iCloud and Microsoft Outlook

For Mac OS X and iOS, iCloud will sync productivity content between similar apps, such as Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Reminders. In Windows, content can be synced to only one app: Microsoft Office Outlook. You need Microsoft Outlook 2007 or later to sync with iCloud.

Configuring Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Reminders on Outlook

To access Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Reminders on Outlook, perform the following steps:

1. Make sure that any supported version of Microsoft Outlook is installed on your Windows computer or Mac computer running Windows.

2. Open Outlook for the first time. Outlook will create a profile later iCloud is able to detect later and configure for you.

3. Open iCloud Control Panel.

4. Click on the Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Tasks checkbox to activate these services.

   

5. iCloud will search the Outlook profile to configure. After that, iCloud starts to configure the iCloud Mail IMAP settings, download all contacts, calendar, and reminders data. It's important not...