Really cannot get my head around Apple ID and iCloud

Hi
I have been reading up on various posts and threads and it seems there is no one definitive answer.
I have an Apple ID (this uses one email address) from the beginning of time when iTunes first came out. Subsequently, I then had a .mac account (this uses a different email address) which has grown and become iCloud.
On my new iPhone 6, I cannot get my head around which affects what and which calendars, to dos are here or there. It is a right mess.
Can someone kindly tell me how can I simply my dumb existence? Perhaps I am getting too old for tech.
I think at one point I wanted the Apple ID for personal use and the iCloud account for business use.

I spent FOUR hours on the phone with Apple yesterday and still no wiser.
Few of my apps work. I backed up my iPhone 4S on iOS 6.0 and restored it onto new iPhone 6 on iOS 8.
The weather app shows all the 10 locations I have saved in there as 32 deg Celsius yesterday but deleting and re-adding corrects that issue I think it was Steve Jobs that coined the phrase "It just works!" - God bless him! He would turn in his grave I am sure at the state of affairs so few years on.
The motto should be refreshed to "It just doesn't work".
I am so frustrated with this that I reckon I am going to be returning the phone over the weekend if I cannot get any useful advice on this issue.
I have no idea whether all 10,000+ photos I have are properly synced. Apple advised me to use the iCloud Photo Beta but then said they cannot guarantee it. Obviously as it is in Beta stage. Why would anyone take that risk?

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