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

Turn on iCloud Photos

Make sure that you gear up iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon or Mac, that yous turned on iCloud Photos, and that you lot're signed in with your Apple ID.

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

In iCloud for Windows 10 or afterward, you can likewise choose to employ Shared Albums, and customize the location of your Shared Albums folders. If you're using iCloud for Windows 7, you can likewise choose to use 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 yous want to transport new photos to your devices that don't use iCloud Photos, you can turn My Photograph 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 y'all 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 you desire to add to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that you desire to add.
  5. Drag them into the iCloud Photos binder.

You can view the photos and videos yous uploaded in the Photos app on iCloud.com and on all your Apple 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. Choose the photos and videos you want to upload and click Open.

You 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 eleven.ane or afterward

New photos and videos yous add together to iCloud Photos are shown on your PC automatically. To download the file from iCloud when you lot view information technology, double-click its thumbnail. Yous tin 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 lot want to keep on your PC.
  4. Right-click the selection and choose "Always keep on this device."

If y'all change a photo or video on some other device or on iCloud.com, information technology updates automatically on your PC.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

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

  1. Open up File Explorer (Windows x) or Windows Explorer (Windows 7).
  2. Click iCloud Photos in the Navigation pane. If yous don't see iCloud Photos, click Pictures in the Navigation pane, then double-click iCloud Photos.
    • In iCloud for Windows 10, click the Notification surface area in the taskbar, then click Download Photos in the iCloud Photos notification. Cull the photos and videos you want to download by year.
    • In iCloud for Windows 7, click "Download photos and videos" in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Cull the photos and videos you desire to download by year, then click Download.

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

In iCloud for Windows ten or later, if you change a photo or video on some other device or on iCloud.com, information technology updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version 7, yous need to re-download the photos to see any updates.

Find your photos on your PC

To find your photos, follow the steps for the version of Windows you employ 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 yous use Windows 8.1, click the down pointer in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows 7:

  1. Click the Windows Starting time 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 Photo Stream to view your photos. This likewise shows up as a folder in the window that appears.

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

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