Hi all, Probably the answer to this question is quite obvious, but I am seeking your opinion, because I don't want to do any damage.
I have an MBP, iPad and 4S. I would like my contacts and calendars and notes, to appear on all of them. When I just had the Mac and a 3GS, I did not use iCloud. This was really because when in my windows days a few months back, I wanted to use outlook for keeping a record of my contacts and calendars etc, iCloud became a massive duplication. This was very annoying. So I switched off iCloud and left a pc and then my mac and the iPhone to do their thing. However, for some reason now, I am having issues syncing my contacts and calendar properly. I think it must be something to do with my iTunes. Can anyone help? I have recently used the multi edit app to sort out and organise my contacts on my iPhone. These are not transferring to my iPad when I sync with iTunes. It just has the old ones which have an extra 30 or 40 contacts I do not need. Also, they are not syncing with my Mac. My address book is the same as it was last week. Should I change a setting in iTunes? Or should I just use iCloud and have it sort it all out for me. I'm worried about having duplications again then. But, my major concern is my calendar, I have everything on there, and I take it everywhere with me. However, I need it to sync on all the machines so that wherever I am I have a clear record of what I need to be doing. Is it likely, because my contacts are not syncing properly, that my calendar is doing the same? I am worried that if I use iCloud, I will end up losing everything. Although iTunes is a pain, I know I can always get things back, if I lose things, like I did last weekend. If I use iTunes, what do I need to make sure my settings are in order for it to work properly? When I checked the sync contacts etc box in iTunes, there are lots of other checkboxes, and they seem to appear twice, four example notes, calendar, and contacts, do I need to check them multiple times in order for it to work properly? Which is my dominant machine? For example my most up-to-date calendars and notes and contacts are on my iPhone, but does my Mac think that it is the one in charge? Is there a way of getting it so that whenever I sync to my iPhone it replaces it on all of the machines so that that is always the latest version? Is this what iCloud will do? I am terrified of having multiple different versions of calendars and contacts et cetera and then ending up with the wrong set at the wrong time. What should I do? How do I sort out my settings? I have sent this to both lists, so sorry for the duplications for people. Many thanks Kirsten Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
