i downloaded the icloud app on my windows pc. but it says new photos will be added. Added to what ? I see no photos. Where are my old ones? I really just want to download all my photos to my pc but I cna't find out how. It's so frustrating.
See also Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support. You said you'd downloaded the software, not that you'd necessarily read the advice on how to use it. I don't know where your images are stored, which are in your camera roll, which are uploaded to iCloud, or what settings you have in place for the iCloud for Windows app.
Perhaps this is the relevant section:
Download your photos and videos from iCloud Photo Library
New photos and videos you add to iCloud Photo Library will automatically download to your PC. You can also download your collection by year when you follow these steps:
Your photos and videos download to the location you set in iCloud Photos Options.
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See also Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support. You said you'd downloaded the software, not that you'd necessarily read the advice on how to use it. I don't know where your images are stored, which are in your camera roll, which are uploaded to iCloud, or what settings you have in place for the iCloud for Windows app.
Perhaps this is the relevant section:
Download your photos and videos from iCloud Photo Library
New photos and videos you add to iCloud Photo Library will automatically download to your PC. You can also download your collection by year when you follow these steps:
Your photos and videos download to the location you set in iCloud Photos Options.
tt2
Have you checked your iCloud settings to make sure that downloads are enabled. Even if you turn it on the verbiage talks about new photos being downloaded, so it might not copy existing images. Can copy assign images to a shared album so they show up that way?
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Download photos and videos is no longer an option from File Explorer on a PC - only options are to upload photos or to create a new shared album. And it doesn't happen automatically - I have three folders - downloads (empty) uploads (empty, which makes sense as I've never put anything in there) and shared, which does in fact have all of my shared albums.
I can download if I go to icloud.com, but only one at a time. There is no option to download all, select all and download or even the ability to use the shift key or control keys to select multiple photos at once! I have over 2,000 photos and videos to download so downloading individually is not an option. This is ridiculous - first the phone moves my photos to icloud to 'save space' without me ever having picked that option - and now I can't even easily download all of my pictures. What is going on here?
I did that, which I said in my original question.
I share this frustration - I have tried all the methods suggested but I am only able to see a random selection (as chosen by icloud) of my photos on my PC.
how do i download all my photos from icloud to my windows pc?
