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

  • From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 15:10:50 -0400

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On May 28, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Daniel <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sarah, if you can find it and post it to the list. I'd really appreciate it. 

Thank you 

Daniel 

> On 28 May 2014, at 18:53, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> Daniel************
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