How to sync contacts and calendar etc...

You have probably not checked this.... But I wanted to test to see if my new contacts added today had synced over iCloud!!
They hadn't, neither had my calendars or anything else for that matter!!
Here's how to fix it....
First (my mistake) ensure you have 10.7.2 IOS lion installed - then go Ito settings on your mac and activate iCloud from there.
You also have to go to iCloud.com and activate on there as well!!
Hopefully this will help out people who were frustrated (or a bit thick like me)!!

Have a look at this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455

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