iCloud -- iCal & Outlook?

Everything anyone here knows or can discuss about contact synching with iCloud can be found here:

http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/contacts-calendar-mail.html

Beyond that, we'll have to wait for more details from Apple.

Regards.

a.veres wrote:

I will be able to sync my calendar on iCal on my iPad with my calendar in Outlook on my desktop?

FYI: It's possible now with Google and Yahoo and others.

Set your iCal on the computer and iPad/iPhone to sync so everything is using the same server.

Can do the same with contacts.

-> Sync iDevice calendar with Yahoo! calendar

-> Sync iDevice Calendar with Google calendar

-> Sync Mac OS iCal with Yahoo! calendar

-> Sync Mac OS iCal with Google calendar

Reply to Dave Sawyer stupid answer: Are you serious answering this question with what you did? Anybody could go to mac website and see this! It does not answer the question asked. Please don't reply unless you really know something!

GreekGeek1157 wrote:

I am stupid!

You do realize that on August 30th when Dave posted, that was the only info available?

Don't be such a douche.

Reply to GreekGeek stupid answer: It's all the answer anyone can give, particularly back on 8/30 when I replied. Are you seriously answering questions without looking at the date they were posted? Please don't reply unless you have useful information to contribute rather than just an usless and inapplicable flame.

I am very sorry for my reply. I did not mean to start a flame. My fault for not looking at the date it was posted. I had been researching this subject for hours, even Mac support which could not give me a definite answer. I only wish I could get an answer. Again, I am very sorry.

You can't get a definite answer because iCloud hasn't been released yet, so all anyone here or even at Apple Support knows is what is on the web pages Apple's posted in iCloud, as I said before. And that's not likely to change until iCloud is released. I understand the frustration of not being able to get an answer, but lack of full details is common with products and services Apple has not yet released (in part because such details can change at the last minute). Please don't take your frustration out on fellow users.

Regards.

Just starting working with iCloud on my iPad2 and Outlook 2007. The setup went well and was pretty speedy. My Calendar and Contacts arrived on the ipad. The problem arose when I opened Outlook. iCloud wiped my PST Calendar and Contacts and opens up a new profile with iCloud Calendar and Contacts. Two separate Calendar panes. Also does not display my ToDo items on the side pane of the Calendar. Not sure this is a winner in my mind. Will do more investigation and testing. Have not tried to sync my Blackberry yet!!!

Regards,

We need some instructions for getting out of the iCloud roach motel. There should have been a warning of what they were doing. I never would have made the move to iCloud had I known.

iCloud, Outlook and Blackberry do not work together at all. With iCloud wiping out the main Outlook profile, Blackberry can not sync and then tries to delete all Calendar and Contacts off the Blackberry as if they have been removed from Outlook. So have deleted iCloud.

Too bad Apple did not consider a better interface with Outlook instead of forcing a new Profile.

Regards,

I experienced the same issues and shock when first seeing that iCloud transferred all my calendar items and contacts to its own directory. There are certainly some compatibility issues between both setups, but here are some observations I have found from my own tinkering. By the way, my iPhone is 3G and we have iMac (Lion) and iPad, so a mix of iOS 4 and 5.

1. In outlook, iCloud calendar does not display reminders in the "to do" bar, which I use exhaistively. I manually checked the boxes for both iCloud calendar and Outlook's "My Calendar" to show them side by side, then manually went in to "drag and drop" (Copy) from iCloud to Outlook. This defeats the purpose for total synch, but I figure gets around the issue of day to day operating until a fix can be figured out. This of course means that every new calendar entry in iCloud needs to be duplicated for now.

2. Contacts in iCloud do not include the Outlook Category field, which is a pain. Neither does it bring across all reminders such as birthdays or anniversarys. Again, defeating the purpose, if yoiu select all your contacts within iCloud (I have some 3,000+) and paste them back into Outlooks default, then all fields have been maintained, including categories etc. Again, going forward this requires a duplicate effort in both contact sets to maintain the sync with other iOS devices, while maintaining an outlook view of the world.

Unless one does both of these things, then reminders of events and schedules do not happen.

I do not plan on even tackling the email issue.... this would be too much for my brain to handle at this point.

Hope this helps someone

Eddie

I finished connecting with iCloud.. All seems well except my iCal on my iPhone view now has double entries for every event/meeting for every day.. On my iMac view of iCal the calendar each day shows only one event/meeting.. HOw can I get this resynchronized so my iPhone view only shows one event per time period per day?

Got it fixed (I think). Went into iPhone view of Calendars and "edit" IT shows "From my Mac" and then "From iCloud.. I clicked of "From my Mac" options and left open "From iCloud".. NowI have only single entries on ical...

I also switched it to test things out.. I can Edit to click on From my Mac options and not From iCloud and I again get only single entries on iPhone iCal view... So having BOTH clicked is what gives me double views.

HOpe this helps someone else....

Or if there is something I am not considering when I turn off one "From..." let me know!