Photos on Windows 10 do not upload to iCloud

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Photos on Windows 10 do not upload to iCloud

I have Photos on a Windows 10 machine and am using iCloud for PC to sync with my Mac devices (iMacs, iPhone). The problem I have is that Photos does not seem to upload all images to iCloud (it does a small and apparently random selection for some reason), and neither does it reliably download. Huge gaps appear in the library, usually of a period of a month or two.

I have plenty of storage space available in iCloud and syncing between Apple devices is fine.

Any ideas please?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Aug 30, 2017 10:59 PM

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javaliga

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Sep 2, 2017 1:01 AM in response to Bilxthebroker

Perhaps the "I added photos to My Photo Stream, but they aren't on my devices" section will help:

Get help with iCloud Photos on your Windows PC - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Sep 2, 2017 1:04 AM in response to javaliga

Thanks, yes it did help, but not as I would expect. I noticed that the Upload folder was empty so I dropped all the Pictures files on my PC into that folder and they were all duly uploaded.

But this is just a tiresome workaround. Any idea how I fix this so it becomes automated?

Thanks again.

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