[mac4theblind] Re: Has syncing contacts via USB in iTunes gone in Mavericks?

  • From: Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mack for the blind list blind list <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:02:17 -0800

You also need to turn it on on your mac as well then all of your stuff will 
just migrate to the cloud, contacts and what not. It’ very good and I have not 
yet lost any data, except when I had to restore my phone as new but that as my 
fault.

Take care.
On Nov 15, 2013, at 12:47 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> turn iCloud on on your phone and select the things you want there.  the 
> transition will be seamless
> 
> On Nov 15, 2013, at 15:31, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> So how would I setup iCloud with my contacts and not lose all of them on my 
> phone to insure a painless and smooth progression to the iCloud.
> You say you use it for everything. during your time of using iCloud have you 
> ever gotten any iCloud data loss when it becomes un-usable or the iCloud is 
> down.
> If so, how would you handle that if Apple and the cloud lost your data?
> I'm not having a go at you just trying to be logical. lol
> This was why I never used it when it came out because I've saw on the net 
> that iCloud wasn't always reliable or it had problems so this why I didn't 
> even touch the beast.
> 
> 
> On 13 Nov 2013, at 14:19, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Actually that’s been gone for a while now since iTunes 10 or so. All that’s 
>> there in the devices radio buttons are: summary, apps, tones, music, movies, 
>> tv shows, podcasts, iTunes you, books, and photos.
>> 
>> I use iCloud for everything and as for an account getting hacked, that’s 
>> every ware, so I would use common sense and keep your stuff secret and 
>> change your password every 6 or so months.
>> 
>> Yeah info has gone missing since I believe last year or so. I just have not 
>> noticed it as I always used iCloud since 2011.
>> 
>> Take care.
>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:33 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> do you have documentation of the change?
>>> 
>>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear all, subject line pretty much explains it all.
>>> Personally, I don't like the change and what do others think about it?
>>> Fortunatly I haven't upgraded to Mavericks.
>>> 
>>> What if one doesn't have a lot of internet data?
>>> What if they don't want or feel comfortable sharing contact information up 
>>> into the iCloud?
>>> Even worse, your account is hacked?
>>> What do you do then?
>>> 
>>> I'm sure there are more questions that one could state about the move being 
>>> possibly bad.
>>> 
>>> I don't use iCloud and you may of probably guessed that having preferred 
>>> using my iPhone 5 with the USB Lighting cable is the preferred way for me 
>>> to sink contacts between iPhone and my mac.
>>> 
>>> So whit this said, I just wondered how do others feel about this new change 
>>> and no I'm not an old person. lol Just simply like local data for contacts 
>>> anyways over online.
>>> 
>>> I look forward to starting a discussion about this, should it be of 
>>> interest to people.
>>> 
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