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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1451065"><p>iCloud will do all this no problem. Use the same iTunes account. All free.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You'd really be better off using Calendar, which came with your Macs (and iPhones and iPads). You can transfer Outlook's calendar data to Calendar using CalDAV.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>I have issues with the nature of Google; they are an ad agency, and your data is their product. I'm a sharing guy, but Google goes to far IMO. I avoid using Google as much as possible for this reason, and don't feel that I'm missing anything (I do use Google Image Search a lot, but it doesn't require a login. Somebody make a better alternative to the image search please!).</p><p></p><p>But ignoring Google for a moment, what is it about Mail/Calendar/Contacts you don't think will work for you, particularly as they are seamlessly integrated into iCloud?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't. My wife has her iCloud account and I have mine. We don't feel we need to share contact. We do know each other's passwords so that we can avoid double-buying apps, and in case anything happens to either of us.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Cloud syncing is working FABULOUSLY for us so far, but we are in constant Wi-Fi; for your circumstances, you may want to start visiting coffee shops a little more often to "catch up" and sync changes. The data used by syncing is small, but depending on your cellular plan you may want to opt to do syncing manually when you know you have Wi-Fi rather than automatically.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1451065"] iCloud will do all this no problem. Use the same iTunes account. All free. You'd really be better off using Calendar, which came with your Macs (and iPhones and iPads). You can transfer Outlook's calendar data to Calendar using CalDAV. I have issues with the nature of Google; they are an ad agency, and your data is their product. I'm a sharing guy, but Google goes to far IMO. I avoid using Google as much as possible for this reason, and don't feel that I'm missing anything (I do use Google Image Search a lot, but it doesn't require a login. Somebody make a better alternative to the image search please!). But ignoring Google for a moment, what is it about Mail/Calendar/Contacts you don't think will work for you, particularly as they are seamlessly integrated into iCloud? I don't. My wife has her iCloud account and I have mine. We don't feel we need to share contact. We do know each other's passwords so that we can avoid double-buying apps, and in case anything happens to either of us.[/QUOTE] Cloud syncing is working FABULOUSLY for us so far, but we are in constant Wi-Fi; for your circumstances, you may want to start visiting coffee shops a little more often to "catch up" and sync changes. The data used by syncing is small, but depending on your cellular plan you may want to opt to do syncing manually when you know you have Wi-Fi rather than automatically. [/QUOTE]
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