How to Sync MS Outlook Email, Calendar & Contacts with iPhone4s & iCloud

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Create backup file of MS Outlook contacts. ©Copyright 2012. Alicia Butler Pierre. iPhone vector by KaishinLab. This flow diagram is based on the synchronization of MS Outlook 2010 (64-bit) using a PC with the Windows 7 operating system. Note that iTunes does not offer a true synchronizaton of email. In other words, if an email is deleted from an iPhone, that same email will still appear in the MS Outlook inbox on the PC. True email synchronization is achieved via the iCloud app which requires creating an Apple ID. More details on this topic are included in a full article at at www.eqbsystems.com/ blog or by clicking here. HowtoSyncMSOutlook2010Email,Contacts&CalendarwithiPhone4s Save backup file to a location that you can easily access. Decide which app to sync data based on storage concerns/ requirements. Click on the Downloads icon. Click on the Support tab at www.apple.com. Download and run the iCloud program. Prepare to install the iCloud and itune apps. Select Mail. Make sure MS Outlook is closed. Type “iCloud control panel for Windows” in the search field. Sign in on your PC using your new Apple ID. iTunestosynccontacts,calendar,notes(preservesdatastorageoniCloud) iCloudtosyncemail(providesupto5GBoffreedatastorage) Open Network andInternet on PC’s control panel. Verify iCloud appears. Click on the ConnecttoiTunes button on the Wi-Fi Networks screen. Open iCloud on the Settings menu on iPhone. Turn Calendar and Contacts OFF. Turn the Mail option ON. Create an iCloud email account (Apple ID). Select the Don’t Allow or OK button for iCloud to access phone location. Connect iPhone to PC via USB cord. Select the option to Merge the MS Outlook data you want to fully sync. Test for synchronization accuracy. Assign name to iPhone on the iTunes screen on your PC. Select the Contacts and Calendar options to sync. Deselect the Mail option. Press the Sync button in the lower right hand corner of screen. start end

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If you are a former or current Blackberry user and you're thinking about converting to an iPhone, this flow diagram will help you learn how to get your new iPhone to mimic Blackberry's email, calendar and contacts synchronization. Understanding the limitations of both the iTunes and iCloud apps are key.

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Create backup file

of MS Outlook

contacts.

©Copyright 2012. Alicia Butler Pierre. iPhone vector by KaishinLab.

This flow diagram is based on the synchronization of MS Outlook 2010 (64-bit) using a PC with the Windows 7 operating system. Note that iTunes does not offer a true

synchronizaton of email. In other words, if an email is deleted from an iPhone, that same email will still appear in the MS Outlook inbox on the PC. True email

synchronization is achieved via the iCloud app which requires creating an Apple ID. More details on this topic are included in a full article at at www.eqbsystems.com/

blog or by clicking here.

How to Sync MS Outlook 2010 Email, Contacts & Calendar with iPhone4s

Save backup file

to a location that

you can easily

access.

Decide which app

to sync data

based on storage

concerns/

requirements.

Click on the

Downloads icon.

Click on the

Support tab at

www.apple.com.

Download and run

the

iCloud program.

Prepare to install

the iCloud and

itune apps.

Select Mail. Make

sure MS Outlook

is closed.

Type “iCloud

control panel for

Windows” in the

search field.

Sign in on your PC

using your new

Apple ID.

iTunes to sync contacts, calendar, notes (preserves data storage on iCloud)

iCloud to sync email (provides up to 5GB of free data storage)

Open Network

and Internet on

PC’s control

panel. Verify

iCloud appears.

Click on the

Connect to iTunes

button on the

Wi-Fi Networks

screen.

Open iCloud on

the Settings menu

on iPhone. Turn

Calendar and

Contacts OFF.

Turn the Mail

option ON. Create

an iCloud email

account (Apple

ID).

Select the Don’t

Allow or OK

button for iCloud

to access phone

location.

Connect iPhone to

PC via USB cord.

Select the option

to Merge the MS

Outlook data you

want to fully sync.

Test for

synchronization

accuracy.

Assign name to

iPhone on the

iTunes screen on

your PC.

Select the

Contacts and

Calendar options

to sync. Deselect

the Mail option.

Press the Sync

button in the

lower right hand

corner of screen.

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