Gear up and use iCloud Photos on your Windows PC

iCloud Photos safely stores all your photos and videos in iCloud, then they're available on all your devices.

iCloud Photos uploads new photos and videos from your Windows PC so y'all tin view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod affect, Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos that you accept automatically show upwardly on your PC, and y'all can download them with a double-click.

Turn on iCloud Photos

Make sure that you set up up iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or Mac, that you lot turned on iCloud Photos, and that you're signed in with your Apple ID.

  1. Download iCloud for Windows.
  2. Open iCloud for Windows. Make certain you're signed in with your Apple ID.
  3. Next to Photos, click Options.
  4. Select iCloud Photos.
  5. Click Done, so click Apply.
  6. Turn on iCloud Photos on all of your Apple devices.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later, you can likewise choose to use Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If yous're using iCloud for Windows vii, you can also cull to utilize My Photo Stream.

When you turn on iCloud Photos on your PC in iCloud for Windows vii, My Photo Stream is turned off automatically. If yous desire to send new photos to your devices that don't utilize iCloud Photos, you lot can turn My Photo Stream dorsum on.

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

You can upload your photos and videos from your PC to iCloud Photos when you follow these steps:

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later

  1. Open up a File Explorer window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. In some other window, open the binder where you lot currently store the photos that you want to add to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that you want to add.
  5. Drag them into the iCloud Photos folder.

You can view the photos and videos you lot uploaded in the Photos app on iCloud.com and on all your Apple tree devices.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

  1. Open a File Explorer window.
  2. Under Favorites, click iCloud Photos.
  3. Click Upload photos and videos.
  4. Choose the photos and videos you want to upload and click Open.

You can view the photos and videos y'all uploaded in the Photos app on iCloud.com and on all your Apple tree devices.

Download your photos and videos from iCloud Photos

In iCloud for Windows 11.1 or later

New photos and videos you add to iCloud Photos are shown on your PC automatically. To download the file from iCloud when you view it, double-click its thumbnail. You tin also keep your photos downloaded on your PC with these steps:

  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. Select the images you want to keep on your PC.
  4. Correct-click the pick and cull "Always go on on this device."

If you lot change a photo or video on another device or on iCloud.com, it updates automatically on your PC.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

New photos and videos y'all add to iCloud Photos will automatically download to your PC. You tin can also download older photos and videos with these steps:

  1. Open File Explorer (Windows 10) or Windows Explorer (Windows seven).
  2. Click iCloud Photos in the Navigation pane. If you don't see iCloud Photos, click Pictures in the Navigation pane, then double-click iCloud Photos.
    • In iCloud for Windows 10, click the Notification surface area in the taskbar, then click Download Photos in the iCloud Photos notification. Choose the photos and videos you desire to download by year.
    • In iCloud for Windows 7, click "Download photos and videos" in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Choose the photos and videos y'all want to download past year, and so click Download.

Your photos and videos download to the location yous set in iCloud Photos Options.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or subsequently, if you lot alter a photograph or video on another device or on iCloud.com, it updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version seven, you demand to re-download the photos to see any updates.

Observe your photos on your PC

To find your photos, follow the steps for the version of Windows you lot use on your PC.

On Windows 10:

  1. Open up File Explorer.
  2. Click iCloud Photos from the Navigation pane.

Windows 8:

  1. Go to the Start screen. If you employ Windows 8.1, click the downwardly arrow in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows 7:

  1. Click the Windows Kickoff button, then click Pictures.
  2. Click iCloud Photos or Photo Stream under the Favorites menu in the panel on the left.
  3. Double-click My Photo Stream to view your photos. This besides shows up as a binder in the window that appears.

My Photo Stream isn't bachelor in iCloud for Windows ten or after.

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