How to use Apple iCloud on Windows

If you are having an iPhone but using a Windows computer, then you can obtain the great deal which is more compatible if you will use iCloud. Thankfully, there exist a lot of iCloud clients for Windows, so that you can synchronize your photos and videos and manage your iCloud storage from your PC.

 

For using the iCloud on your PC you first need to install this on your system. Download the iCloud for Windows from the official website. Now, to enable iCloud on Windows PC, first setup your iCloud on your other iOS device or Mac, then install iCloud for Windows. Now, “Turn on” the iCloud. Open iCloud for Windows and then sign in with the Apple ID that you’ve used to create your iCloud account. And now select the iCloud services that you would like to enable such as iCloud Drive, Photos, Bookmarks, Mails, Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks etc and the click “Apply”. Now enable automatic downloads, when you enable iCloud Drive and Photos and many other things, iCloud for Windows creates the new folders for those files in Windows Explorer. And when you save new files in those folders, the files will automatically appear on your other iOS device. And now you are able to manage all your documents and photos from one device. You don’t need to operate two devices together to save your data.

iCloud will place a new drive in File Explorer, that will give you the fast access to your iCloud Photos and other documents. The iCloud for Windows has also place an icon in the system tray for easy access to iCloud. You can set this icon on your Taskbar for the fast access for your Photos and Documents. For synchronizing your Bookmarks with the iCloud, you can opt for any browser such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox. In the case of Google Chrome, you have to first install the iCloud Bookmarks extension for Chrome.

On the main screen, you can click the “Account Details” button to manage your Apple ID. For manage your Storage space on iCloud, click the “Storage” button. But in this every folder has a limited space for data. When you click on the folder it will show you how much space is left for your documents or photos. And you can manage all other aspects as simple as that.

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