Set up 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 and then you can view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos that you take automatically testify up on your PC, and you lot tin can download them with a double-click.

Turn on iCloud Photos

Make sure that you 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. 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. Turn on iCloud Photos on all of your Apple devices.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later, you can also choose to use Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If you're using iCloud for Windows 7, you can as well choose to apply 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 you want to ship new photos to your devices that don't use iCloud Photos, you can turn My Photo Stream dorsum on.

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

Yous 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 a File Explorer window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. In another window, open the folder where you currently store the photos that yous want to add to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that yous want to add.
  5. Drag them into the iCloud Photos binder.

You 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. Cull 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 eleven.ane or after

New photos and videos you 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 tin can likewise 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 y'all want to keep on your PC.
  4. Right-click the selection and choose "Always go on 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 together to iCloud Photos will automatically download to your PC. You can likewise download older photos and videos with these steps:

  1. Open up File Explorer (Windows 10) or Windows Explorer (Windows vii).
  2. Click iCloud Photos in the Navigation pane. If yous don't come across 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. Cull 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 you want to download by year, then click Download.

Your photos and videos download to the location y'all prepare in iCloud Photos Options.

In iCloud for Windows 10 or later on, 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 7, you need to re-download the photos to see any updates.

Find your photos on your PC

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

On Windows x:

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

Windows 8:

  1. Get to the Beginning screen. If you utilise Windows 8.1, click the down pointer in the lesser-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows vii:

  1. Click the Windows Get-go push button, then 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 upward as a folder in the window that appears.

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

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