It's always safer to have a manual backup of your Photos in case they get lost. But what if something awful happens and you lose all of your photos? This is unlikely, but Apple systems can fail unexpectedly.

This will be happening on the background and your iCloud photos should slowly appear on your Photos app. Now all photos from the selected library will be uploaded from there to iCloud and every other iCloud photo will be downloaded to your device. This is going to be the library to which photos will be synchronised with iCloud. In my case, the library is named as 'System Photo Library'. Open Photos and navigate to preferences by the Menu on the top by going to Photos > Preferences.In case you are getting the following message 'iCloud Photos can only be used with one library at a time', then follow through steps 5-6.We are interested in Photos, so click on options. Here you will see all the kind of files which iCloud can sync.

Apple ID email & password (For PC and Android users).įirstly, I am going to show you how to sync your Mac to your iCloud so automatically, all your photos to start downloading on your Photos library.

If you find a step confusing, you can always refer to our video here. In this guide I am going to show you how to download your iCloud photos to your Mac and on your PC and Android. But, what about if you want to download your photos to your PC or Android phone? This is only if you allowed your device to sync to your iCloud account. So, in the background, your Mac or iPhone uploads new photos to your iCloud storage and if there are new photos on your iCloud, will be downloaded to your device. In simple terms, it tries to have every photo or video which exist on your device(s) (called syncing). The way iCloud works can be confusing for the average consumer.

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