simple terms pls ??

[mark_182_54]

can someone explain how to save my fooking i phone numbers in simple and easy steps pls ! so that if i lose my phone ill still have these saved somewhere !

mark

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Write them down in a phone book?

 

[mark_182_54]

hahaha too easy fella is there not a way

 

[sbridgey]

can you not do a gmail sync thing like you do on android

 

[SC03OTT]

Back them up to iCloud.

 

[mark_182_54]

ok and how exactly im all lost in the world of apple

 

[Tom]

Here.

 

[mark_182_54]

thanks tom !!

 

[eugegall]

Would someone be stupid to not use iCloud at all and just do a normal back up every now and then?

 

[Tom]

It's up to you I guess? Where is a better place to put your data? A billion dollar server farm or your circa £700 computer? Tough choice.

 

[Munson]

It's up to you I guess? Where is a better place to put your data? A billion dollar server farm or your circa £700 computer? Tough choice.

Both, if one has any sense.

Personally I don't have my iClouds setup for full backup, but it does sync my contacts, reminders and bookmarks.

 

[eugegall]

I guess if it kept all of my devices totally separate and didn't share any date then I'd use that. I've been meaning to read up on iCloud. I know I'm late but I've just not had the time.

Is there a way to just use iCloud as a backup only. I don't want my reminders from my iPhone to remind me on my iPad. Stupid idea.

 

[Sym0n]

I don't backup to iCloud, only to my PC as I prefer to not depend on another backup solution. Apart from Contacts and Photo Stream I have everything else syncing with iCloud, I still use gmail for my contacts sync.

 

[Munson]

I guess if it kept all of my devices totally separate and didn't share any date then I'd use that. I've been meaning to read up on iCloud. I know I'm late but I've just not had the time.

Is there a way to just use iCloud as a backup only. I don't want my reminders from my iPhone to remind me on my iPad. Stupid idea.

Just turn off all the individual items in iCloud preferences. Lol at stupid idea. Yeah. Mental.

 

[eugegall]

Just turn off all the individual items in iCloud preferences. Lol at stupid idea. Yeah. Mental.

It is stupid. I can't see why I'd want my pictures form my iPhone on my iPad. As said to sy, if i wanted my iPad and iPhone to be exactly the same i would have just got the iPhone. Most apps aren't iPad compatible anyway. It would be awesome if iCould would complete a total backup on each device without having to share data.

We're all entitled to our own opinion old man.

 

[Revels]

You are. But you're still wrong.

 

[eugegall]

You are. But you're still wrong.

LOL because Dan disagrees it means i must be wrong. Silly me.

Wouldn't it be simple to add an options to select 'Date Sharing' on\off? Sounds pretty simple to me.

 

[Munson]

You have options to customise every aspect of what is kept synced. You think it's a stupid idea that some people might want reminders synced across devices? You don't want that feature, and that's your choice, which you have. Fairly sure your choice doesn't make the other choice a stupid idea.

 

[eugegall]

You have options to customise every aspect of what is kept synced. You think it's a stupid idea that some people might want reminders synced across devices? You don't want that feature, and that's your choice, which you have. Fairly sure your choice doesn't make the other choice a stupid idea.

Agreed but why should they have a choice whilst i don't. Simple really.

 

[Munson]

You've lost me mate I'm afraid. Maybe I missed something.

 

[MatthewR]

you do have a choice, turn on and off at your leisure what you sync.

 

[Gouldy]

I've just been into iCloud and set it up to back everything up. Up until yesterday I have never used it, I'd rather use the cloud than my laptop to back my valuable data up. If the laptop dies ( which I think it soon will ) I would lose all my data and photos etc.