Laura, Click on the link on your Mac not your iPad. You can't Sign-In to iCloud from your iPad only a computer.
Sent from Ronni's iPad On 13/03/2012, at 5:48 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > On 13/03/2012, at 5:26 PM, Laura Webb wrote: > >> Hi Ronni >> >> Thank you for getting back to me. >> >> I have iCloud on my iPad with my usual Apple ID, but don't see anything >> asking me to Sign In. > > Hi Laura, > > I don’t mind trying to help you, but you don’t seem to have read anything I > have typed before? > 1. "Can you Sign-In to iCloud <https://www.icloud.com/> ?” > > Click on the link above and it takes you to iCloud where you Sign-In. > >> I don't have either Mail or Notes turned on because, as you so rightly say >> these require a .me email account which I don't feel comfortable about. No >> doubt because I simply don't understand why it is necessary. > > Well you can’t use iCloud Mail and Notes as I mentioned before. > >> I sync using iTunes. ICloud is backing up Keynote and Pages. i can see the >> files that are backed up. Contacts. Calendars, Reminders and Bookmarks are >> ON but no evidence that they are being backed up. > > Again, that is why I’m trying to find out if you have iCloud setup correctly, > if you can’t Sign-In you haven’t. >> >> Until recently there was no trouble with Notes. I think I just have to >> accept that the missing ones have gone, even though a couple of old ones >> still remain and I'm curious as to "why". > > That is what I am trying to find out for you, but you are making it difficult > by not doing what I have asked. > > I’m knocking off from WAMUG for the day. > > Cheers, > Ronni > >> >> As always your advice is very much appreciated, but on this occasion I do >> feel I have wasted enough of your precious time. I can live without the >> missing Notes. >> >> Kind regards >> Laura >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> On 13/03/2012, at 3:28 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Laura, >>> >>> I said I would get back to you today, so I will. A few things are troubling >>> me with your setup of iCloud on the iPad. >>> >>> 1. You mention you have an iCloud Account on your iPad. >>> Can you Sign-In to iCloud <https://www.icloud.com/>? >>> What are you signing in with; an Apple ID or a .me.com/.mac.com account? >>> >>> 2. If you can Sign-In. Click on the Mail Icon; then in Mail - Under Folders >>> > Notes >>> Are your Notes there? >>> >>> The two iCloud Services you CAN’T Turn On without a .me.com or .mac.com >>> iCloud Account are Mail & NOTES. >>> Notes are ‘maintained’ by Mail, they are part of Mail, even though on the >>> iPad Notes might appear to you to be a separate service or App. >>> >>> Your computer is running OS X 10.6.8 so therefore cannot use iCloud. >>> So you can’t sync your iPad & iPhone & MBP via iCloud. If your iPhone is >>> using iOS5 you can sync iPad & iPhone via iCloud … but NOT the MBP. >>> >>> Note: >>> iCloud: What if my device or computer doesn't meet iCloud system >>> requirements?<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4929?viewlocale=en_US> >>> >>> "If you created an iCloud account from an iOS 5 device or Mac running OS X >>> Lion, but have other devices or computers that don't meet the system >>> requirements, you may be able to use some features of iCloud with limited >>> functionality.” >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/03/2012, at 5:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Laura, >>>> >>>> OK, you can’t use iCloud on your Mac as iCloud requires Lion OS X 10.7. >>>> >>>> So I presume you are syncing “Contacts/Calendars/Mail Accounts/Notes via >>>> iTunes? >>>> NOT via iCloud. >>>> >>>> Have a read here: >>>> What is iCloud >>>> <http://www.apple.com/icloud/what-is.html> >>>> >>>> How to setup iCloud on all your devices… click on the “iPhone.iPad. and >>>> iPod Touch” image: >>>> <http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/> >>>> >>>> I’ll give you time to absorb it all and I’ll get back to you tomorrow. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> On 12/03/2012, at 5:13 PM, Laura Webb wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/03/2012, at 3:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Laura, >>>>> >>>>> Do you have an iCloud Account? >>>>> >>>>> Yes but only on iPad. >>>>> >>>>> To Sync Notes via iCloud >>>>> >>>>> On your iPad: >>>>> 1. Have Notes turned on in Settings > iCloud > Notes ON >>>>> >>>>> This where I am asked to create an @me.com email address to turn on >>>>> Notes. I don't understand this reques > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
