ICloud behaviour on multiple devices

I have an iphone4, iPad, mac and my wife has an iPhone4. I have a problem now that I have setup iCloud I am finding that once an email is read on one device it disappears from the others. Can I set it up so that the mail stays on each device until it is deleted locally?

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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.

HT4847 is there a unified way to manage iCloud storage for multiple devices

i have multiple idevices and the same account being used across multiple of these devices. I want to manage my storage from a central place. is this possible.

delete content in iCloud from devices with out physically accessing the devices. I want to get a global view of which device is using what aspect of cloud and if possible, clean up the photo stream on the cloud itself and push it to all devices.

Handling contacts with iCloud, one person, multiple devices. Help?

Hi, and thanks for your help.
I want to use iCloud to keep my contacts synced across my iphone 4s, my iPad 2 and, of course, icloud.com.
I just turned on iCloud on the iPhone 4s and performed a a backup, and now all of the 300 contacts from the iPhone are showing up on icloud.com. Great, as expected.
But now I want to set up iCloud on my iPad as well. It has 400 contacts, which are mostly the same as those on my iPhone but with about 100 additional contacts that aren't on my iPhone.
My questions:
What will happen when I "flip the switch" to turn on iCloud on the iPad?
How will the additional contacts be handled?
Will the contacts on the iPad be wiped out and replaced with those now stored on iCloud.com (which would cause me to lose the 100 additional contacts)?
Will duplicate contacts be created so that no contacts are lost (but forcing me to delete 300 duplicate entries)?
If I have the same contact on both devices but with slight differences (e.g., one has an extra phone number), what will happen with the differences? Will one be overriden, or will they be treated as separate contacts?
Thanks for your answers!
jbend

No, it will not wipped out your contact but add to it. If you're not sure, you can always do a back up first.
As long as you always used the same Apple ID in both iDevices, everything should be fine.

HT204053 icloud backup with multiple devices and apple ids

Wondering if I have the appropriate set up to ensure all my data, purchases, apps, etc. is properly backed up to my icloud (personal email account)? Here is my current set up. PC: itunes - personal email; iPhone: icloud & store purchases - personal email; iPad: icloud-work email and store purchases-personal email. So will store purchases on my iPad still go to my personal icloud? (Note I can't change the iPad: icloud log in - iPad owned by work so required setting)
Also, does icloud copy any data from my PC other than itunes? Not sure if the set up questions when I icloud on my PC are related to my PC or to the various devices. For instance, "Mail" is an option - which mail account is this?
Any clarification on these questions would be much appreciated!

My iphone 5s = apple id 1
Husband iphone 4s = apple id 2
My ipad = apple id 3
Son #1 ipad mini = apple id 4
Son #2 ipad mini = apple id 5
For iCloud.. Not quite, you want the same ID for iCloud on your phone and iPad so you have the same info on each. (so perhaps ID 1 on both.
But if you want to share your music (assuming lets say its your ID 1 that has the iTunes account), you should all use ID 1 for iTunes.

ICloud setup with multiple devices

I have an iPad, my husband has a Mac and a brand new iPhone. We have been using the same Apple ID and had everything working over iCLoud. We want to share contacts and calendars (pretty much everything except email) and now we would like to utilize iMessage. How should we setup our icloud? THanks

What, exactly, are you trying to do? You can use the same iCloud account on as many devices as you want, as long as you don't turn on iTunes Match. Once you turn on Match, you're limited to 10 devices total.
Is this what you want to do...same iCloud account, but different iTunes/App store accounts on each device? If so, you can do that also.

IOS 8 find friends on same icloud account with multiple devices

This has been bugging me and I have not found a workable answer to it anytime I have searched. iOS seems to have broken a simple functionality of find my friends. I have 2 iPhones on my iCloud account, in iOS 7 it was simple to share the location in find friends, that is now broken. I have read the directions about going to >settings.iCloud>share my location on the device and choosing what device to share the location from, that is simple, the problem is that it sets that as the device to share the location on for ALL the devices on the account. How can I get the old individual control over the devices that has been lost? This seems like it should be a simple "Apple, it just works" feature that is now convoluted.

Ok, figured it out myself. My first problem was that for some reason my phone hadn't activated properly with iMessage / FaceTime (my phone number was unchecked in the You can be reached by FaceTime At section in FaceTime settings). That required switching off FaceTime and iMessage and switching them back on again after a short wait so that they could activate properly, which they did.
Once that was done, my FaceTime settings (on my iPhone) had a new option: iPhone Mobile Calls:
My wife's phone also has that setting. Choosing which phone is used is just a question of only having this setting enabled on one phone at a time. I assume (all though I haven't tried it) that if both phones are enabled in this way, FaceTime on iPad or Mac gives you the choice of which phone/number to use. It wasn't giving me a choice earlier because there was only one phone enabled.

Having trouble setting up iCloud Keychain in multiple devices

I set up for using iCloud Keychain on my iMac but am having problem getting through approval process for iPad. iPad demand either use of Security Code which I do not have or approve it from another devicer that uses iCloud Keychain. iCloud Keychain on iMac's preference says "waiting for approval from other device. clicking Detail tells me "Approval request has been sent to the other device using iCloud Keychain". Yet I do not see the request on my iPad. I am at complete loss. Appreciate any hint to get out of this mess.

Hello, emiki88.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is an article that has some helpful troubleshooting steps for issues with iCloud Keychain.
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Keychain
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4644
Cheers,
Jason H.

HT204053 One iCloud account on multiple devices

My wife and I each have an iPhone and we have a Macbook. Can we use one iCloud or Apple ID across all three of our devices? Specifically we would like to sync one calendar, email account, notes and whatever else is functional for us to share.
Is an @me account the same thing as an @icloud account at this point?

The login for iCloud is your @me.com address if you migrated from MobileMe, or the other email address you chose when you created an Apple ID if you stearted an account from scratch. All iCloud accounts provide an @me.com address. No other address can be used as a functioning address with iCloud.

Sharing multiple iCloud calendars across multiple devices

My wife and I have different apple ids (plus I have a work one too). Is there any way we can view each other's icloud calendars on all our iPads and iPhones? If someone can help that would be great - thanks.

I made a Calendar named "Family" on my iPhone.
I shared this Calendar by adding person. (My wife's email).
My wife accept it and now we have two Calendars on each phone. The "personal" one and the "Family".
Every time I make a new event I have to decide to save on mine or family calendar. My Calendar is the default calendar so if I want to add an event on this I don't have to change anything. But if I want to add an event in the Family calendar I have to change the calendar to family. (It's below the alerts fields).
My wife using her Calendar rarely so she setup the Family as default. (Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Calendars section>Default Account>Family.
So you don't have to send invitations every time. Just add an event in the right Calendar.
Hope this helped. Sorry for my English

Problems with Icloud calendar on multiple devices

my calendar is not working correctly when I put an event on my ipad it dissapears but on my computer the event shows up numerous times. Also on my computer I am having trouble with the calendar going to the correct date on i cloud it keeps moving to a different date.

Thank you paulfromstpeters !
I have the same problem!
I don't remember what I exactly did, but after some changes on a repeted event (I think I deleted some recurrens), it doesn't appear anymore on the iCloud and on the iPod (but correctly on the MacBook).

ICloud mail on multiple devices

I have my iCloud mail turned on on both my iPad and iPhone. The mail comes to my iPad, but it doesn't come to my iPhone. When you go into settings it shows it in accounts, but when I go into the mail app it doesn't show my iCloud mailbox. How can I fix this?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
I assume it shows mail as enabled in settings > iCloud, try turning it off, restarting the phone and then turning it back on again.

Best practice for setting up iCloud with multiple devices using a single AppleID

Hi there
Me and my wife have an iPhone each, and are looking at getting both of us using iCloud. The problem is that we only use one Apple ID for our music library.
Is getting a separate Apple ID necessary for each device on iCloud, or can multiple devices have seperate settings/photos/music, etc.?

Using different Apple ID for iCloud is not necessary, but in most cases it is recommended.
You can however choose to use separate Apple IDs for iCloud and continue to use the same Apple ID for iTunes, thereby being able to share all your purchases of music, apps and books.

What is the best way to set up multiple devices in the same household?

Our family has a bunch of devices (phones,pads,pods) all set up under the same appleID. The idea was to be able to share iTunes content among devices. The problem is that there is personalized data merging between devices (address book, apps, etc). Is there a way to set up multiple devices under the same account while maintaining their own identity so that Each user can have their own apps, addresses, etc without having to sift through everyone else's stuff?

Continue to share your iTunes ID, but use different IDs for other services such as FaceTime, iMessage and iCloud. (When you share the same iCloud account across multiple devices, any synced data is merged and the merged list appears on all devices sharing the account.)
To change the ID For:
iMessage, go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive (Receive At in iOS 5), tap the ID sign out, sign back in using the other ID.
FaceTime, do the same thing in Settings>FaceTime.
iCloud, you'll have to delete the account, create a new account with the other ID, and migrate your data to the new account. Before deleting the account, if you have any photos in photo stream that are not in your camera roll or backed up somewhere else save these to your camera roll or you will lose them. To do this, open the photo stream album in the thumbnail view, tap Edit, tap all the photos you want to save, tap Share, then tap Save to Camera Roll. Once this is done, go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data, be sure to select Keep On [iDevice]. Next, set up a new iCloud account using a different Apple ID (if you don't have one, tap Get a Free Apple ID at the bottom). Then turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account. Finally, to un-merge the data you will then have to go to icloud.com on your computer and sign into each iCloud account separately and manually delete the data you don't want in each account (such as deleting the other person's contacts from your account, and vice versa).
This article may be of interest: http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-icloud-tips-sharing-an-apple-id-with-you r-family/.

Multiple devices on iCloud using one account

with only 1 apple account and multiple family members using iOS devices and iCloud, changing data on one device changes it on all of them, how can i separate the devices?

Hi Hammers1.
From what I understand you want to all use the same iCloud Apple ID for:
- Find my iPhone
- Calendars (diary)
- Photo Stream
You want to be able to have separate:
- Contacts
- FaceTime accounts
If that is correct you can do the following:
1. On each device under Settings > iCloud use the same Apple ID.
- Enable Calendars, Find my iPhone, and Photo Stream (and any other data you want to share)
- Do not enable Contacts. If it is already enabled and you choose to turn it off you will get an alert to keep or delete contacts. Removing them inthis method will only remove them from THAT device, not the account itself.
2. Each member can setup their own iCloud account under Settings > Mail Contacts Calendars > iCloud and enable Contacts (and other data types depending) if they want. Or, they can just keep their contacts local on their device, sync through another service, etc.
An article that may be of use is http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4020 which talks about using multiple iCloud accounts on one device, and what features can be used on two accounts at the same time. For example, a device can only use Photo Stream with one iCloud account, but can have two iCloud accounts syncing different calendar data at the same time.
3. For Face Time, you can disable this or setup any other Apple ID on each device by going to Settings > FaceTime > tap the Apple ID and Sign Out.
One thing to note also if someone decides to say, use the shared calendar and then their own calendar by setting up two iCloud accounts, they can set up the default calendar under Settings > Mail Contacts Calendar. This can help if they want to make sure events they enter on their iPhone only go to their calendar, and not she shared calendar. You can also edit this when creating each event indivudually as well but setting a default can save time.
Your Apple ID can be used for several services onyour device. While it is nice to have the same Apple ID for everything, sometimes having more than one for different things is the way to go. Here is another article that may help:
Apple IDs and iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895

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