Hi Edward, You may find a couple of hours a lot of time to spend on the iCloud Control Panel. There really isn't a lot in there. After you install it you sign in with your Apple ID and password. You can then tab through the options, they are all read as buttons or links: Contacts, Calendars and tasks with Outlook button: can read as checked or, if unchecked Jaws won't say anything Bookmarks with Internet Explorer button: can read as checked or, if unchecked Jaws won't say anything Tab once and after Bookmarks you have an option button which, if you have more than one browser installed, let's you check them. Photos button: same as above, either check it or uncheck it. If checked Photostream is active on the computer and any photos you take on the iPhone and which, if you turn Photostream on on the iPhone (in Settings, iCloud) will download to the iCloud, then they are pushed down to a folder you specify on your computer. By default I think it is My Pictures, Photostream There is another Options button after Photos where you can specify the location of your Photostream folder. In the Photostream options Jaws reads 2 unlabelled buttons as just "Button", but you can use the Jaws cursor to read everything and click on stuff. There is also a "Change" button and if you route Jaws to PC and do a say line it will read you the location of the Photostream folder, Change of course lets you browse to a different location/folder. Lastly you have a link to "Create an iCloud email address" and if you use the Jaws cursor it will read "Create an iCloud email address to use iCloud with Outlook". If you completely use the Jaws cursor that is actually at the top of the screen above your "Contacts, Calendars and Tasks" button. I'm not exactly sure what benefit there is to having an iCloud email, I think if you have a mail account set up on your PC in Outlook and have the same account set up on your iPhone you can still sync Contacts and Calendars although I don't think it will actually sync your email. I can't really talk from experience here because I use an Outlook.com email address and setting it up in Outlook and on the iPhone is very easy and all mail, contacts, calendars are kept synced anyways since Outlook.com already is Microsoft's cloud email service. After the link to create an iCloud email address is a "Manage" button. If you route Jaws to PC and then go up a line it will tell you how much of your 5 GB iCloud storage you are using and you can of course "Manage" your storage or buy more. The last 4 items are a checkbox and here you can choose to "Show iCloud Status in System Tray", then there is a "Help" link and lastly a "Account Details" button and a "Close" button. The Account Details refers to your Apple ID.
That's it, really only 3 things you can do, Sync your Contacts, Calendars and Tasks with Outlook, Sync your Bookmarks and set the options for Photostream. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Przybylek Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: iCloud Control Panel Hi Chris, Thanks for getting back to me. I guess I know what I'll be doing for a couple hours tomorrow. Take care, Ed Przybylek -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: iCloud Control Panel Yes it is reasonably accessible. Regards Chris On 12/02/2014 20:46, Edward Przybylek wrote: > Hi all, > > Is the iCloud control panel reasonably accessible? I'd rather not spend a > lot of time installing it and trying to use it only to find out it's not > worth the time and effort. Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > Take care, > Ed Przybylek > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
