Hello Sieghard and list, Unfortunately, while you can set up iCloud Mail in Microsoft Outlook without the iCloud software, you can’t sync anything other than mail. The iCloud Control Panel allows your iCloud calendars, contacts, and reminders to also sync. I do indeed have iCloud mail set up but I would like the other data types to sync too. In order to do that, one has to use the app. My understanding is that iCloud uses standard CallDav and CardDav protocols to sync calendar and contact data, but since Outlook doesn’t support those protocols you need the app to act as a middleman of sorts.
Cheers. Grant On Jan 2, 2016, at 1:28 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: OK, you are correct, I just Googled it and iCloud uses IMAP and not exchange active sync. However, you should nonetheless be able to set it up in Outlook and of course on your iPhone you just select “iCloud” as the account type. In my view this would be preferable than to use the iCloud Control Panel to sync, after all, why use a piece of software to do something that should work just fine without. Here is the information from an Apple support article on how to set this up. You find the article at https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT202304 <https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT202304> Use these mail server settings if you need to manually set up your email app (client) to use an iCloud email account. Do you need these mail server settings? You can use the mail server settings in this article to manually set up your email app to send and receive email with an iCloud email account. However, you shouldn't need to do that if you meet iCloud system requirements and can use any of these setup methods: • Use iCloud Preferences on your Mac in OS X Lion v10.7.4 or later • Use iCloud for Windows on your PC in Microsoft Windows with Outlook 2010 through Outlook 2016. • Use iCloud settings with iOS 7 or later Mail server settings Refer to your email app's documentation for information about how to use these settings. iCloud Mail uses the IMAP and SMTP standards supported by most modern email apps. iCloud does not support POP. IMAP information for the incoming mail server • Server name: imap.mail.me.com <http://imap.mail.me.com/> • SSL Required: Yes If you see an error message when using SSL, try using TLS instead. • Port: 993 • Username: This is usually the name part of your iCloud email address (for example, emilyparker, not emilypar...@icloud.com <mailto:emilypar...@icloud.com>). If your email client can't connect to iCloud using just the name part of your iCloud email address, try using the full address. • Password: Your iCloud password SMTP information for the outgoing mail server • Server name: smtp.mail.me.com <http://smtp.mail.me.com/> • SSL Required: Yes If you see an error message when using SSL, try using TLS or STARTTLS instead. • Port: 587 • SMTP Authentication Required: Yes • Username: Your full iCloud email address (for example, emilypar...@icloud.com <mailto:emilypar...@icloud.com>, not emilyparker) • Password: Your iCloud password Good luck, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 12:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Problems with the iCloud Control Panel Hi Sieghard, I don't believe iCloud uses Exchange ActiveSync to sync with Outlook hence the need to install and configure the iCloud Control Panel app. It is quite finicky to set up, in my experience, but works extremely well, when it does work. I have it set up on one PC and it is working perfectly, so I don't want to touch the settings on that PC! Cheers, Grant On Jan 2, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote: > Doesn’t iCloud use Exchange Active Sync? If so, couldn’t you set it up on > your phone and your PC to simply sync to the cloud account? > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Grant > Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 12:04 PM > To: Viphone List <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> > Subject: Problems with the iCloud Control Panel > > Hi all, > > Has anyone recently managed to set up Outlook synchronization via the iCloud > Control Panel? > > In both Office 2013 and Office 2016 on a fresh installation of Windows, one > of the following always occurs when I try to enable Outlook synchronization: > > 1. The iCloud app immediately states that it must be repaired before > synchronization can be set up. > > 2. After the app is repaired and I try again, it looks like synchronization > is going fine. It reports how many items are being downloaded from iCloud > etc. But then, at the end, the following error pops up: "Outlook Setup for > iCloud: Outlook Setup Error. 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