser if you have Internet Explorer, Firefox, and/or Chrome...