photos are not being transferred to my pc

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photos are not being transferred to my pc

I setup iCloud on my Windows 7 Home Edition computer, performed a backup to ICloud from my iPhone 4s. No photos appeared in the designated folder on my PC. When I setup iCloud on the PC as I was exiting a window opened and said that , "iCloud Photos have been turned off. Your Photos are Saved in:" This is followed by the pathname of the folder which should recieve the photos. Is there anyplace to look on iCloud to see whether the phtos have made it from the iPhone to the iCloud storage?

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.6

Posted on Apr 14, 2014 10:18 PM

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matt00

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Apr 17, 2014 8:52 AM in response to JBCulverCity

Hey JBCulverCity,

Thanks for the question. Hopefully I can clear up any confusion. iCloud backup will back up your camera roll, but it will not sync your photos to your PC. To sync photos, you’ll use Photo Stream. However, you cannot “manually” initiate a sync. Only new photos will be uploaded to Photo Stream (and then subsequently be synced to your PC):

iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486

When do photos upload to My Photo Stream?

When you enable My Photo Stream on your devices, all new photos you take or import to those devices will be automatically added to your photo stream.

iOS devices: New photos you take are automatically uploaded to your photo stream when you leave the Camera app and are connected to Wi-Fi. My Photo Stream does not push photos over cellular connections.

Thanks,

Matt M.

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