The iCloud service is one of the best features and services provided by Apple, and it provides you with a synchronization of all your data across all your devices linked to one account, and for those who own a Mac, the iCloud service is now integrated into the system to achieve the maximum benefit from it where you can use the flow of images and synchronize names and locations with the system And if your personal computer is running the Windows operating system - which is the vast majority - there is an application provided by Apple to take advantage of the iCloud in Windows and get all the benefits without the need for a Mac.
You can take advantage of the benefits of the cloud through the iCloud Control Panel application, which Apple provided and updated last month for version 2.0, through which you can synchronize “contacts, calendar, bookmarks in the browser” between your Windows computer and your iOS device. And that is through the following steps:
1 Download the application through this link And install it in simple steps as you install any application on Windows (the application works only with Windows 7 and Vista).
2 Launch the app and log in with your iCloud account that you use for your iOS devices, and the app will start downloading the data.
3 The application interface is easy and you can choose which data you want to transfer to the device.
4 After the data transfer is completed, you will have a file for “PhotoStream” in Pictures on your device, and if you put any image in it, you will find it appear on your devices and vice versa as well as the shared folders appear in it by sharing the photo stream that we talked about In a previous article.
5 You can change the location of the photos sync easily through the control interface by pressing the options button next to PhotoStream in the image in step 3, then choose the location where you want to transfer the image file.
Note that when the application is running, you will notice the presence of the cloud sign in the taskbar at the bottom:
The application has all the capabilities that you can get if you connect an iOS device with a Mac device, as it matches the bookmarks and favorites list in the browser as well as saves contacts from your mobile device to the application, as well as e-mail. Just make sure that the account name you use with the app is the same as the account registered on your iOS device.
The following should be noted:
- The application works with Windows 7 and Vista only.
- To sync calendar, contacts, and mail an OutLook 2007 or later is required.
- Bookmarks can be synchronized with the official browser "Internet Explorer" and also with the famous Apple browser "Safari" as well.
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