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10/14/11
Has anybody tried sending an email with an attachment using iCloud’s web-based email? In my initial attempts, it works on Safari, not Firefox. The email message goes through, but in Firefox it does not have the attachment. Another difference between using iCloud email on ... (5 Comments)
10/14/11
I bought a new car which has a slot to add a memory card that’s connected to the stereo device. So I added 50 songs in mp3 format and when I plug it in to the car it shows 100 songs installed. In other words duplicates. But the first 50 won’t play, just give error ... (1 Comment)
10/14/11
As my current MacBook Pro Hard drive (160gb) is almost full and I have already gone through the suggestions for freeing up space that I have found on this site, (great by the way). I have decided to buy a larger hard drive and swap them over. My question is regarding the back up ... (3 Comments)
10/14/11
my external hard drive crashed. I DID NOT have documents backed up properly. ….I KNOW…. sigh… Thanks to Ontrack, I recovered most if not all of the data, and this included the iMovies, I was told. Yet, when trying to open each file, none will open. I’ve ... (3 Comments)
10/14/11
Will all 5 MobileMe email aliases move to iCloud? I read on another forum that only 3 aliases can be moved, if so, will we be able to choose which aliases? Comment: Apple should let us MobileMe subscribers move all of our email aliases as we are using them. —– Royce ... (5 Comments)
10/13/11
On my iPhone 4, to save battery during the evenings and nights when I need the phone to fetch less data as compared to the comp, I turned off Enable 3G in settings (and turned off Wi Fi too). But instead of simply reverting to EDGE, it loses the data connection completely – ... (1 Comment)
10/13/11
Location reminder feature does not work for 3G iPads? Why —– Javi ... (1 Comment)
10/13/11
when I go to edit a photo on Iphoto I want to zoom closer, which it zooms but when i go to print the photo it goes back to the original size. There is no apply button that I can find? The program that i am using is IPhoto 11, 9.2 version —– D ... (9 Comments)
10/13/11
As per ios 5 features, we should be able to invite people for a iCal event right from Our iPhone. Though I see the inverts option there, on adding a name, no email Is sent out. Tried so may times. Am I missing something ? —– Cyrus Dubash ... (8 Comments)
10/13/11
I can’t enable Find My Mac in the system preferences, It says: “Recovery system update required” and i click update…and say “Your software is up to date” but nothing happen. Please help —– Javi ... (7 Comments)
10/13/11
I have several accounts set up in Mail on my iPad. When my iPhone 4S arrives tomorrow and I connect it to iCloud, will those accounts automatically be set up in Mail on the iPhone, or will I have to set them up manually? —– Cameron ... (1 Comment)
10/13/11
I was getting low on space on my Time Capsule, so I entered Time Machine and deleted all backups of dozens of movies, each ranging from several hundred MB to over 1GB in size. Yet, when I look in Finder, the amount of free space on my Time Capsule remains unchanged(Insert ... (7 Comments)
10/13/11
I own a macbook pro laptop which is updated to Lion and itunes 10.5 and a couple of ipad 2’s which have both been updated to IOS 5. I can’t get them to sync with Itunes wirelessly through icloud. When I go into settings, then General, then Itunes wi-fi sync, the ... (7 Comments)
10/13/11
I upgraded my hard drive in my MacBook Pro using Carbon Copy Cloner to migrate my data. Yesterday I installed Lion 10.7.2 update and enabled iCloud. Under Find My Mac it says: “Recovery partition required.” How do I get the recovery partition installed if it is indeed ... (1 Comment)
10/13/11
I upgraded IOS5 on my devices and they seem to sync between the IPhone and IPad, but I can’t seem to have them Sync the presentations on my MBA. I have photos streaming fine on the MBA, so ICloud is setup on the computer and I have moved my stuff from me.com to ICloud. Is ... (6 Comments)
10/13/11
I have an iPhone 4 with iOS5. Under App Store > Updates > Purchased > Not on this iPhone: I have a list of purchased apps in my cloud not on my iphone. I swiped one of the apps and tapped “hide” by mistake. My question is “how do I unhide it”. ... (2 Comments)
10/13/11
I just upgraded my main computer (iMac) to Lion OS 10.7.2, iPhone and iPad to iOS 5. However, instead of migrating my MobileMe account (I did not realize the possible mistake when I did), I used my iTunes id (the one used for Store purchases) to set up an iCloud account. Things ... (5 Comments)
10/13/11
After upgrading to iOS 5 (iPhone 4) and watching your video 617, I see that in my phone settings the iCloud and Twitter tabs are greyed out and I can do nothing with them. I registered for iCloud when I updated to Lion 10.7.2 and that seemed to go okay. Any suggestions or ... (6 Comments)
10/13/11
I updated MacBook and iPhone last night. I had a .me account and now cannot access that mail on my mac. It comes in on the iPhone. The message is that the password is wrong. Any ideas? Passwords have not been touched. —– Andrea ... (14 Comments)
10/13/11
I tried setting up a Mail account on my iPad that I’m already using on my MBA. However, I was unsuccessful, something about SSL. Is Mail in iOS 5 less functional than Mail in Mac OS X? —– Cameron ... (6 Comments)