Outlook 2007 or 2010 is required for accessing iCloud email, contacts, and calendars. Safari 5.1.1 or Internet Explorer 8 or later is required for accessing bookmarks.
2. Turn on iCloud.
From the Windows Start menu, choose Control Panel > Network and Internet > iCloud.
Enter the Apple ID you used to create your iCloud account and select the iCloud services you’d like to enable.
3 Enable automatic downloads.
To enable automatic downloads for your music, apps, and books, open iTunes > Edit > Preferences > Store and select Music, Apps, and Books.(Requires iTunes 10.5.)
The Apple iCloud was announced on 6th June 2011. The Apple iCloud stores all of the most important things that you carry with you including music, apps, photos, calendars, documents and more. The iCloud stores them in the sky so that you can access them from any device that works with iCloud, so your Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod.
iCloud manages your content
The iCloud manages all of your data for you so all you have to do is use it. When you want it the iCloud will push data from the sky to your device. You won’t have to duplicate the data that you want on your devices by continuously syncing with your computer, the iCloud will serve your data from one place.
Intelligent iCloud
The iCloud is not like carrying a hard drive around in your pocket, it is much more intelligent than that. The iCloud serves you 24/7 and delivers what you want from it at any time without you doing anything. The iCloud syncs with all of your devices so that you never have to worry about copying data from one device to another. All of your data is the same on each of your devices, you don’t have to do a thing. If you’re on your Mac and you enter a new calendar entry, it will show up on your iPhone that is collecting data from your iCloud.
Shaping the future
Apple are hoping that the iCloud is revolutionary way of delivering and managing content for users. The way we manage the content on our devices will be defined by this technology. From iTunes to Photo streams to Books and more, adding to the iCloud will deliver your data across your device range allowing you to use them easier and have all your data at any one time on any device.
When will the iCloud launch?
The iCloud will be available to US users in Autumn 2011 so around September time. It is not sure when the iCloud will be available to other countries due to copyright talks but other countries will follow suit shortly after the US have the service.
Below is a repost of an aritcle written by Google on how to Hide Morning and Night hours in Calendar. If you would like to enable this feature, please follow the steps below.
How often do you have something scheduled at 3am? What about 10pm? If the answer is almost never, you might want to try out the Hide morning and night lab in Google Calendar.
With a simple drag of a slider you can fold all those empty hours into a single row to set the time range you want to hide. The folded rows still show all your events, just in more compact form.
We're launching this in Calendar Labs (Settings > Labs) to gather feedback on how people end up using this feature. So don’t forget to tell us what you think about this latest addition.
The above video highlights most of the major aspects of iTunes Match, along with some of the idiosyncrasies of the service. I highly recommend you watch it to get a good grasp of everything iTunes Match is capable of. It’s quite lengthy, but I didn’t want to spare any of the important details. This video shows you how to check iCloud status, download status, how to use iTunes Match on a separate Mac or PC, how to delete iTunes Match songs from your iOS device, and much, much more.
What is iTunes Match?
iTunes Match can be broken up into 3 separate entities:
Matching iTunes scans all of the music contained in your iTunes library to see if there is already a version of that song available in the iCloud library. If so, the song is matched, and Apple will let you stream their high quality version on your iPhone, Mac or PC, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV. This eliminates the need to upload your music to iCloud, saving bandwidth and precious time. If you listen to a lot of popular music, most of your tunes should be able to be matched.
Uploading If iTunes can’t find a version of your song on iCloud, it will upload the song to iCloud for you. That way you can play that song on any of your devices that have iTunes Match enabled. The downside of this is that it takes time to upload, and it uses bandwidth. If you listen to a lot of obscure music not found on the iTunes store, then prepare to wait a while to upload. You can compare this portion of iTunes Match to Google Music, which is strictly an upload service at the moment.
Playing The final aspect of iTunes Match is the ability to play either your matched or uploaded music to any of your iTunes Match enabled devices. That includes Macs, PCs, and iOS devices. This makes it possible to take your entire music library with you on the go.
How Much Does iTunes Match Cost?
iTunes Match costs $24.99 a year. You must install iTunes 10.5.1 or higher to enable iTunes Match. Once iTunes is installed go to Store > Turn On iTunes Match to subscribe. You will be billed against the same account that is used for your Apple ID.
What Are the Requirements for iTunes Match?
You must have an iOS 5 capable device, a Mac or a PC with iTunes 10.5.1, or an Apple TV with the latest firmware. For iPhone’s and iPad 3G’s you can download music while on the go. For iPod Touch, you must have a Wi-Fi connection to download music. You can always download the music you want to hear to your device and listen to it while on the go, you just can’t download it while not connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot.
How Long Does it Take iTunes Match to Match and Upload My Entire Library?
That will depend on how big your library is, and whether or not iTunes can match your content. Matching doesn’t take particularly long, but uploading can be time consuming depending on the amount of songs that need to be uploaded and your upload speed. I have over 5,000 songs and it took at least 8 hours to complete, if not more. Larger libraries will take more time.
How Can I determine Which Songs have been Matched and Which Songs Have Been Uploaded?
Our video walkthrough shows you in-depth how to check your iCloud Status using iTunes. In order to do so, right-click on the sort bar in iTunes, and select “iCloud Status” and “iCloud Download”.
What do the different iCloud Statuses mean, and is There a Limit to the Length or File Size of the uploads?
In addition to that, I’m pretty sure there’s a file length limit imposed as well, though we haven’t pinpointed exactly what that may be just yet.
My Music is Low Quality, How Will iTunes Match Handle That?
Any music that iTunes can match will be matched at 256Kbps AAC DRM-Free quality, even if the bit-rate is of a higher or lower quality.
How Much 3G Data Does iTunes Match Use
This will vary, depending on whether or not your song was uploaded or matched. Generally speaking, if your file meets the 256Kbps bit-rate standard, it will be the exact same size as stored on your local computer. Otherwise, size may vary heavily.
Is There a Limit to How Many Songs I Can Have?
iTunes Match is limited to 25,000 songs. 95% of all users will easily fit within that window.
Does iTunes Match Take Up Space on My iOS Device?
Yes and no. Yes if you decide to download the song by tapping the cloud icon. No if you have not downloaded the song. Just because your Music app shows a song or album doesn’t necessarily mean it’s stored locally on your device. Music isn’t stored locally until you play it and/or download it. See the video walkthrough for more details.
How Do I Delete iTunes Match Music From My iOS Device?
You can delete individual music tracks or delete entire albums by swiping from right to left on an album or individual song.
Why is the Song or Album I Deleted Still Being Displayed on My iOS Device?
By default, iTunes Match displays all of the songs available in your iCloud library, whether they exist on your local device or not. You can make it so it only shows content stored locally on your device by going to the Settings App > Music > and disabling “Show All Music”.
How Do I Play My iCloud Library on Another Mac or PC?
I recommend starting with a completely empty library on the second computer. That’s because iTunes Match will insist on using that computer’s library as a basis for iCloud matching and uploads. To cut down on any confusion, I suggests using an iTunes installation with an empty library. This way you can use your Mac or PC’s iTunes installation as if it were an iOS device.
Ensure iTunes 10.5.1 or higher is installed on the computer and go to Store > Turn On iTunes Match. Enter your Apple ID and Password, and you will receive a dialogue box that say “iTunes Match is matching a library from another computer.” Click “Match this computer”. iTunes Match only allows for one library to be matched at a time, that’s why I suggest starting with an empty library. You will then be able to access all of your iCloud Music library on the secondary computer. I recommend not adding any music to this computer, and using it strictly as a “jukebox” device. Please see the video walkthrough for more details.
How Many Devices Can Use a Particular iTunes Match Account?
Each account is limited to 10 devices.
Does iTunes Match Stream?
That’s still up for debate, but evidence suggests that Apple is streaming in some fashion, especially on a desktop computer. See our video walkthrough for more details.
How Does Shuffle Work With iTunes Match
Pretty awesomely. It will shuffle all music contained in your iTunes library, including music that hasn’t downloaded. iTunes Match gives you the ability to shuffle songs from your entire iTunes library while on the go as long as you have an Internet connection.
How do I Resync iTunes Match When I Add More Music to My Library?
The current breed of iDevices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) share an almost similar on-screen virtual keyboard and therefore, you just have to master a common set of keyboard shortcuts to type a little faster on any these devices.
Let’s quickly recap the 10 most useful typing shortcuts for your iDevice:.
Tip #1: If you want to type special characters with accent marks (like the letter à or è), simply tap and hold the corresponding alphabet key for a while and it will pop-up a list of related accented characters for you to choose from. Don’t release the key before making a selection else the choice will disappear.
Tip #2: If you are typing a line of text in, say, an email message, simple tap the space bar on the keyboard twice and it will automatically insert a dot (or period) followed by a space. The next alphabet that you type will be written in uppercase without you having to press the Shift key.
Tip #3: The iPhone keyboard is pretty smart at adding apostrophes. For instance, if you need to type “doesn’t”, just forget the apostrophe and quickly type “doesnt” – the keyboard will automatically insert the apostrophe at the appropriate place.
Tip #4: The numeric keyboard shows the dollar ($) symbol by default. However, if you need to type the Pound or the Euro currency symbol, just hold the $ key and you’ll see a list of alternative symbols in a pop-up.
Tip #5: There are two ways in which you can insert the degree symbol in your text. Either switch to the numeric keyboard and hold the ‘0’ key or, if you using the regular ABC keyboard, hold the ‘O’ key (that’s the alphabet O).
Tip #6: If you want to change the style of quotation marks or if you need to use a longer dash punctuation mark instead of the default hyphen, hold the corresponding key as show in the above screenshot.
Tip #7: Typing everything in all caps is often considered rude but there can be instances where you may have to type two or more consecutive characters in uppercase (e.g., UNESCO or QWERTY).
In the default setting, you’ll to have to tap the Shift key after typing every single character or you can “Enable Caps Lock” under Settings –> General –> Keyboard and then double-tap the shift key to turn it into a Caps lock key. They will stay blue until you press one of them again.
Tip #8: When you are typing a website URL in the address bar of the Safari browser, there’s a special “.com” key in the keyboard that you can tap to quickly complete the web address.
However, if the website that you are trying to reach doesn’t end with a .com, you can still use that key. Just hold it for a while and it will give you an option to choose other popular TLDs including .edu, .org and .net.
Tip #9: Just like the .com key in Safari lets you type domain URLs quickly, there’s something similar in the Mail program of the iPhone /iPad that will help you complete email addresses quickly.
When typing an email address in the To: or CC /BCC field of the Mail program, press and hold the dot (.) key and you’ll get a list of domain shortcuts in a pop-up to auto-complete the email address (you’ll essentially save 3 key strokes).
Tip #10: This is another useful but undocumented keyboard trick that will help you quickly switch between numerical and alphabetical keyboards (video demo).
Let’s say you are typing a document and need to insert an email address in your text. Now the “@” symbol is not available on the default “ABC” keyboard so you’ll first have to switch to the numeric keyboard (?123), tap “@” and then again switch to ABC mode.
That’s like making three keystrokes for typing one key. To simplify, just press the ?123 key, slide the finger to reach the “@” key and then lift the finger up to release the key.
You can use the trick to type numbers, punctuations marks, currency symbols and all other characters that're found only on the numerical keypad of your iPhone or iPad.
"Keyboard shortcuts" is one of the more notable of the over 200 new features in iOS 5, the latest mobile operating system from Apple that is available for download now. These keyboard shortcuts work kind of like an intentional auto-correct: You can designate certain abbreviations and acronyms for "text expansion"; when you type these abbreviations into an email, text message or note, they automatically lengthen into the longer, designated phrase.
So, for example, one keyboard shortcut that comes preloaded with iOS 5 is "omw" for "On my way!" If you type "omw" into any field that accepts text on the iPhone, iPad or iPad Touch, it automatically "corrects" to "On my way!" after you press the space bar:
Very easy and intuitive.
USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Keyboard shortcuts can be incredibly useful: I've set up "gml" as a shortcut for my long Gmail address, "huffml" as a shortcut for my even longer HuffPost email address, "bti10" for "Be there in 10 minutes" and, of course, "hpt" for "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tech" for use in my web browser. Lifehacker has also compiled a good list of suggested keyboard shortcuts that can help you save time and some pain in your fingers, and keyboard shortcuts are totally customizable to expand into whatever phrases you want them to.
To enable these keyboard shortcuts and get to time-saving:
1. Click on your "Settings" icon. 2. Click on "General." 3. Click "Keyboard." 4. At the bottom of the "Keyboard" section, click "Add New Shortcut..." 5. Type the shortcut abbreviation in the "Shortcut" field, and what you want the shortcut to expand to in the "Phrase" field. 6. Click "Save."
Here's the setup and utility of keyboard shortcuts in one screen. The "Add New Shortcut..." setup screen on the left, and what a created keyboard shortcut looks like in action is on the right:
If you have a new iPhone (the 4S) or an iPad 2 with iOS 5 installed, you can use this easy guide to activate AirPlay mirroring on your device. Remember, you need an Apple TV (2nd generation) in order to utilize this feature.
Step 1: Make sure that your Apple TV is on, and that it’s connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your iDevice.
Step 2: From your device’s home screen, double tap the home button to bring up the multitasking tray.
Step 3: Swipe to the right two times to bring up the volume slider (you’ll pass the media controls), and tap the AirPlay icon.
Step 4: Switching the source to Apple TV should reveal the Mirroring option. Enable it.
Unlike Apple’s initial AirPlay introduction, almost all apps are compatible with AirPlay mirroring (except video from apps like Hulu that are copyrighted). Even the Camera application can be mirrored on the big screen, turning your TV into a giant viewfinder. FaceTime works great via mirroring on the 4S.
Apps appear on-screen in vertical view, and rotate to landscape mode to mirror the device. Though a majority of the titles in the App Store don’t support full screen just yet, the ones that do look amazing. This feature can only get better over time.
Answer: Twitter is not about following just your friends and reading about them walking their dog. It's about following the subject matters you are most interested in. If are into Photography, you may want to follow famous photographers, your Camera's manufacturer, popular photography publications, etc. You can also share and connect with others in your field. Twitter allows you to have instant access to the world.
I use Twitter simply because it is the fastest and easiest way to get the latest news and information. I personally follow 80+ people and businesses. This list includes family, friends, celebrities, sports teams, local businesses, tech gurus and tech companies. At anytime during the day or night, I can tap into their world by opening my Twitter app on my iPhone or iPad.
I also share information with my followers by "retweeting" articles that I found interesting or "tweeting" comments about the Giants game or a cool picture I took. Since iOS 5 has Twitter built right into the operating system, I can instantly tweet links and pictures with the tap of a button.
If there is enough interest, we can continue this conversation in one of our classes. Or we can continue this conversation on the blog or on Twitter. Just add a comment below.
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Hi All! I hope you enjoyed the first class. Below I have posted a video and written instructions on how to upgrade to iOS 5. Watch the video, read the instructions, and please contact me if you have any questions.
Before next class, I would like you to update to iOS 5 so you can take advantage of all the new features iOS 5 has to offer.
Important to Remember:
You have installed the latest version of iTunes. Click here to access the download page.
Apple’s newest mobile operating system, iOS 5 is available for download today. iOS 5 brings a collection of new features to old iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads.
There are over 200 new iOS 5 features, which will change the way you use your iOS device. If you have an old iPhone, iOS 5 will help you get ready to upgrade to an iPhone 4S, or it will help you get another year of use out of an old phone.
Apple has made the upgrade process pretty straightforward. If you haven’t already done so, you should be sure toprepare your iPhone for iOS 5.
Once you start the iOS 5 upgrade process, you shouldn’t stop. Typically upgrading right when the software is available is slower due to a large number of people updating. If you are updating your iPhone, be sure you can be without it for the duration of the upgrade.
iOS 5 is a free upgrade, and works on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 3rd generation, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPad and iPad 2.
iTunes 10.5 - The first thing you need to do is update iTunes. You can do this by choosing Check for Updates in the app, or downloading iTunes 10.5 directly from Apple.
Follow the prompts to update iTunes to the latest version. This should take 5-10 minutes once the file is downloaded.
Backup – Backup your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to your computer. To do this, plug in with a USB cable and allow the device to backup. If it does not automatically backup, you can right click on the device name in the left side of iTunes and choose backup. If moving to a new computer, be sure to transfer purchases to the computer for easy syncing.
How to Update to iOS 5
Now that you are ready, here’s how to upgrade to iOS 5.
1. Click on your device’s name in the iTunes sidebar.
2. This will open up Settings in the right hand area as shown below.
Click Check for Update to Upgrade to iOS 5.
3. Click on the Check for Update button in the middle of your screen.
4. iTunes will now download and upgrade your iPhone to iOS 5. This could take some time. Do not disconnect from your computer or quit iTunes until the iOS 5 upgrade is done.
5. When the update completes your device will restart and you will be prompted to sign in with your Apple ID. You can sync to iTunes to bring back your apps and data if need be.
6. Do not remove your device until your apps have synced back, otherwise you will have to recover lost apps, which is painful.
