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Using iCloud.com on an iPad browser

I have an icloud.com account with a different Apple ID than my regular ID. That was done purposely for several reasons; I also did not want to associate it with Mail app or anything else (also purposely for several reasons). So, I normally access my icloud mail via a browser window on my iMac - no problem.

This morning, I was somewhere and tried to access my icloud account on my iPad. I have icloud set up under the Settings but have never used it on the iPad. I tried to access icloud by opening Atomic Lite and Safari and typing in icloud.com. Instead of a login window, all I can get is the "iCloud" page with these options:

Set up iCloud on this device

Install find my iPhone

Install find my friends

Clicking on set up leads me through instructions of how to set up an account - which is absurd, since it is already set up. I've enabled Mail in the Cloud settings.

Can anyone help with whatever settings I need to change to be able to access icloud via the web. Thanks.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), (OS X ML, 10.7.4, 10.6.8), 2.93 GHz

Posted on Mar 5, 2013 7:22 PM

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gogogon

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Dec 24, 2013 12:38 PM in response to dU2mDUifydkRa0E9ic5A

It was on the font page of google. So 0.0000003 seconds.

Jan 10, 2014 11:00 AM in response to babowa

Ok so I had to post the reason why I needed this. You can not invite someone to a shared reminders list like you could have in the iOS prior. I really like Apple. It, this kind of thing is dumb. Removing functionality like this is pointless.

gedrake

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May 12, 2014 6:09 PM in response to Demo

Demo:

I have an iPad but no access to acess to a computer. You told Babowa that you didn't want to be onset but why do you want to go to the icloud online account when you can access everything on an iPad. That is correct EXCEPT I'm get junk mail (get rich quick, why haven't you answered, how to make money on a smart phone etc.). I would like to access mail rules and sent every one of these to the "Trash". I don't want to unsubscribe because I don't want them to know I got the email. But I don't want to have to delete 4-5 emails every day.

PS: Born and Raised in Allegheny County.

Aug 11, 2014 9:41 AM in response to Demo

know this is an old thread, but would like to row in.

Main reason to be able to access : On a night out, my iPhone went dead. Needed to access my contacts to let a friend know where I was going to be. Borrowed friends iPhone and tried to login, but could not. I don't think he would have been happy for me to setup my iCloud account on his phone, just to get 1 number. In the end, I had to borrow a Samsung to do this. The shame !!!!!

I left feedback to Apple and encourage others to do the same. A simple link at the bottom to "view full version" would be enough.

Its very narrow thinking from Apple to think that someone might not want to access the site from an iOS Browser.

Sep 1, 2014 4:00 PM in response to babowa

Just chiming in with a solution that worked for me and seems easier for people.

I used the Google Chrome browser (mainly because I already had it installed).

Go to https://icloud.com and then open the browser menu from the button on the top right and select "Request Desktop Site".

Sep 4, 2014 2:02 AM in response to babowa

I was Googling this problem and came across this thread. The reason I wanted to access iCloud.com was to set up a customised repeat calendar entry of 'every 4 weeks on a Monday' which can only be done through iCloud.com. After firing up my pc to do this, I thought there must be another way without having to rely on a pc - and there is.

I have the excellent Puffin browser, which I bought for viewing flash content on my iPad. I have just discovered that it also allows me access iCloud.com too, and requires no selection of special settings - simply type in icloud.com in to the address bar. Thanks to the poster above for leading me in that direction. The Adblock browser doesn't work for this.

Brewser

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Oct 5, 2015 9:33 PM in response to babowa

TThe reason I'm here after 2 years is you still can't access icloud with your iPad. I wanted to connect from my iPad to delete contacts because it absolutely ***** on the iPhone. I want to swipe to delete but I can't. It's horrible. Horrible!

babowa Author

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Oct 5, 2015 9:55 PM in response to Brewser

I don't use iCloud although I do have an account. However, I just tried it on my iPad using my browser (Atomic Lite) and was met with the iCloud setup screen shown above (which is what I'd expect since I had never tried to access it with my iPad). So I have no idea why you cannot access iCloud and suggest that you post a new question in the iPad forum rather than resurrecting a three year old thread.

bobseufert

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Oct 5, 2015 11:36 PM in response to babowa

Aloha babowa. You can access iCloud.com on a iPad since IOS 8

Go to iCloud.com on Safari.

Tap the share icon.

Tap request desktop site.

Stay well. Bob.

babowa Author

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Oct 6, 2015 8:38 AM in response to bobseufert

Thanks, I accessed it with Atomic Lite because a) that is the iPad browser I use as I prefer not to use Safari with its limited capabilities and b) I really do not want to access iCloud as I have no intention of ever using it/syncing/putting any info there. I established a non-associated ID there just to test it when it became available - since then, it has become superfluous and I only sign in once a month to get rid of any spam emails. There is absolutely nothing stored/synced there, thank goodness.

FWIW, I just now launched Safari and tried it - got to the same page as I did with Atomic Lite; it just took longer.

So, I still do not know why Brewser cannot access it.

bobseufert

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Oct 6, 2015 3:29 PM in response to babowa

You're welcome. The Requesrt Desktop Site is th key. Without it you need to use a computer or third party browser. The method used to access it changed so I posted it.

babowa Author

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Oct 6, 2015 3:40 PM in response to bobseufert

Ahh, gotcha..... I had done it with Atomic lite (which I really like).

Night Ed

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Jan 5, 2016 10:18 AM in response to Demo

Demo wrote:

The basic reason that you can't log into iCloud.com on the iPad is because you really don't need to.

Well I really needed to just yesterday. On a long car journey with friends I couldn't find my iPhone and thought I might have left it behind where we'd been staying. The phone was on silent, so calling it didn't help, and the house was now empty anyway. With an iPad and a Android tablet in the car (neither of them mine), I thought I could go online, sign in to iCloud.com and use the Find My Phone feature. But I couldn't, for the all the reasons listed in earlier posts. Spitefully, Apple won't even let you near iCloud.com on an Android tablet. This is beyond unhelpful; it is just plain obstructive.

In the end we found my phone underneath the cat's basket in the car, no thanks to Apple.

deggie

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Jan 5, 2016 10:25 AM in response to Night Ed

Why didn't you use the Find My iPhone app?

Night Ed

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Jan 5, 2016 10:51 AM in response to deggie

Because it was set up for the owner of the iPad, not me. Tried to add my phone using Family Sharing and looked for another way to achieve the same thing, but gave up because it was going nowhere.

Using iCloud.com on an iPad browser