On the Mac, existing calendars are listed under the “Calendars” button, although to add a new Calendar, first select “File/New Calendar” from the drop down menu, before choosing “On My Mac” or “iCloud” for the Location of your new Calendar. This menu is found by tapping the “Calendars” and then “Edit” buttons from the iPad/iPhone. Selecting which calendars are in sync, as well as adding or removing custom calendars is done under the edit calendars menu. The events you create are then color coded to match the appropriate calendar. By clicking on the “Calendar” button at the top-left of the Calendar/iCal window, you can select whether an event is listed under your Home or Work calendar as defaults, or create a new calendar name such as “Gym” or “Holiday”. So make sure you have selected Calendars as “On” on your Mac, iPhone, and/or iPad, before you open up the Calendar App to create a new event.Īpple’s Calendar app (iCal on the Mac) also lets you determine how your events are organized within your schedule.
This determines which data will be “pushed” or updated across your devices by iCloud. On the Mac this is done by clicking on the check-boxes next to each service from the iCloud menu, while on the iPad or iPhone, just select “On/Off’ from the slide buttons next to each service. iCloud Preferences on the iPhone and the MacĪfter creating your iCloud ID and password, you can choose which Apple services you wish to keep in sync across your devices, such as Mail, Calendars, Bookmarks or Contacts.
To create and sign into your iCloud account go to “Settings/ iCloud” on your iPhone and iPad, or “System Preferences/ iCloud” on the Mac and follow the prompts. It is used to sign into iCloud on each device that you wish to keep in sync and keep track of your App store and iTunes purchases. To get started, you will need to create an iCloud account. Today I’m going to look at setting up your Calendars to sync between your iPhone or iPad and Mac. This saves you having to re-enter your calendar or contacts data from your iPhone or iPad onto your computer(s), or keep track of which device has the most up to date information. To “sync” means to synchronize your data, so that by entering it onto one of your iOS devices or Mac computers, it is updated to all of them. With the release of Lion, Apple introduced the ability to wirelessly “sync” your data between your devices using iCloud.
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