Q: can i use google chrome to open icloud in my windows computer?

Welcome to the Apple Community.

Yes you can, but I have seen a small number of issues reported with G****e Chrome and iCloud.com, why not try Safari.

So how does one "force" iCloud to use Chrome/Safari?

Attempting to use Win8. (long time Mac user, but need to get some Windows users to use Photo Stream).

Installed iCloud. It creates shortcuts to the Startup screen. Made Chrome the default browser. But whenever I click on the shortcuts to Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Find My iPhone: IE opens to iCloud.com. I want Chrome to open to iCloud.com!

Safari is not installed.

Any tips/help is appreciated!

I have this problem too. Google Chrome (v.29) is my default browser on 64 bit Windows 7 SP1 PC.

Selecting iCloud.com ALWAYS opens IE.......Why? What is the solution?

I too am wondering this.  I loath IE and everything that it is. How can I use any other browser besindes IE? I would love an answer to this.  Also, my default browser options have been set to both Safari and Chrome. Both of which will not open the link.  Please help. This is getting very annoying.

+1 on this and all responses! Love to hear a solution. Down with IE.

Same issue and it would be a big help if this could be answered for us, especially because it says it is compatable with google chrome.

Open Google Chrome, type icloud.com into the URL bar and press Return. That's all there is to it. Add a bookmark if you want to avoid typing the web address each time.

@snozdop - That's a brilliant idea... except for the part where you are typing.

The point here is to be able to use the shortcuts provided by Appple to quickly open the mail, notes, etc. in Chrome, or basically anything that is not Internet Explorer, becasue, let's face it, Internet Explorer ***** more than Apple's inability to respond to us on this forum. If I cannot control the app that it opens by default, there is no purpose to these addons and I can just uninstall the control panel.

Apple, are you there or are we just wasting our time by waiting for you to respond?

Hello?

@snozdop - That's a brilliant idea... except for the part where you are typing.

Yeah, that's why I said add a bookmark. You're probably using Chrome all day long to view websites anyway, if you add a bookmark to Chrome there's no need to open the Control Panel just to click a link to take you back to the browser.

The iCloud Control Panel is not just to provide a few shortcuts to the iCloud.com website. The purpose of the Control Panel is to sync iCloud data with the applications on your computer. If you're using iCloud as intended, there is no need to visit the iCloud.com website when using your own computer. iCloud.com is for temporary use when your are NOT using your own computer or iOS device that syncs with iCloud.

Apple, are you there or are we just wasting our time by waiting for you to respond?

No, Apple are not here. This is a user-to-user forum. Apple do not participate. You'd have known that if you'd read the information when you signed up here.

Then I guess this forum is a waste of time if all I get to deal with is you and not an actual Apple employee who understands the purpose of this thread.  Also, you might want to go back to grammar school. Reading your posts is excruciating.  "No, Apple are not here." Apple is a singular entity.  "Apple do not participate."  Again, Apple is a singular entity.  I'm out. Peace! (Drops the mic and walks off.)

An intelligent person would realise we're obviously referring to Apple employees when talking about posting here, and Apple employees are not singular. Apple (the company, the entity) is not capable of posting on a forum.

In British-English (which is what I use), referring to a company as singular, means you're referring to the actions of the company as a whole. Referring to a company as plural, means you're referring to the actions of individuals within the company. Maybe you should widen your grammar education?

If you had bothered to read the Terms of Use when you signed up here, you would know Apple (employees) do not post here, and could've avoided unnecessarily wasting your own time. Oops.

Wow, it's laughable how rude people can be on these things. Chill out!

I don't quite understand why if I am "using iCloud as intended, there is no need to visit the iCloud.com website when using your own computer". Really?? If I want to write myself a reminder or add a meeting to my calendar while on my computer, I need to click on the remnder or calendar app in order to do so. When I click on these apps, it opens them up via iCloud.com. I then proceed to write my reminder or my meeting which will then sync to all my other devices. So, I kind of do need to visit iCloud.com while on my computer. I'm so not intending for this to sound like I am throwing Snozdop under the bus with this comment...perhaps I am missing something?

I am brand new to Win8, so I am by no means an expert. I too don't like IE because I've been using Chrome for a while now and it's what I'm used to. I googled to try and find a solution to this problem that many people seem to be having. Here's what I found out:

Open Google Chrome and make sure you do so in Win8 mode. If you are in desktop mode, go to the icon in the top right corner on your screen (the icon with the three horizontal lines on top of each other) and click on Relaunch Chrome in Win8 mode. Once you are in Win8 mode, type iCloud.com. Once you are logged in, go to that same icon at the top right corner of the screen, go to Bookmarks, and then you can pin iCloud.com in Google Chrome to your Start Screen. So, you will still have all those apps (iCloud, Reminders, Calendar, etc) on your Start Screen, but if you click on this new one, it will take you to iCloud.com using Google Chrome.

Longwinded explantion, but it's so simple to do. People who have been using Win8 for a while now, know how to do this. You do this for anything online that you often use that you want easy access to right on your Start Screen. Hope this helps!

I don't quite understand why if I am "using iCloud as intended, there is no need to visit the iCloud.com website when using your own computer". Really??

Yes, really.

perhaps I am missing something?

It seems you are.

After installing the iCloud Control Panel, your iCloud Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks appear in Outlook 2007 or later (as shown here).

Outlook 2007 or later is listed in the PC system requirements for iCloud (see here). If you don't have the software required to use iCloud as recommended, then it falls back to the option of using the much more basic web apps at iCloud.com - which don't give you any of the advantages using iCloud as intended does.

That's the whole point of iCloud - to keep the data on the iCloud server 'in sync' with the contact/calendar application on your computer, without having to go back and forth to a website all the time.

You rock Snozdop! Thank you! My calendar and reminders are synced and I'm happy. Although I'd be even happier if I could sync my notes, but that's not the end of the world.