ICloud versus "on my Mac"

I'm learning more about iCloud. Now with my Mac Calendar. I'm going to start using my Calendars in the iCloud so to access of course on all my devices. Here is my question: What happens to my Calendars in iCloud, let's say, if the iCloud failed for some reason; is my Calendar still hard loaded in my computer or is it lost?
Let me ask it this way: Is there a difference between having my iCal "on my Mac" and also in the cloud, as opposed to having my iCal only in the cloud and not stored on my computer?

Your Calendars (and Contacts) are stored on the iCloud servers, a local copy (a cached copy) is stored on your computer. If you can not connect to iCloud (no internet for example) you can still use the local copy, any changes to it will be uploaded to iCloud when you next connect.
Any Calendars you put in 'On My Mac' will only be on your Mac.

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Sign out of icloud in system preferences and sign in with the one you want to use. Just be sure to backup icloud-synced data first, before signing out, if you have any data associated with that account you care about. Then you can reimport it after. If you only want the information that is currently syncing on your mobile devices, then it's simply sign out with the old MM one and sign in with the one on the mobile devices.

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System Preferences/iCloud - log out and then log in with your other ID.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3390335?tstart=0
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Hi,
I have an iCloud account on my Mac which has a different account name to the iCloud account on my iPhone. How can I change the Mac account name to match the iPhone one? Kuranda.

You can't change it in one step. Sign out of the one now on the Mac, sign onto the right one.

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Hi selmjan,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you would like to set up iCloud on your Mac. Please use the attached web-link for information and instructions to complete this process. If you need information more specific to your situation, please let me know what step in the process you are on.
Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.
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Joe

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You could use one at once and keep switching between the two, but it would be rather messy. You can also add more than one @me mail address to mail. You could also use seperate user accounts for each iCloud account. If you tell us why you would want to have two iCloud accounts on one mac we might be able to give better advice.

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Hi,
Can I sync 2 iPhones with 2 iCloud accounts with 1 mac?
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I think you're just setting yourself up for a lot of potential issues there. lol

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You can cannot delete an AppleID, you just sign out of all services, stop using it, and start over with a new AppleID. If your ID is an iCloud ID it cannot be changed, see this link.
: Apple ID: Changing your Apple ID
To if you want to start over with a new AppleID, see this link to update all services: Update the features and services

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I have one icloud id on my mac and want to share photos, calendars, etc with an ipad with a different icloud id. if I create a new id for both of us will this work? My concern is losing data on either device. (the mac book pro is new, but has all of the retrieved data from my previous mac book pro)

You will lose data from whichever was the 2nd to last to sync .
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Tap on Settings > iCloud > Delete Account (only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud; the person keeping the current account will not be affected,) provide the password to turn off Find My Phone and choose Keep on My iDevice when prompted. Sign in with a different Apple ID to create your new account. Choose Merge to upload your data.
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Note: The essence of the above was created by user, randers. I have made substantial changes to improve readability and syntax.

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Hello Lara,
have you already called Apple and explained your current situation, because I don't see a way to downgrade your storage plan with a Mac only running Snow Leopard and without a iOS device running at least iOS 5.
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Can't sign in using any 3rd party email client with my iCloud account on any Mac. Tried every settings, My iCloud only works with Mail.app

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