A Complete Guide to Download iCloud Photos and Other Data

iCloud is not so convenient to view and manage the stored files, mostly you have to download them from iCloud to your iPhone or iPad. In the following, we’ll give you a complete guide to download iCloud photos and other data.

Updated Jun 01,2018 | by Niko

iCloud is one of the most useful features that you can make full use of it to store and sync your photos, notes and other data on different Apple devices automatically but safely. However, iCloud is not so convenient to view and manage the stored files, mostly you have to download them from iCloud to your iPhone or iPad.

Since there is no built-in iCloud app on iPhone, many of you have no idea about how to download files from iCloud. In the following, we’ll give you a complete guide to download iCloud photos and other data.

How to Download iCloud Photos and Other Data

You are able to download iCloud files to different devices for different use. Here, we are going to take iCloud photos as an example, and show you how to download photos and other data to your iPhone and computer respectively.

Download iCloud Photos to iPhone

There are multiple ways that you can use to download photos from iCloud to your iPhone. Let’s check them one by one.

1. Download Photos from iCloud Backup

You can simply download all photos from your iCloud backup to iPhone. This way is not recommended, because the iCloud backup files, including photos and other data, will replace the existing contents and all the settings on your iPhone.

To download photos from iCloud backup to iPhone,

· Go to Settings > General > Reset, tap “Erase all content and settings”

· Choose “Restore from iCloud Backup” on the Apps & Data screen

· Choose a backup file from a list of available backups in iCloud

2. Download Photos from iCloud Photo Library

iCloud Photo Library is designed for keeping your every photo and video in iCloud automatically. If you have ever enabled this feature, then you can access your iCloud photos from any device, anytime you want.

To download photos from iCloud Photo Library, simply activate “iCloud Photo Library” and you can view your iCloud photos in the Photos app.

3. Download Photos from My Photo Stream

My Photo Stream only keeps your photos in iCloud for 30 days. After that, the photos will be removed from iCloud server. To download photos from My Photo Stream,

· Open Photos app on your iPhone or iPad, and tap Albums

· Choose “My Photo Stream”, and save the photos

Download iCloud Photos to PC

Keep photos on your computer can help free up iPhone storage space, actually. How to download iCloud photos to PC?

· Go to www.icloud.com, and sign into iCloud

· Open Photos and choose photos to download

If you are using Windows PC, you can download and install iCloud for Windows and manage your iCloud photos and other files on PC easily.

Generally, you have multiple ways to download your photos and other data from iCloud. Moreover, if you have already download iCloud photos on iPhone and want to move them to your PC, we recommend you to go with IOTransfer, a reliable iPhone manager and video downloader.

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