Getting iCloud to work on multiple devices

I have an iPhone 4, an iPad version 5.0.1, a MacBook Pro running 10.6.8 and an iMac 8,1 running 10.5.8. I'd like to get iCloud working so I have one instance of iTunes for all my devices and so I can back all my devices up with iCloud.
I know I have to upgrade my iMac's OSX. I'm worried that the upgrade will fill my hard drive and memory to capacity and affect performance. I'm also unsure if I have to upgrade to Lion first then to Mountain Lion and if so do I have to pay for both upgrades?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Neither of your Macs will run iCloud without being updated. Macs can't be backed up to iCloud. ICloud has nothing to do with iTunes. I think you might be looking for iTunes Match

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Hi
My iCloud works perfectly across my MBA, iPhone 4, iPad Mini etc. I did find it easier when starting to set things up to start with one item to sync.
I started with Reminders and went through all the General settinsg as well as Reimnder specific settings. Then just parlayed that process into each app I wanted to sync.
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2. Icloud (ensure apple id id corect and the same as on your iphone)
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- your iphone should be updated. My iphone updated in less than 1 sec after I keyed it into my MBA
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My old appleID use email with domain already deactivate. So I changed my appleID and primary email and now I can not access iCloud with iOS7. ICloud shows my old appleID but I can't change it. How do I get iCloud to work with my updated ID?

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Hi ccharat,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! It sounds like you did a good job editing your Apple ID and primary email address, but you didn’t sign out of iCloud on your iOS device before hand. What you may need to do in this situation is go back to the Apple ID website and edit your Apple ID and primary email address back to the email address that is signed in with iCloud (there is no need to verify the account after editing it back to the old account, just changing it back is enough). Once your Apple ID is back to the original account, delete the iCloud account from the iOS device and be sure to keep all info on the device when prompted. After you delete the iCloud account, go back to the website and edit your Apple ID and primary email address back to the new address. Once it is back to the account you would like, you can sign into the iCloud on the iOS device with that new account and merge all of the data when prompted. Please use the following article as a reference.
iOS 7: If you're asked for the password to your previous Apple ID when signing out of iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5223
Change your Apple ID temporarily
If signing out and back in to iMessage or FaceTime didn't help, try these steps:
Change your Apple ID to the Apple ID you used previously. You shouldn't need to verify the email address.
Go to Settings > iCloud. Complete these steps only if the Find My [Device] setting is turned on:
Scroll down and tap Delete Account, then tap Delete to confirm.
Tap “Keep on My [Device]” or “Delete from My [Device].” In either case, your data remains in iCloud and will be updated on your device when you sign in to iCloud again.
Enter the password for your previous Apple ID.
Change your Apple ID to the new email address that you want to use. You'll need to verify the email address.
Return to Settings > iCloud and sign in with your new Apple ID.
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
iCloud isn't compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.8. However, if you have created an iCloud account on a different computer or device, you can use some iCloud services on 10.6.8 > http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudSL-m.html
If you haven't got an iCloud account, upgrade to OS X Lion or Mountain Lion to use iCloud on the Mac

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Richard, I agree with you 1,000%. I wrote this in a forum a few weeks ago, when a user was complaining about Snow Leopard not supporting iCloud:
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Why was it possible for Apple to write a free iCloud Control Panel that was compatible with existing versions of Windows, but Mac users must buy an entirely new operating system?
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I wish I knew how to start a petition requesting that Mac users get comparable treatment as PC users. But then again, shouldn't that go without saying?
Please leave feedback about this revolting double standard on the Apple feedback page. They should be thinking long and hard about why their own customers are treated worse than the customers of their competition.

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This week I upgraded my iPad (iPad 2), & iPhone (iPhone 4) to IOS7.
I did the iPad2 first. There were no problems with the upgrade to IOS7. After upgrading, I logged into iCloud on my iPad using the correct ID and gave correct password. There were no problems. I was able to wanted to turn on "Find my iPad" without any problem.
I upgraded the iPhone4 next. There were no problems with the upgrade to IOS7. After upgrading, I logged into iCloud, again using the correct ID and correct password. I immediately received this error message:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3510
Using FaceTime and iMessage behind a firewall
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iOS: About Messages
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 Cheers, Tom

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This is been going on for a while. I was hoping the issue would resolves itself with upgrades but it never did.
I had .mac, .me, and .iCloud e-mail accounts that always worked fine on my Mac's.
On my iOS devices I had an .mac account. No problem sending mails, but for receiving it's an other story!
I sometimes saw some emails pushed on my devices and when I tried to open them, they simply disapeared. Nowhere to be found, not in trash, not in archives, nowhere at all.
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Hi
iCloud is driving me mad! All I want it to do is what it promised - keep several devices in sync, but it seems to either do nothing or spawn duplicates. Part of my problem is that I can't find anything that tells me exactly what it does with each device.
Here's my set up:
One Mac - MBPro 17" running iCal, Address Book and Mail (I've completely given up on trying to get Entourage 2008 to play nicely) on Lion
One PC - W7 Pro using Outlook - this is normally my main machine (sorry)
One iPad
One iPhone
Appointments are normally made either on the PC or the iPhone and then disseminated to the other devices. iPhone and iPad are normally synced and recharged to the PC, so sync quite happily with Outlook.
The odd one out is the Mac, which i am trying to get synced without lots of duplication.
Originally I set up iCloud on everything. So on all devices I ended up with 2 calendars - 'On this Device' and 'iCloud'. Why do I need two calendars? if I make a change to my device's calendar I just want iCloud's calendar to change and for it then to change all other devices! I really don't understand the logic of what is going on and this is why I am having problems. Am I supposed to turn visibility of iCloud calendar off everywhere so that it just does its stuff in the background? I presume so, otherwise every appointment is duplicated on every device.
I've now turned it off everywhere because i ended up with three or four calendars showing on every device and massive duplication problems. Then when I turned it off iCloud deleted all my historical information and left me with a blank calendar. Thanks Apple.
What's really missing from Apple's documentation is an explanation what is actually going on under the hood and therefore of the best strategy to adopt.
Should I let the PC and iPad/iPhone do their stuff without iCloud and just sync one device to iCloud and also sync the Mac to it. This would reduce the chances of lots of duplication.
Any guidance gratefully received.
TP

Will I still get two calendars on outlook on the pc, because that caused lots of confusion last time?
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if I end up cut down to just one calendar on the ios devices, will that work off line?
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