Set up and use iCloud Photos on your Windows PC

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

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

Turn on iCloud Photos

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

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

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later, you can also choose to utilise Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If you're using iCloud for Windows 7, yous tin can too choose to utilize My Photo Stream.

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

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

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

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later

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

Yous can view the photos and videos y'all 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 yous want to upload and click Open.

You 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 11.one 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 information technology, double-click its thumbnail. Y'all can also continue 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. Right-click the selection and cull "Always keep on this device."

If you change a photograph 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 to iCloud Photos will automatically download to your PC. You can as well download older photos and videos with these steps:

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

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

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later, if you change a photo or video on another device or on iCloud.com, information technology updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version seven, yous need to re-download the photos to meet any updates.

Find your photos on your PC

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

On Windows 10:

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

Windows eight:

  1. Go to the Start screen. If you apply Windows 8.1, 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 Photo Stream under the Favorites menu in the panel on the left.
  3. Double-click My Photograph Stream to view your photos. This also shows upward as a folder in the window that appears.

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

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