Accessing iCloud on my Mac

I have tried to access iCloud on my iMac, howerver when I do it wants my username (my me.com email) and password. When I hit submit it sits idle and does not connect. And ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I can access it by a web browser but when I go into system preference to try and access it, this is when I have the problem.

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I cannot access iCloud from my mac

Hello,
When I try to access iCloud or apple store from my Air the password of my mac account is not recognised, but this happens just with this specific computer, not with the MacBook pro or with my office Pro. It seems that mobilme account is not recognising the computer. I can access and buy form the iTunes store, though. Any idea? I contacted Apple support but no luck
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That doesn't really answer my question so I will try again
Did you move your account from MM to iCloud, if yes, did you change (if needed) your MM password to meet iCloud requirements, and did you change it on all of your devices, are the OSX machines all on 10.7.2 and all the IOS devices on IOS 5?
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Hello suzifromfl,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
Starting up in Safe Mode
To start up into Safe Mode (to Safe Boot), follow these steps.
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key.
The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple logo and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
After the logo appears, you should see a progress bar during startup. This indicates that your computer is performing a directory check as part of Safe Mode.
To leave Safe Mode, restart your computer without holding any keys during startup.
Have a nice day,
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Well, the good news is I have the URL correct.
But regardless of whether I use http://icloud.com or http://mail.icloud.com, I still get prompted with a dialog box which says the following:
"Setup iCloud on a device to use iCloud.com"
If I click "Close" I end up back up at the sign in screen and have to enter my username/password again.
If I click "Learn More", my only other choice, I end up on some sort of help page that tells me how to set up iCloud on this device. Which is precisely what I don't want to do. I just want to access a webmail page like, for example, gmail.
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This afternoon, I tried to do so on my daughter's iMac - and the system wanted me to set up iCloud rather than letting me access Mail (or any other iCloud services for that matter) instead. Tried different browsers, change of login account on the computer. All to no avail. Have to set up iCloud on the computer. Which means either logging my daughter out, or creating a whole new identity for the purpose. This entirely defeats the notion of the simple webmail interface - and indeed makes Pages, Calendar, etc inaccessible unless on your own computer, or one that you have used to set up an iCloud account. Not something that you want to do in an internet cafe or an airport lounge.
Two sets of Chat Support sessions later, with the problem being hinted to be probably due to "my daughter's computer (!!???)", no satisfaction
I am now in the airport, trying to still access my iCloud mail through a web browser. Same nonsense about setting up iCloud before I can access my iCloud mail via the web through a browser.
Apple, this was one of the advantages of iCloud that I, as a regular traveller, have found useful in the past. Today I have wasted well over an hour on something that is clearly an error in the logic of how people will be using iCloud - possibly a "feature" of Mavericks?
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How to access iCloud documents on your mac.

I struggled with this for days and finally found a simple solution.
Here's one way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrmZbTZwoeA&feature=player_embedded
Here's another. Thanks to http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/09/how-to-access-icloud-documents-from-the-mac-os-x- finder/
Getting Easy Access to iCloud Documents from the Mac Finder
Placing the Mobile Documents folder in the Finder window sidebar allows for quick access to files in the cloud:
From the Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window, and enter the path to the user Library folder found at ~/Library/
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hidden files in Finder
terminal copy&paste:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE ;killall Finder
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if it is just the user library you are looking to change:
chflags nohidden ~/Library

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Upgrading to Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
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You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
Be sure your computer meets the minimum requirements:
Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
7. Xserve (Early 2009)
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See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
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See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.
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Model Eligibility for Snow Leopard and Lion.
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