Sams Teach Yourself iCloud in 10 Minutes, 2nd Edition

Description

Sams Teach Yourself iCloud in 10 Minutes, Second Edition, offers straightforward, practical information designed to get you up and running quickly and easily. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to effectively use Apple’s iCloud online services. Each compact lesson zeroes in on a specific aspect of iCloud, explained through concise and informative descriptions along with accurate and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. You’ll quickly become comfortable performing the most important iCloud tasks to make the most of what iCloud offers every day!

• Obtain an iCloud account and use your own iCloud website.
• Configure iCloud services on iPhones, iPads, iPod touches, Macs, and Windows PCs.
• Use iCloud with your iTunes music, apps, and books to ensure you have great content on all your devices.
• Take advantage of iTunes Match to stream your iTunes music wherever you are.
• Use Photo Stream for instant access to photos you take with an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad on all your other mobile devices and computers; you can also share your photos with others and view photos being shared with you.
• Have easy access to the same document files on iOS devices and computers so that you can efficiently work whenever and wherever you need to.
• Use iCloud’s great email, calendar,contact, and other tools to automatically have the same information on all your devices.
• Locate your devices, secure them if they aren’t under your control, and protect your data with online backups.

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Table of Contents

Introduction     1

1  Getting Started with Your iCloud Account and Website     5

Understanding iCloud     5

Obtaining an iCloud Account      9

Using Your iCloud Website     16

Summary      22

2  Configuring iCloud on an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad     23

Configuring iCloud on an iOS Device     23

Performing Basic iCloud Configuration on an iOS Device     24

Configuring Information Updates on an iOS Device     28

Performing Advanced iCloud Account Configurations     31

Summary     35

3  Configuring iCloud on Macintosh Computers     37

Logging In to Your iCloud Account     37

Configuring and Managing Your iCloud Services     39

Using the Back to My Mac Feature     43

Summary     44

4  Configuring iCloud on Windows Computers     45

Downloading and Installing the iCloud Control Panel     45

Logging In to Your iCloud Account     46

Configuring and Managing Your iCloud Services     47

Summary     52

5  Using iCloud with iTunes Music, Apps, and Books     53

Understanding Automatic iTunes Store Purchase Downloading     53

Using iCloud to Download iTunes Store Purchases on an iOS Device     54

Using iCloud to Automatically Download iTunes Store Purchases on a Mac     68

Using iCloud to Automatically Download iTunes Store Purchases on a Windows PC     70

Summary     71

6  Using iTunes Match with Your Music    73

Understanding iTunes Match     73

Configuring and Managing iTunes Match in iTunes     75

Listening to Your iTunes Match Music on an iOS Device     78

Listening to Your iTunes Match Music on a Computer     82

Summary     85

7  Using iCloud with Your Photos     87

Understanding Photo Stream     87

Using Photo Stream with iOS Devices     90

Using Photo Stream with a Mac     102

Using Photo Stream with a Windows PC     117

Using Photo Stream with an Apple TV     125

Summary     127

8  Using iCloud with Your Documents     129

Syncing Documents with iCloud     129

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