HT2486 Why does icloud really mess up my address book?
Need therapy or Help. All my macs are supposed to link and cotnacts saved, yet i have 2 icloud acocunts in my address book and cannot create groups with out it immediatly adding an icloud group...puzzled. It is me or is address book moving from a really easy App to use to a nigtmare....with mass duplicates, slow workings etc? but it could be me...lol
Apple's answer, via the Genius Bar at the 5th Ave Store in NYC, is as follows:
"You have to use a differnent @me.com e-mail address because Notes syncing is designed to remain compatible with Lion (10.7). Even though it is inconvenient, you just have to make up a new address solely for the purpose of syncing Notes. You don't have to ever use the address/log in/check mail; just type it into your iPhone once and Notes will sync."
Once you enter this address and turn on Notes syncing in the iCloud System Preference panel on your computer, and in the iCloud Settings panel on your iPhone, Notes will sync. You will then have two Notes accounts on your phone, "iCloud" and "On My iPhone." For new notes to sync, make sure you switch the default account to "iCloud" in the Notes settings on your phone.
Unfortunately, this will only sync new notes going forward. I have not been able to get my existing notes to sync, other than by copying each one and pasting into a new note (and deleting the old one). If you were syncing notes under 10.7, you might be able to change the account the notes are associated with (i.e. move them from "on my phone" to "iCloud') using the Mail application on your computer, but if you have not synced notes before I think you're out of luck.
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Why does iCloud require a DIFFERENT .me address?
If this is a stupid question, please forgive me. I have a .me address from years ago when I signed up for MobileMe. Before MobileMe disappeared, I signed into www.me.com/move and migrated my .me address (and my .mac address) to iCloud; got a confirmation message that I could use my .me and .mac addresses with iCloud.
My Apple ID is my personal domain address ([email protected]) and has been for years. No problems.
Now, after installing Mountain Lion, if I try to sync my Notes and Mail with iCloud, I am asked to enter a .me address for iCloud. When I try to enter my old .me address (that was OK to use with iCloud), I am told that that address is already taken. I know that; it is mine.
If I come up with yet another .me address for iCloud, what is going to happen to my iCloud account, which is already associated with my current Apple ID?
Sorry, but this is really confusing.
Any help greatly appreciated.Apple's answer, via the Genius Bar at the 5th Ave Store in NYC, is as follows:
"You have to use a differnent @me.com e-mail address because Notes syncing is designed to remain compatible with Lion (10.7). Even though it is inconvenient, you just have to make up a new address solely for the purpose of syncing Notes. You don't have to ever use the address/log in/check mail; just type it into your iPhone once and Notes will sync."
Once you enter this address and turn on Notes syncing in the iCloud System Preference panel on your computer, and in the iCloud Settings panel on your iPhone, Notes will sync. You will then have two Notes accounts on your phone, "iCloud" and "On My iPhone." For new notes to sync, make sure you switch the default account to "iCloud" in the Notes settings on your phone.
Unfortunately, this will only sync new notes going forward. I have not been able to get my existing notes to sync, other than by copying each one and pasting into a new note (and deleting the old one). If you were syncing notes under 10.7, you might be able to change the account the notes are associated with (i.e. move them from "on my phone" to "iCloud') using the Mail application on your computer, but if you have not synced notes before I think you're out of luck. -
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MikeTurns out I was cloning a contact using copy and paste. This created the new contact on Lion and I could edit the name to a new one, etc. however, that contact was not going to iCloud. I sent it to my email as an attachment. When opened on iPad or iPhone in iOS5 the contact info was all blank. Wow, what a surprise! Doesn't sound right to me but that is what is happening. Any contact I fully enter or edit anywhere updates thru iCloud on Lion, iPad or iPhone.
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So does anyone know of an easy way to clone contacts when I have a dozen people to add from the same address? -
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Hi,
You can consider the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems Reset Firefox] feature via '''Help''' ('''Alt''' + '''H''') > '''Troubleshooting Information'''. If it is okay, you can then install the Mozilla Archive Format add-on.
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why does aol not auto enter email addresses when I compose an email?
what a ridiculous decision to change from "starts with" to "contains".
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https://www.icloud.com/#calendar Please check out the link. Why does the calender show up incorrectly.
it shows fine, could you provide the screenshot of that.
Reload the webpage while bypassing the cache
*Hold down the ''Shift'' key and click the ''Reload'' button with a left click.
*Press ''Ctrl'' + ''F5'' or ''Ctrl'' + ''Shift'' + ''R'' (Windows and Linux)
*Press ''Command'' + ''Shift'' + ''R'' (Mac)
Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
'''Clear the Cache''': Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
'''Remove Cookies''' from sites causing problems:
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