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How to upload photos to iCloud from your iPhone, Mac, or PC
If you’re using your iPhone to take a lot of pictures and videos, backing them up is always a smart idea. You never know when something might happen to your phone — and then all of your memories are gone with it. Thankfully, you can use a service like iCloud to ensure that all of your photos are not only backed up to the cloud but also synced to your other devices. This article will show you how to upload photos to iCloud from your iPhone, as well as from your Mac or
Windows computer. For many people, their iPhone doubles as the best camera they own. As such, it’s wise to know how how to upload pictures to iCloud directly from your iPhone. The two ways you’ll read about below include syncing all of your pictures and uploading specific individual photos from your phone. While it may be tempting to back up 100 percent of your
pictures to iCloud, you definitely don’t want to waste any space on the cloud with similar-looking photos or duplicate images. Before you start syncing your iPhone, clean up your photo library with the Gemini Photos app, which scans your pictures and helps you quickly delete the ones you don’t want anymore. You can download Gemini Photos from the App Store. Once you have it installed, here’s how you can clean up your photo library:
Once you’ve gone through all of your similar photos, tap Your Library at the top left to go through other categories, such as Duplicates, Blurred, Notes, Screenshots, etc. Keep in mind that although you’ve cleaned up your entire photo library with Gemini Photos by moving your unwanted pics to the trash, they’re still temporarily taking up space on your phone. To free up space immediately, open the Photos app and tap Albums > Recently Deleted > Select > Delete All. How to sync your photos to iCloud on iPhoneThe great thing about iCloud is that it’s an Apple service, which means it comes prebuilt into iOS, and there’s no extra app required. Setting up your iPhone to sync with iCloud couldn’t be easier. Just follow these steps:
If this is the first time you’ve synced your iPhone, you should first make sure that you’re connected to a reliable Wi-Fi network and that your phone is plugged into a power source. How to upload only certain pictures to iCloudMaybe you only want to upload specific pictures to iCloud — not the entire Photos library on your iPhone. While this may require a few more steps, it’s still just as easy to do this from your iPhone using Safari:
How to upload photos to iCloud from your PCWhile your iPhone may be your primary method of uploading photos to iCloud, you can also use your computer. It will come as no surprise that you can use a Mac to do this, but you can also use a Windows computer. How to move photos to iCloud from your MacFortunately, you can move pictures to iCloud without having to install any additional apps on your Mac. Everything you need is included on your computer. Here’s how you transfer images from your Mac to iCloud:
This will start to sync all of the pictures from the Photos app on your Mac to iCloud and vise versa. How to transfer photos to iCloud on a Windows PCThere’s a bit more to do when you’re moving pictures from a PC to iCloud, but it can all be done thanks to iCloud for Windows. After you download and install iCloud for Windows and open the application on your PC, follow these instructions to move pictures to iCloud:
When the photos have been uploaded, you should be able to see them in the Photos app on your iPhone. However, if the whole point of syncing your photos to iCloud was to post some of them to Instagram, here’s how to post on Instagram from your PC. It’s easy. How to upload photos to iCloud on icloud.comIf you don’t want to set up iCloud to sync all of the pictures on your computer — or maybe you’re using a friend’s device and just want to save a couple of photos to iCloud — you can upload them using the browser. Whether you’re on a Mac or PC, you can follow these steps to upload pictures directly to iCloud.com:
Why are my photos not uploading to iCloud?If you’re having issues syncing pictures to iCloud, here are three of the most common causes and what you can do to fix them:
How long does it take to upload photos to iCloud?The time it takes to upload photos to iCloud depends on your internet connection and how many pictures are in your Photos library. The slower your connection — and the more photos you have — the longer it will take to sync with iCloud. iCloud is a great way to keep all of your pictures and videos backed up and in sync across all your devices. And hopefully, after reading this, you can confidently save your photos to iCloud without a lot of hassle. This was about:
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