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Let's talk cloud; and in my case a very limited cloud usage.
I am a traveler 100% of the time. We only own what fits into two 50lb rolling duffels; a 15lb backpack, and our new Apples under our arms along with iPhones and iPads.
Literally guys, nothing in storage, nothing with reles - we are 100% nomads full-time! Fear of the unknown for some; total Freedom for us!
Sometimes we are lucky and rent a unit with WiFi - that is like going to a candy store for me as I have saved up lots of photography and other subjects videos and other stuff I want to download.
However, sometimes we are limited to prepaid relatively small data plans for the computer or phone.
Ideally I want to be able to sync with my wife all six of our devices for calendar and contacts: two puters, two pads, two phones.
I would never use the cloud for documents/storage as the costs unless you have an unlimited data plan is simply prohibitive; everything that goes to and from the cloud is data!
So, with that preamble....
1. Calendar:
Currently I am syncing my PC outlook calendar through USB with my iPad calendar. Will Apples (generic for pad, puter, and fone) sync Outlook calendar through the cloud so that all six devices can be synced?
To sync all six devices, do my wife and I have to share one cloud account; how does that work? Can two cloud accounts be linked?
If too cumbersome for six, we want to at least sync our own three devices which if not automatically through the cloud could be done manually through USB, right?
A lot of Mac friends indicate that they use Google for their email, addresses, and calendar and sync in that manner; thoughts pro/con.
iCal - even if I am using Outlook for emails is it reasonable to use and synch iCal on our six devices? Currently I do sync my PC Outlook calendar with my iPad.
2. Address book:
Even thinking about addresses/contacts causes me to ponder that it is too much of an ask for wife and I to share contacts. That then suggests that putting all six devices on one cloud account is over the top. Who amongst the readers sync all data with their wife; does it work reasonably well?
Any other thoughts/tips on the cloud appreciated.
I am a traveler 100% of the time. We only own what fits into two 50lb rolling duffels; a 15lb backpack, and our new Apples under our arms along with iPhones and iPads.
Literally guys, nothing in storage, nothing with reles - we are 100% nomads full-time! Fear of the unknown for some; total Freedom for us!
Sometimes we are lucky and rent a unit with WiFi - that is like going to a candy store for me as I have saved up lots of photography and other subjects videos and other stuff I want to download.
However, sometimes we are limited to prepaid relatively small data plans for the computer or phone.
Ideally I want to be able to sync with my wife all six of our devices for calendar and contacts: two puters, two pads, two phones.
I would never use the cloud for documents/storage as the costs unless you have an unlimited data plan is simply prohibitive; everything that goes to and from the cloud is data!
So, with that preamble....
1. Calendar:
Currently I am syncing my PC outlook calendar through USB with my iPad calendar. Will Apples (generic for pad, puter, and fone) sync Outlook calendar through the cloud so that all six devices can be synced?
To sync all six devices, do my wife and I have to share one cloud account; how does that work? Can two cloud accounts be linked?
If too cumbersome for six, we want to at least sync our own three devices which if not automatically through the cloud could be done manually through USB, right?
A lot of Mac friends indicate that they use Google for their email, addresses, and calendar and sync in that manner; thoughts pro/con.
iCal - even if I am using Outlook for emails is it reasonable to use and synch iCal on our six devices? Currently I do sync my PC Outlook calendar with my iPad.
2. Address book:
Even thinking about addresses/contacts causes me to ponder that it is too much of an ask for wife and I to share contacts. That then suggests that putting all six devices on one cloud account is over the top. Who amongst the readers sync all data with their wife; does it work reasonably well?
Any other thoughts/tips on the cloud appreciated.