LilSnoop40 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 How do I sync my outlook.com contacts to my icloud account? I can figure it out, I store all my contacts in my outlook account but would like to back them up on the I loud account on my iPhone. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Veteran Posted February 14, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 14, 2015 Download iCloud control panel for windows. This tool will allow you to sync to icloud via multiple accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 How do I sync my outlook.com contacts to my icloud account? I can figure it out, I store all my contacts in my outlook account but would like to back them up on the I loud account on my iPhone. Thanks Check your account settings in the settings.. Make sure that sync is enabled for contacts, calendar, etc. It should be synced automatically on your devices including iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Download iCloud control panel for windows. This tool will allow you to sync to icloud via multiple accounts. I never use that tool. All you do is setup account and make sure the sync is enabled for contacts, calendar, etc. If you don't want calendar, then turn sync off for that feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSnoop40 Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 I have tried this a bunch of times and I can't not get this to work.. No idea what I am going wrong... I see all 220 contacts from my outlook account now I need them synced to the cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 At the risk of asking a silly question... I noticed that you have a jailbroken ipad, is this the device you're trying to use the sync to icloud? (Is it possible now it's jailbroken etc...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I have tried this a bunch of times and I can't not get this to work.. No idea what I am going wrong... I see all 220 contacts from my outlook account now I need them synced to the cloud Add outlook email account on your iphone and you will be asked to either to keep sync on or not for each feature you want... then go from there. Then hit sync button in order to sync your data to icloud. At the risk of asking a silly question... I noticed that you have a jailbroken ipad, is this the device you're trying to use the sync to icloud? (Is it possible now it's jailbroken etc...) It doesn't matter if it is jailbroken or not. It works either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 It doesn't matter if it is jailbroken or not. It works either way.ok, I wasn't sure, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 ok, I wasn't sure, thanks I have outlook on mine for calendar. I added events on outlook.com calendar on the web then the events show up on calendar on my apple device automatically and instantly. I have contacts but the contact sync is off on the apple devices... I have contacts on my android devices. Sync automatically... no problems so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSnoop40 Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Let me remove my outlook account and try again.. Will get back to u. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSnoop40 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Shozilla I did what u said but it still didn't work.. No idea what I'm doing wrong, it can't b this hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 go to the settings on your phone and go to icloud section. Make sure those features such as contacts, calendar, etc are on. If not, turn them on.. then go to the mail, contacts, calendars section. Tap on your outlook account and check the settings there and make sure they are right as the way you want. Once are done, then go to contacts and see if you see any contacts on either iPhone and the web. If not, hit sync. If not working, then you can try either Marshall's suggestion (which I never use the tool) or if you are in USA, go to Best Buy or Apple store, they will setup it up for you. Not sure what stores you have in your country if you are not in USA. I would set it up for you if you were nearby. I can't go out for a few days if the snow gets heavy here. I hope the weather will miss us here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSnoop40 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 I have folllowed this to a T and still won't sync.. This is how I've been doing this from day one.. Y do they make iTunes so hard to use on something so easy? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I have folllowed this to a T and still won't sync.. This is how I've been doing this from day one.. Y do they make iTunes so hard to use on something so easy? Thanks Let me find the tutorials online for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I have folllowed this to a T and still won't sync.. This is how I've been doing this from day one.. Y do they make iTunes so hard to use on something so easy? Thanks iTunes and iCloud are two different things. Do you have an iCloud account set up on your iPad? What do you see if you go to iCloud.com on a web browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSnoop40 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yes I have an iCloud account setup on my iPhone. When I go to iCloud.com I only see one contact in there which is my info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 OK, here is the easy one with simple tool: http://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-transfer-outlook-contacts-to-icloud/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSnoop40 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thanks shozilla will give this a shot and get back to you. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Not to sound condescending in any way but can I ask why you need to backup your outlook information in iCloud when outlook does that for you? I only use iCloud to backup the iDevice data (apps, device layout, etc...). All of my email accounts sync by themselves. I don't have a reason for iCloud to do that. That just runs the risk of duplicate everything. I don't even use iCloud for picture backup anymore as onedrive now does background uploads as pictures are taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Not to sound condescending in any way but can I ask why you need to backup your outlook information in iCloud when outlook does that for you? I only use iCloud to backup the iDevice data (apps, device layout, etc...). All of my email accounts sync by themselves. I don't have a reason for iCloud to do that. That just runs the risk of duplicate everything. I don't even use iCloud for picture backup anymore as onedrive now does background uploads as pictures are taken. He wants his outlook contacts in iCloud so he can visit icloud.com ... Read his posts carefully. That's why he wants contacts to be synced to all devices so he can get the contacts anytime no matter what device he uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 He wants his outlook contacts in iCloud so he can visit icloud.com ... Read his posts carefully. That's why he wants contacts to be synced to all devices so he can get the contacts anytime no matter what device he uses. Then I am really missing something. If an outlook account is attached to any device...everything is synced. Is he only looking to have iCloud in use and not have an outlook account on a device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Then I am really missing something. If an outlook account is attached to any device...everything is synced. Is he only looking to have iCloud in use and not have an outlook account on a device? No, he wants outlook contacts in iCloud contacts... which he said they aren't showing up like it's supposed to... that's why he is having a problem with it. It works on my end without any tools. He might have missed a step or sync problem in OS. So he could access the contacts anywhere... no matter if it's on the device or on the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 That's Rather Odd - under Contacts in iCloud, there is actually a setting for Outlook.com. (And for Google+. And for Yahoo. And for SkyDrive/OneDrive.) My Apple ID is, in fact, identical to my Microsoft Account (with a different password). It's been that way since the only change I made with my Apple ID (which used to be my Google Account with a similar mod to the Google defaults), due to my using more Microsoft services than Google services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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