Icloud settings

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raeofsunshinSep 28, 2014 8:27 AM
I asked a few days ago for advice on upgrading my imac to yosemite the general consensus was not to do this as I would then have problems accessing my Pages work so I am still running maverick.
I have just signed into iCloud to alter my settings for downloading photos and itunes, when I enter settings I get a page saying approx. a third of the way down saying
No Devices you must be signed into iOS 8 settings or Mac OS X Yosemite system preferences to see devices
Can anyone help as I don't understand the principle of not allowing me access to things when Apple have not issued the alternative surely it would be more customer friendly to issue Yosemite prior to blocking access
but then again I am quite prepared to accept thtat I am doing things wrong.
At present keeping use of my Pages is more necesssary than altering settings but it would be good to do both any advice please
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

I thought I was following directions to set up my icloud account. One set for the computer and then one set for the itouch. Part of those directions said to go to settings and then to store to set up the automatic downloads for the icloud.
I guess I am missing something. But, I did just download a song to my computer and it is not showing up on my itouch. I thought it was automatic but since I can't set the automatic settings under settings (in store section but given as directions for setting up icloud), it must not be and this must be the reasonl
I apologize if this sounds very confusing - it is, but it makes sense it you break it down to setting up everything.
Thanks for the quickness of your original reply.

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