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Understanding iCloud Device Support

iCloud promises to simplify your online life, but the first step to that simpler existence is to configure iCloud on all the devices that you want to keep in sync. The next few sections show you how to configure iCloud on various devices, but it’s important to understand exactly which devices can do the iCloud thing. Here’s a summary:

iPhone (3GS or later), iPad, and iPod touch (third generation or later). iCloud works with any of these devices as long as they’re running version 5.1.1 or later of iOS.

Mac. You must be running OS X Lion (10.7.5) or later. To access the iCloud web applications, you need either Safari 3 or later, or Firefox 2 or later.

Windows Vista. Any Vista version works with iCloud as long as you have at least Service Pack 2 installed. To access the iCloud web applications, you need Internet Explorer 7 or later, Safari 3 or later, or Firefox 2 or later. For push e-mail, contacts, and calendars, you need Outlook 2007 or later.

Windows 7 or 8. Any Windows 7 or 8 version works with iCloud. To access the iCloud web applications, you ...