icloud.com two way sync with iphone

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icloud.com two way sync with iphone

Is icloud.com email suppsoed to be an instant two way sync with the iphone? Currently it takes about two minutes to sync between then two. All the other services on icloud.com are instant.

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 27, 2013 9:06 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 27, 2013 2:39 PM in response to Symp EL

Email doesn't sync. Each device accesses the mail directly on the server so they are all looking at exactly the same thing.

What exactly is taking time to appear across devices? Do you mean emails aren't arriving at the same time on multiple devices? Or sent emails don't instantly appear on other devices?

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Sep 27, 2013 2:42 PM in response to dU2mDUifydkRa0E9ic5A

If I receive an email to my .icloud address, and I have both ilcoud.com open and my phone near by, the emails arrive within seconds. That I expect. If I read the email and/or delete it from one, it does not get marked read or deleted on the other for several minutes.

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Answer 3

Sep 28, 2013 12:02 AM in response to Symp EL

iCloud uses push email for incoming emails and the push notifications of new mails are delivered almost instantly.

Other changes are not pushed instantly. See: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4083

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