[mac4theblind] Re: backing up contacts and calendars with iTunes and Icloud

  • From: Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mack for the blind list blind list <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 10:53:32 -0700

somoen eposted an article on it. I have it, or I think I have it in my rss 
feed. I can try and find it and post it here if need be.

Take care.
On May 28, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> When Mavericks came along, I had to use iCloud to backup  my Contacts. Before 
> using Mountain Lion I was using iTunes to do this. Now though with the 
> release of Mavericks 10.9.3 and the latest iTunes version it is said that 
> Apple has restored this functionality. 
> 
> My problem though now is that since I’ve been using iCloud for the past few 
> months and now I want to go back to using iTunes to backup my contacts I am 
> wondering how this is done?
> I don’t want to go losing any contacts in the process. 
> I will admit though, that I do rather like the way contacts get updated 
> wirelessly between my Mac and iPhone which is a thing I’ll probably miss but 
> for me, I feel that iTunes for now, back ups more data than iCloud does at 
> the moment. I guess I feel more comfortable with my information being stored 
> locally on my computer than up in the cloud. At least for contacts at any 
> rate.
> 
> Idealy, if at all possible, I’d like to know if I can use backing up contacts 
> both with iTunes and iCloud together and if I can do this, how this is done.
> 
> I have an iphone 5 running 7.1.1 and a late Mac Book Pro 2011 running 
> Mavericks 10.9.3 and the latest version of iTunes.
> 
> I look forward to hearing from anyone who uses both methods and how you do it 
> without messing anything up in the process.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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