ICloud and syncing multiple devices

I have been using iMail, iCal, and Address Book on my MacBook Pro running OSx 10.7.5. I use iCloud to make sure that my devices (iPhone, iPad, and Macbook Pro) synchronize so that if I send/receive an email, enter a calendar event or a contact in one device - it transfers over to the others via iCloud. This system has worked flawlessly.
My issue is that I now want to use Microsoft Outlook on my MacBook Pro, instead of the other three programs. I have used it at work, know it better and find it easier to use. I use Google Mail as my email service provider and also use two-step verification due to security concerns.
I have been able to get Outlook to send/receive my email and transfer (sync) everything via iCloud to my other devices, and the email works flawlessly. I have been able to copy my calendar and contacts to Outlook, but they will not sync - ie when I put a new event in in either iPhone or iPad, it does not show up in Outlook. I have spent hours scouring the support communities but can not get this to work and it is critical for me. I will thank anyone(s) in advance who can help me with this - I have heard from others that it is entriely possible and I am convinced there is something else I need to do. Thank you again...

Unfortunately, you won't be able to sync iCloud contacts and calendars with Outlook 2011 for Mac because Microsoft did not included support for the CalDAV and CardDAV protocols that iCloud uses to sync them. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2648915.

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The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
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So your contacts and calendar will sync automatically between your Mac, iPhone, iPad. And you can backup your stuff. And it does this based on your AppleID.
I, like I suspect many others, have an iPhone and iPad for me and my significant other. And we have two Macs. We both used the same AppleID. We clearly would not want to "merge" our contacts and calendars, or any backups.
Why do we share an AppleID? So we only have to purchase music, iOS apps, Mac apps, once for the family. Multiple AppleIDs is not an option as that negates a primary benefit of the Apple ecosystem. Apple has been pretty family friendly up to this point. You can share an AppleID with 5 devices today (if you have that many Macs or PCs), in my case we are talking 2. And they did still say you can buy Lion in the app store and use it on all your AppleID authorized machines.
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OK, here is how do make this work. All the details I can think of to give . ..
On any IOS device there is an entry for the Apple ID to be used for store purchases. You will find this in Settings > Store.
On any IOS device there are several Apple ID entries for using iCloud services. You will find these in Settings > iCloud and Settings > Messages.
Then there are also Apple ID entries in some apps, like Facetime, Find my Friends, . . .
Set them as you wish. If you have a shared family Apple ID for purchases then put that one in Store. And give each family member their own Apple ID for iCloud.
This is also true on your Mac. For the iCloud settings you can use one Apple ID, and a different one for the iTunes store.
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In my case I am using one Apple ID for the Store, and separate iCloud Apple IDs for each family member. That way someone does not use the wrong ID and trash the person who would be using the Store Apple ID. There is no personal data on the Store Apple ID. Seems much safer and logical that way (to me). However, there is no reason why you could not have the Store Apple ID also be used by one person for iCloud.
Not sure what else can be said here. Apple provided a good solution for those of us who have been sharing an Apple ID in the family. Thanks Apple!

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I don't have a family pack, but I would imagine this would simply be a case of syncing the devices in iTunes as you normally would for media.
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See Apple's FAQ's about the MobileMe transistion to iCloud

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