Ii have a new iPad 2, and I am a new apple user. Apparently when I bought this I bought a cloud!!!! However, I have no idea how to get registered with it, ( if you have to) and/ or how to transfer any documents onto it. Some 'laymen' advice would be good, cheers
iPad 2
You didn't 'buy' iCloud because at basic level it's free.
These pages will guide you through the process:
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ios.html
These are the things which iCloud can do:
•Provides one main @me.com email address and up to three 'aliases' (additional addresses).
•Allows you to sync your calendars between your Mac(s) and iOS devices.
•Ditto with contacts
•Ditto with Safari bookmarks
•Provides a conduit which copies photos taken on any one device onto all the others
•Provides a fairly basic photo gallery (populated only from iPhoto for iOS)
•Provides 'Find My iPhone/iPad' to locate a missing device that is able to connect to a network
•Backs up the contents of your iPhone
•Syncs iWork documents (only) between your Mac and your iPhone
•Tracks the location of your friends (only with their permission)
More details with illustrations and videos here:
Roger, appreciate the info. I think Walker was being facetious, not literally saying he paid for the cloud-- just that he got it!
Now, I, too, discovered that my recently purchased iPad 2 registered me with iCloud --and Games Center-- even though I don't recall making those choices. I think what happened was that in setting up the iPad 2, it asked me if I wanted to use Wi-fi-- well, of course, I do--but I think it was asking me about synching to the iCloud, something I definitely do NOT want to do.
In fact, I've made a point of not setting that up on any of my Apple gear as I don't my stuff stored elsewhere and don't want to have my devices drained for other purposes.
Still, when I checked today to see what was going on, I discovered that other of my Apple devices, but not all, had somehow been associated with iCloud.
I do not know what's going on--why it happened--or even what having a device associated with iCloud means (does something still have to be turned on?). I definitely remember checking DO NOT USE ICLOUD as shown in this
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ios.html
It was an unexpected surprise. I'm hoping that your information leads will help explain it and guide me through dis-associating and stopping Games Center!
Just sign out in System Preferences or Settings>iCloud - that will put a stop to it.
How do you register for icloud
