If you only have one iOS device, is there any reason to have iCloud on/off?

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thermal

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Oct 16, 2011

• #1

Hi,

I have an iPhone 4 and a Macbook Pro. The iPhone runs iOS 5.

Since I only have the one iOS device (iPhone), is there any reason to have iCloud turned on? I'm not worried about storage space on my phone.

And, will leaving iCloud turned on vs off affect battery life at all?

Thank you kindly.

 

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zp3dd4

macrumors member

• Oct 16, 2011

• #2

your calendar and contacts between your macbook pro and iphone will be synced over the cloud.

 

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flatfoot99

Guest

• Oct 16, 2011

• #3

zp3dd4 said:

your calendar and contacts between your macbook pro and iphone will be synced over the cloud.

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and photostream...

 

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dreamshark

macrumors newbie

• Oct 16, 2011

• #4

For me, the most important feature of iCloud is Find My iPhone.

Automatic iPhone backups into the cloud seem like a good idea too. Even if you usually sync with your MacBook, it's not a bad idea to have offsite backup.

 

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elistan

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 16, 2011

• #5

Realtime sync of contacts, calendars, notes, bookmarks and photos between iOS and OSX.
Online backups of your iPhone.
Find My iPhone now works through iCloud.

 

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Primejimbo

macrumors 68040

• Oct 16, 2011

• #6

zp3dd4 said:

your calendar and contacts between your macbook pro and iphone will be synced over the cloud.

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Do I need Lion for this to work?

 

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initialsBB

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 17, 2011

• #7

zp3dd4 said:

your calendar and contacts between your macbook pro and iphone will be synced over the cloud.

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But only if you are under 10.7 it seems ? I am still on 10.6 and it doesn't look like iCal or Address Book on my Mac sync to iCloud ?