iCloud and contacts

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iCloud and contacts

Couple of questions: how exactly does the iCloud work? I don't get it.... Next, I just have an iPad and an iPhone 4, how do I get them to have the same contacts? I want to be able to enter a name and number and notes on one and be able to access it on the other? As of now I have 221 contacts on my phone which I have had for longer and just 92 contacts on my iPad... Also if I don't have a of or Mac to connect them to is that bad? I'm not apple smart so please help!?

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iPhone 4

Posted on Feb 12, 2013 9:44 PM

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sberman

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Feb 12, 2013 9:59 PM in response to Balmesbaby3

See this article. When you've read the short text, visit the iCloud website using the link at the bottom of the article. The iCloud website includes video and tutorials.

iCloud: iCloud

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sberman

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Feb 12, 2013 10:01 PM in response to Balmesbaby3

Sorry -- above was mistakenly duplicated (and removed).

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Balmesbaby3 Author

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Feb 12, 2013 10:17 PM in response to Balmesbaby3

Thank you...That helped with understanding iCloud... But I don't understand how only a fraction of my contacts are available to me on my iPad?why don't all of them merge seamlessly as promised? Way do I need to do to get those contacts in my iPad from my phone?

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sberman

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Feb 12, 2013 10:23 PM in response to Balmesbaby3

Very likely only 92 of your contacts are currently on iCloud - the remaining 127 contacts on your iPhone are on some other account. I can't say exactly how to figure that out because when you use only one account (iCloud) as I do, there is no easy option to add a second account to iPhone or iPad. Further, you haven't told us which version(s) of iOS you are using.

But I suggest you look at Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars on your iPhone to get some clue. The clue may lie either in mail (some email account has an associated contact list) or contacts (maybe some account name will show up there). You'll probably have to move those 127 contacts into iCloud.

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