Icloud does not support windows xp

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I'm sorry to hear that you lost all your pictures and music. Maybe an employee at an Apple Store can help you to to get them back. Good luck to you. Oct 19, AM. Oct 19, PM. You can actually get iCloud control panel to work on Windows XP with a little hack, that'll give you synced access to Contacts, Calenders, Reminders and Bookmarks. It also can be used to set up your me. Photostream doesn't work though. I found a solution here , have written it up in clearer english and added details re IMAP support for me.

Requirements: iTunes 5. Nov 16, PM. Nov 19, AM in response to iorganutan In response to iorganutan. Thanks for your help! It also can be used to set up your me. Here's the files you need: Following files are modified iCloud installation files:. If you want to do it yourself, know what was done to these files, or just know how it works, read on: Requirements: iTunes 5. And you're done. Good luck! Well, in my opinion, why should they?

Even though iCloud works on Windows XP with this easy hack, which is to simply fool the installer that it is compatible with XP, I can fully understand why they don't want it to be officially compatible. Then imagine the resources to reply and deal with those queries if it was officially supported.