Gear up and utilize 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 tin view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch on, Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos that you take automatically prove up on your PC, and y'all can download them with a double-click.

Plough on iCloud Photos

Brand sure that you set upwardly 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 iCloud for Windows. Make 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. Plough on iCloud Photos on all of your Apple devices.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or after, y'all can also cull to use Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If y'all're using iCloud for Windows 7, you lot tin also cull to use My Photo Stream.

When yous turn on iCloud Photos on your PC in iCloud for Windows 7, My Photo Stream is turned off automatically. If you lot want to send new photos to your devices that don't use iCloud Photos, you tin plow My Photograph Stream back on.

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

Yous can upload your photos and videos from your PC to iCloud Photos when y'all 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 another window, open the folder where y'all currently store the photos that you want to add together to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that y'all want to add.
  5. Drag them into the iCloud Photos folder.

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

Y'all tin can view the photos and videos you uploaded in the Photos app on iCloud.com and on all your Apple devices.

Download your photos and videos from iCloud Photos

In iCloud for Windows xi.one or later

New photos and videos yous add to iCloud Photos are shown on your PC automatically. To download the file from iCloud when you lot view it, double-click its thumbnail. You can too go along 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 go along on your PC.
  4. Correct-click the selection and cull "Ever go along on this device."

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

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

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

In iCloud for Windows ten or after, if you modify a photo or video on another device or on iCloud.com, it updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version vii, you need to re-download the photos to come across any updates.

Find your photos on your PC

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

On Windows 10:

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

Windows eight:

  1. Go to the Outset screen. If you use Windows viii.ane, click the down arrow in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows 7:

  1. Click the Windows Start button, then click Pictures.
  2. Click iCloud Photos or Photograph Stream nether the Favorites menu in the console on the left.
  3. Double-click My Photo Stream to view your photos. This besides shows up equally a folder in the window that appears.

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

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