Set upwardly and employ 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 can view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch on, Mac, and on iCloud.com. New photos that y'all take automatically show upward on your PC, and yous tin can download them with a double-click.

Plow on iCloud Photos

Make certain that you gear up iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon 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 yous'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 x or later, yous 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 also choose to use My Photo Stream.

When you 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 can plow 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 you follow these steps:

In iCloud for Windows ten 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 lot want to add together to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that you want to add together.
  5. Drag them into the iCloud Photos binder.

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

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 11.i or later

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

If you alter a photo or video on some other 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 lot tin also download older photos and videos with these steps:

  1. Open File Explorer (Windows x) or Windows Explorer (Windows vii).
  2. Click iCloud Photos in the Navigation pane. If you lot don't encounter 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 year.
    • In iCloud for Windows 7, click "Download photos and videos" in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Choose the photos and videos yous want to download past year, so click Download.

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

In iCloud for Windows x or after, if yous change a photo or video on another device or on iCloud.com, information technology updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version 7, you demand to re-download the photos to see any updates.

Observe your photos on your PC

To notice 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 viii:

  1. Get to the Start screen. If you use Windows 8.1, click the downward arrow in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows 7:

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

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

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