Gear up and use iCloud Photos on your Windows PC

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

iCloud Photos uploads new photos and videos from your Windows PC so you can view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos that yous take automatically show up on your PC, and you can download them with a double-click.

Plough on iCloud Photos

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

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

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

When y'all plow on iCloud Photos on your PC in iCloud for Windows seven, My Photo Stream is turned off automatically. If you want to transport 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 y'all follow these steps:

In iCloud for Windows ten or later

  1. Open a File Explorer window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. In another window, open up the folder where you currently store the photos that y'all want to add to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that y'all want to add together.
  5. Elevate them into the iCloud Photos folder.

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

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

  1. Open up a File Explorer window.
  2. Under Favorites, click iCloud Photos.
  3. Click Upload photos and videos.
  4. Cull the photos and videos you desire 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 eleven.i or later

New photos and videos y'all 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 can too keep your photos downloaded on your PC with these steps:

  1. Open up File Explorer.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. Select the images yous desire to keep on your PC.
  4. Right-click the option and choose "Always keep on this device."

If you alter a photograph or video on another device or on iCloud.com, information technology updates automatically on your PC.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

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

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

Your photos and videos download to the location you gear up in iCloud Photos Options.

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

Discover your photos on your PC

To find your photos, follow the steps for the version of Windows yous utilise on your PC.

On Windows 10:

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

Windows eight:

  1. Go to the Kickoff screen. If you lot use Windows 8.i, click the down arrow in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows seven:

  1. Click the Windows Commencement button, and so click Pictures.
  2. Click iCloud Photos or Photo Stream under the Favorites card in the panel on the left.
  3. Double-click My Photo Stream to view your photos. This also shows upwards every bit a folder in the window that appears.

My Photograph Stream isn't available in iCloud for Windows 10 or later.

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