how to find your backed up pictures

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how to find your backed up pictures

After you backup on Icloud how do you find what you've backed up, like your pictures? I went into ICloud on my desktop and clicked on "pictures" and nothing comes up. Pleases help! Thank you!

iPad, iOS 10

Posted on Dec 25, 2020 3:03 PM

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zinacef

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Dec 25, 2020 3:45 PM in response to FoxFifth

FoxFifth wrote:

If you have iCloud Photos turned on, the photos on the device are the same as on iCloud, with the possible exception that some of them may be space-saving optimized versions if you have that option turned on. You view them in the Photos app on an iOS device. You can also use a computer and login to icloud.com and go to the Photos app there. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264

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FoxFifth

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Dec 25, 2020 3:42 PM in response to IMansell

You cannot view the contents of an iCloud Backup.

If you have iCloud Photos turned on, the photos on the device are the same as on iCloud, with the possible exception that some of them may be space-saving optimized versions if you have that option turned on. You view them in the Photos app on an iOS device. You can also use a computer and login to icloud.com and go to the Photos app there. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264

If you didn't have iCloud Photos turned on but do have an iCloud backup, you can restore the entire phone (not just the photos) from iCloud but you cannot otherwise view the contents of the backup. https://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521

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