Can't get iCloud to work on Mac, but seems ok on iPad

I set up iCloud on my Mac and iPad. On my iMac I checked off mail, contacts, calendar, bookmarks and find my mac. When I click on "manage", It shows Backups and Mail on the left but Mail says 0kb. Backups show my last iPad back up but no iMac backups. What could I be doing wrong? I have updated everything to the latest software. I set up the iPad first, could that have caused a problem?
Thanks!

Try this support article > iCloud: Troubleshooting creating backups
I set up the iPad first, could that have caused a problem?
Shouldn't make any difference.

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