Will iCloud work with Snow Leopard?

Let's face it, those are just work arounds for the calendars and contacts. It really doesn't address the underlying issue of iCloud not working on anything before Lion. All the stuff they are touting with iCloud and everything showing up on all devices. I've been doing some serious looking around at various options and it's pretty easy to get everything including calendars, contacts, photos, documents, etc. showing on all devices including iphone, android, mac and PC.

I now have the benefit of "The Cloud" on my Mac as well as everything else I own, just not iCloud.

Thanks again. I can now report that forwarding to a new I ap email (gmail) works perfectly between devices. Can't believe I put up with the problem do so long.

Thanks again.

I have just found that iChat definitely does NOT work in iCloud when using Snow Leopard. I had two Macs runnning iChat - one with Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and the other with Lion (10.7.2). I moved my MobileMe account to iCloud last week. My Email, iCal and Address Books are syncing fine on Macs and iPhone.

But Snow Leopard iChat does not see my AIM Buddies online - while Lion iChat does see them. A video chat workes fine from Lion but Snow Leopard cannot make a connection.

Maybe there are settings that need to be changed in iChat?

Hi will i be ok if i try your recommendation on osx 10.5.8 ?

thanks

iChat does not rely on iCloud for its services... it only relies on the Apple ID you registered to iChat before you signed up for iCloud.

iChat uses AOL's services in order to establish a connection if you are using iChat's MobileMe or AIM services. However, to use the services, you need to use the same login as what you used prior to moving to iCloud. If you assigned a new Apple ID to use iCloud, then that Apple ID is not the one you use with iChat.

And iChat does not have to use Apple IDs on the AOL network—you can use AIM screen names if you already have an AOL account to use.

If you are using the same Apple ID and/or AIM screen names on both Snow Leopard and Lion, then I beg for your pardon! All I can say in this regard is that I can use my iCloud Apple ID on iChat for Tiger, Snow Leopard, Lion and even AIM for Windows, without any issues (and my buddies are all listed as expected). You may have to contact Apple to get your issues resolved since your move to iCloud—I gather the migration is not complete or has failed at some point.

—tonza

I've had a related issue. I just got a new iPhone 4s and it started "syncronizing" my calendar, doubling all of the entries. I'm still running Snow Leapord and haven't set up any new accounts. When I went into setting and turned off "sync" I could get rid of the duplicates.

Does this mean I'm connected to iCloud? Or if I do get connected will it double all of my appointments?

How were you able to turn the sync off under the settings? By selecting "calendar" under Icloud and turning the calendar to off?

Yes, that's what I did. However, since I'm running Snow Leapord, I don't think I should have iCloud.

I'll be moving to Lion soon since I want to use the new Author program, so I should officially have iCloud. Maybe then I'll try turning calendar sync on and see what happens.

this solution did not work for me

Tath is an interesting theorum... However the point is not if my software is old, but if I want the new sofware, and more importantly if I should be materially forced to upgrade it because Apple has decided it won't support MobileMe any more...

Also, if what you are saying is correct, why can I go and buy an old used PC with the terrible windows Vista on it and still not have the iCrap problems I am having with my Macs... ? Just wondered...

Azipharel,

I totally agree. It's just the Apple way and if you don't follow it, you get Apple and their fanboy's

condescending attitudes telling you to just suck it up and follow the crowd. That's simply not acceptable practice in my opinion, but the way it is. That said, I do have a number of PCs and 2 Macs, one a new model that came with Lion. I do like the new system a lot, but I'm still ticked off about the iCloud issues anything pre Lion and the fact that they dumped Rosetta, both of which are intended to drive more revenue their way in my opinion.

Oh Well

Sorry, not good enough. Can't do much emailing without contacts, and I don't want to use my browser. That's why I have "real" applications for mail and calendar. Browsers are NOT safe. As long as they use Java there will always be insecure.

I just want Snow Leopard to work with Icloud. I can not afford to upgrade Photoshop and Microsoft Office 2003.

The $29 upgrade turns into a $600 dollar upgrade. Very dissapointed in Apple.

People, you might as well just bite the bullet and upgrade to run Lion. Things Have Changed (Dylan 2000). It's a new Apple world now. They are not looking back, but just charging full speed ahead. You either grab hold and hang on, or you just get left in the dust. At my age if I let go I will never catch up.

Those of you out there who are young and foolish know what I mean. Just do it!

Good luck, it doesn't look like they will be fixing it just as they don't care about those that relied on Rosetta. It would be nice if Apple or third party developer would solve these issues, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I did a lot of searching and asking around and found no real answers. The Apple Fanboys always say to just go with it and upgrade. I guess they have unlimited spending money to upgrade anytime that Apple says jump. My suggestion would be to find ways to do what you need to do without spending the money until you are ready on your schedule and not Apple or anyone else's. Unfortunately, that could mean doing without some things that would be nice to have now.

I did recently purchase a new 27 inch iMac with Lion installed and loving it, but I did it when I had the money and because I wanted the speed and more memory than my 5 year old iMac. I would NOT have upgraded simply to follow the Apple Upgrade path through their planned obselence tactics. I've kept my old iMac with Snow Leopard so I can use Rosetta for older apps as desired.