Fix 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 so you tin 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 you lot can download them with a double-click.

Plow on iCloud Photos

Make sure that y'all ready up iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact or Mac, that yous 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 y'all're signed in with your Apple ID.
  3. Next to Photos, click Options.
  4. Select iCloud Photos.
  5. Click Washed, then click Utilize.
  6. Turn on iCloud Photos on all of your Apple devices.

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

When y'all turn on iCloud Photos on your PC in iCloud for Windows seven, My Photo Stream is turned off automatically. If you lot desire to transport new photos to your devices that don't use iCloud Photos, y'all tin plough My Photo Stream dorsum on.

Upload your photos and videos to iCloud Photos

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

In iCloud for Windows x or later

  1. Open a File Explorer window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos.
  3. In some other window, open the folder where yous currently store the photos that you lot want to add to iCloud Photos.
  4. Select the photos that you want to add.
  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 devices.

In older versions of iCloud for Windows

  1. Open a File Explorer window.
  2. Nether Favorites, click iCloud Photos.
  3. Click Upload photos and videos.
  4. Cull the photos and videos you lot desire to upload and click Open.

Y'all 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 after

New photos and videos y'all add to iCloud Photos are shown on your PC automatically. To download the file from iCloud when y'all view it, double-click its thumbnail. You lot can also 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 continue on your PC.
  4. Correct-click the selection and choose "Always go along on this device."

If you alter 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 volition automatically download to your PC. You lot can also download older photos and videos with these steps:

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

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

In iCloud for Windows 10 or afterwards, if you alter a photo or video on another device or on iCloud.com, it updates automatically on your PC. In iCloud for Windows version 7, you demand to re-download the photos to see whatever updates.

Find your photos on your PC

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

On Windows x:

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

Windows 8:

  1. Go to the First screen. If you use Windows eight.1, click the down arrow in the bottom-left corner.
  2. Select iCloud Photos.

Windows 7:

  1. Click the Windows Start button, and then click Pictures.
  2. Click iCloud Photos or Photo Stream under the Favorites menu in the console on the left.
  3. Double-click My Photo Stream to view your photos. This besides shows up 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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