I am in the process of switching from an Android/Windows ecosystem to Apple. At the moment I have my email/contacts/calendar on Google and sync that with my phone and tablet. I use the browser to access this from any desktop machine.
I have bought an iPhone 5, iPad mini and iMac and I want to keep all of these in sync whilst using the native applications for the best user experience.
Now I am thinking it might be best to keep my email on Google but move my calendar and contacts to iCloud. Is that a bad move? I would like to use notes and reminders and have these sync between my devices too. It is my understanding that I can't do this using Google as my cloud - is this correct?
This would require me to have two accounts sync'ing on my mobile devices. Exchange for my email and an iCloud account for my calendar, contacts, reminders and notes. Will this significantly drain my battery life?
From what I understand iCloud can sync: contacts, calendar, notes and reminders. Have I missed any? Is there anything else that I am about to have in sync between all my i-devices?
How would I get my information from Google in the first place?
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Another question I had was to do with the messages app. I've heard that I can also have all my messages sync between all my devices? Does that include SMS messages or is it only iMessges? If they do sync, does the history persist across all devices?
My account seems to have a phone number and email address attached to it. I take it that if anyone sends a message to either of these that they are sent to all my devices, even though my iMac and iPad mini don't have a phone number?
What happens if someone try's to FaceTime me, does it ring (and can I answer) on all and any device?
I have bought an iPhone 5, iPad mini and iMac and I want to keep all of these in sync whilst using the native applications for the best user experience.
Now I am thinking it might be best to keep my email on Google but move my calendar and contacts to iCloud. Is that a bad move? I would like to use notes and reminders and have these sync between my devices too. It is my understanding that I can't do this using Google as my cloud - is this correct?
This would require me to have two accounts sync'ing on my mobile devices. Exchange for my email and an iCloud account for my calendar, contacts, reminders and notes. Will this significantly drain my battery life?
From what I understand iCloud can sync: contacts, calendar, notes and reminders. Have I missed any? Is there anything else that I am about to have in sync between all my i-devices?
How would I get my information from Google in the first place?
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Another question I had was to do with the messages app. I've heard that I can also have all my messages sync between all my devices? Does that include SMS messages or is it only iMessges? If they do sync, does the history persist across all devices?
My account seems to have a phone number and email address attached to it. I take it that if anyone sends a message to either of these that they are sent to all my devices, even though my iMac and iPad mini don't have a phone number?
What happens if someone try's to FaceTime me, does it ring (and can I answer) on all and any device?