Fix and apply 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 and so you can view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod affect, Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos that you accept automatically show up on your PC, and y'all can download them with a double-click.

Plough on iCloud Photos

Brand certain that yous set upwards iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or Mac, that y'all turned on iCloud Photos, and that you lot'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 tree 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 devices.

In iCloud for Windows x or later on, you can as well choose to employ Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If you lot're using iCloud for Windows 7, you lot can also choose to apply My Photo Stream.

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

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

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

In iCloud for Windows 10 or afterwards

  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 together to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that y'all want to add.
  5. Elevate them into the iCloud Photos folder.

Y'all tin 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 can view the photos and videos y'all 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.i 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 can 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 proceed on your PC.
  4. Right-click the selection and choose "Always keep on this device."

If you modify 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 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 run into iCloud Photos, click Pictures in the Navigation pane, then double-click iCloud Photos.
    • In iCloud for Windows 10, click the Notification area in the taskbar, and so click Download Photos in the iCloud Photos notification. Choose the photos and videos you want to download by yr.
    • 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 past twelvemonth, and then click Download.

Your photos and videos download to the location you set 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, it updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version seven, you lot demand to re-download the photos to see whatever updates.

Find your photos on your PC

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

On Windows ten:

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

Windows 8:

  1. Go to the Start screen. If you use Windows eight.1, click the downward pointer in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows vii:

  1. Click the Windows Showtime button, and then click Pictures.
  2. Click iCloud Photos or Photo Stream under the Favorites bill of fare in the panel on the left.
  3. Double-click My Photo Stream to view your photos. This also shows up as a folder in the window that appears.

My Photo Stream isn't available in iCloud for Windows x or after.

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