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Q: iCloud Photos

I am thoroughly confused....

 

What is the difference between iCloud and iCloud Drive?

 

My photos are appearing in the PHOTOS on iCloud.com and not in iCloud Drive. I purchased extra storage for iCloud Drive to store my photos and they are not being uploaded to the iCloud Drive; instead they appear in the PHOTOS on iCloud.com. How do I get them to upload into the iCloud Drive so I can free up storage on my iPad?

 

iCloud is installed on my Windows PC but it tells me to upgrade iCloud and I've looked everywhere to do that but failed miserably. Any ideas? I can't upload anything till that issue is resolved. I have over 600 photos, but the PC shows only 36 or so to be uploaded.

 

I've lost many photos by deleting them off my iPad, thinking they were safely tucked away in my iCloud Drive. Of course that deleted them from all my devices, so I'm guessing that the PHOTOS icon in iCloud.com is my iCloud Photo Library.

 

My iPad has no storage left so I need to know what to do to get my photos uploaded to my iCloud Drive. I tried uploading from the iPad but it recognizes 36 as well. I'm in dire need of some instruction before I use each of my iOS devices as target practice! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

iPad 2, iOS 8.4.1

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 10:13 PM

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