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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

iWork for iCloud (beta)


In the previous chapter, we discussed iWork and how it collaborates with iCloud. In the latest version of iWork for Mac and iOS, you can save iWork documents and store them to the iCloud server. It's really good if you're working on a document on multiple devices. However, now you can also create a new document directly from the web browser with iWork for iCloud. When this book was being written, Apple had a beta release of iWork for iCloud.

Just like the iWork suite on Mac or iOS, there are three apps on iCloud: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. Click on one of the three apps' icons on the iCloud.com home screen. You can see all of your stored documents for this iWork app on iCloud.com. You can start to create a new document by clicking on Create Document with a big plus icon. You can also download any uploaded documents in the iWork document type, Microsoft Office document type, or PDF, as well as upload, duplicate, or delete any document. Remember: once you delete a...