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You can add contacts using an LDAP or CardDAV account if your company or organization supports it. See Add contacts on page 97.

You can add calendars using a CalDAV calendar account, and you can subscribe to iCalendar (.ics) calendars or import them from Mail. See Use multiple calendars on page 60.

Apple ID

An Apple ID is the login you use for just about everything you do with Apple, including using iCloud to store your content, downloading apps from the App Store, and buying songs, movies, and TV shows from the iTunes Store.

You only need one Apple ID for everything you do with Apple. If you have an Apple ID, use it when you first set up iPod touch, and whenever you need to sign in to use an Apple service. If you don’t already have an Apple ID, you can create one whenever you’re asked to sign in.

Create an Apple ID. Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store and tap Sign In. (If you’re already signed in and want to create another Apple ID, first tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.)

For more information, see appleid.apple.com.

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 your photos, apps, contacts, calendars, and more, and wirelessly pushes them to your devices, keeping everything up to date. See iCloud below.

iTunes syncs music, video, photos, and more between your computer and iPod touch. 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 16.

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 iPod touch to your other devices, and use iTunes to sync photo albums from your computer to iPod touch.

Important: If you use iCloud for syncing contacts, calendars, and notes, don’t also use iTunes to sync those items. Otherwise, you might see duplicates.

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 iPod touch in iTunes. This is useful if your iTunes library contains more items than can fit on your device.

Note: If you’re using iTunes Match, you can manually manage only video.

iCloud

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

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

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