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Manage content on your iOS devices

You can transfer information and files between your iOS devices and computers, using iCloud or iTunes.

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iCloud stores content such as music, photos, calendars, contacts, documents, and more, and wirelessly pushes it to your other iOS devices and computers, keeping everything up to date. See iCloud below.

iTunes syncs music, video, photos, and more, between your computer and iPhone. Changes you make on one device are copied to the other when you sync. You can also use iTunes to sync files and documents. See Sync with iTunes on page 18.

You can use iCloud or iTunes, or both, depending on your needs. For example, you can use iCloud to automatically send the photos you take on iPhone to your other devices, and use iTunes to sync photo albums from your computer to iPhone.

Important: To avoid duplicates, keep contacts, calendars, and notes in sync using iCloud or iTunes, but not both.

You can also manually manage content from iTunes, in the device’s Summary pane. This lets you add songs and videos, by choosing a song, video, or playlist from your iTunes library and then dragging it to your iPhone in iTunes. This is useful if your iTunes library contains more items than can fit on your device.

iCloud

iCloud stores your content, including music, photos, contacts, calendars, and supported documents. Content stored in iCloud is pushed wirelessly to your other iOS devices and computers set up with the same iCloud account.

iCloud is available on devices with iOS 5 or later, on Mac computers with OS X Lion v10.7.2 or later, and on PCs with the iCloud Control Panel for Windows (Windows 7 or Windows 8 is required).

Note: iCloud may not be available in all areas, and iCloud features may vary by area. For more information, see www.apple.com/icloud.

iCloud features include:

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iTunes in the Cloud—Download previous iTunes Store music and video purchases to iPhone for free, anytime. With an iTunes Match subscription, all your music—including music you’ve imported from CDs or purchased somewhere other than iTunes Store—appears on all of your devices and can be downloaded and played, on demand. See iTunes Match on page 65.

Apps and Books—Download previous App Store and iBooks Store purchases to iPhone for free, anytime.

Photos—Use My Photo Stream to push photos you take with your iPhone to your other devices, automatically. Use iCloud Photo Sharing to share photos and videos with just the people you choose, and let them add photos, videos, and comments. See iCloud Photo Sharing on page 74 and My Photo Stream on page 75.

Documents in the Cloud—For iCloud-enabled apps, keep documents and app data up to date across all your devices.

Mail, Contacts, Calendars—Keep your mail contacts, calendars, notes, and reminders up to date across all your devices.

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