We’ve looked at iCloud’s document synchronization (such as it is) separately.
You might decide that the benefits of iCloud are not enough to make up for the inconveniences. This is a serious limitation that makes the promised Outlook synchronization almost worthless. However it links with special ‘iCloud’ folders in Outlook not the default folders most people use. Now with iCloud the synchronization can happen automatically whenever Outlook is running and the device is on the Internet via Wifi. However it worked as people would expect because it linked existing Outlook folders with the Apple device equivalent. This is clumsy, somewhat unreliable and slow. Whenever you plugged your device into the iTunes enabled computer, details would be exchanged between the device and Outlook. How to sync Outlook to your Apple devices with iCloud and why it sucks.Īpple’s iCloud service provides a way to synchronize some parts of Outlook with your Apple iPhone, iTouch or iPad but it doesn’t work as most people would like.īefore iCloud, you could synchronize your Outlook Contacts, Calendar and Tasks via iTunes.
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