The Wonders Of iCloud?

At first glance, iCloud sounds amazing. Finally we do not have to sync with cables and all that crap (I hate cables, I always fall over them or pull them out by accident!) somewhere where we can take a photo and it will appear on all the other apple products that we use at the same time. Whilst it sounds amazing and from first hand experience I can say that it is, the route to get there is slightly more difficult. Apple made iCould sound so effortless and amazing, when you finally get it up and running it is, but the process of getting there has had my head in a spin. Many of my friends had been asking the same questions. “Why are my calendar dates not syncing properly” “why are my photos not appearing on my iPad when I take them on my iPhone?” “Do I sync to my computer or to iCloud?” basically in a nut shell, you have to set everything up! you have to make sure that iCould is switched on and is working on each device that you want to use and then to edit the settings of iCloud on each device to make sure that will do the things you want it to do. I know this sounds nerdy but I thought I would talk about this because I know so many people in the same situation. the iPhone, iPod and iPad are rather simple to set up. You click iCould and turn it on. It is the computer (my brain child as I call it) that is the problem. Apple has the idea that the computer is now not the main component in the relationship, so your iPhone is just as important as your computer and they just share information between them, rather than the iPhone just taking the information from the computer like before. You have to make sure that when you type in your notes and dates on your calendar that you are actually using the iCloud setting within it (or your notes and dates on the calendar will only transfer when you are syncing to your computer) when you are using iCloud settings on calendar then as soon as you type them on your computer, they appear on your iPhone and iPad. The same with photo sharing between the devices. You need to make sure that on your computer settings, the mac is to share the photos (and if you use iPhoto that it is correctly set up on there) 

The reason I say this is because I thought that my iCloud was working but it was actually my phone just syncing to my computer and taking information from it each day (with iCloud it shares information pretty much instantly and saves you the time to sync each apple device to the computer) 

I probably made no sense at all but at least I know what I am talking about! All I am saying is that for iCloud to work as amazing as Apple describes it, you need to make sure that many things are set up. 

So is iCloud really that wonderful? I wouldn’t say that it is the most amazing thing in the world but it is extremely handy. I always type in my work rota and everything I am doing onto my calendar so the fact that it automatically updates onto my other products is great because I do not have to remember to sync my iPhone to make sure that I have my correct work dates. Another great thing is the photo sync. I always forget that I have taken photos on my phone because I also have a camera. Now that it syncs with my iPad I remember that I have them and it makes it so easy to upload them to Facebook and share them with friends. 

I recommend that you set it up because at the end of the day it is handy and will save you time even if you do not use them regularly. Its another thing to make our lives less complicated in a complicated way

If you got to the end of this and understand everything that I am talking about then I love you, if you didn’t then please read it all over again, more user friendly topic next I promise! 

Signing out, Thatmfeeling