How to Download Photos from iCloud

Posted by Boey Wong / March 08, 2021 09:00

I just found my photos disappeared on my iPhone which were taken when I was traveling to China Great Wall with my dear friends a week ago. I don't know why is that happened. But what I care about is get back the lost photos. Are my photos stored to iCloud automatically? If yes, how to access iCloud photos and how to download photos from iCloud to PC? Please advice, thank you!

Nowadays, people like taking photos with their iPhone or iPad when they have meals with friends, go travelling with lovers, or even stay at home alone. Since the picture they took are the record of past and unforgettable scenes, they could be very precious.

But sometimes we may lose these precious pictures due to some unexpected reasons such as iOS device broken, water damaged, iOS updating fail or iTunes sync error.

However, you don't need to be worried as Apple provides users with iCloud which will automatically do a backup once a day when the device is plugged in, locked and connected to Wi-Fi. So that you can access iCloud from PC and download iCloud photos to PC locally or restore your device with the whole iCloud backup.

Even if the automatic sync never happened or failed, the photos you take with iPhone or iPad will automatically upload to your iCloud Photo Stream when you leave the Camera app connected to Wi-Fi. The photos uploaded to Photo Stream are stored in iCloud for 30 days to give your devices plenty of time to connect and download them. So you can sign into iCloud online to view iCloud photos on PC and download them.

Guide List

• How to Get Photos from iCloud Online
• How to Download Pictures from iCloud with FoneLab

Additionally, I would like to demonstrate a smarter way to view and download iCloud backup to PC. FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery offers you three ways to retrieve deleted photos from iPhone, iPad. Recover from iOS Device, Recover from iTunes Backup File, or Recover from iCloud Backup File. This means you can still download or recover lost photos from iCloud even if your device isn't at hand. Free download the software and have a try.

1. How to Get Photos from iCloud Online

Step 1Open your browser and enter www. iCloud. com in the Address bar, press Enter on the keyboard.

Step 2Sign into your iCloud account. Then you will get a window as below.

Step 3Navigate to Photos and click on it.

Photo Stream will only sync the photos taken on your iPhone or iPad after you set it up and turn it on. Go to Settings > iCloud > Photos > Then turn on My Photo Stream.

Step 4Now you can view all photos stored in iCloud. Go through one by one and chick the ones you want to download.

Step 5Click the iCloud download icon to start the download process. Then press Ctrl + J keys to find the location of your downloaded photos on PC.

2. How to Download Pictures from iCloud with FoneLab

FoneLab for iOS

With FoneLab for iOS, you will recover the lost/deleted iPhone data including photos, contacts, videos, files, WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, WeChat and more data from your iCloud or iTunes backup or device.

• Recover photos, videos, contacts, WhatsApp, and more data with ease.
• Preview data before recovery.
• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are available.

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Step 1Run the software and choose Recover from iCloud Backup File on the interface.

Step 2Enter Apple ID and Password to sign in to iCloud. In this step, you don't need to connect your iPhone or iPad to computer. You just need to sign in your iCloud account as you logging in on the website.

Step 3Pick one of the iCloud backup files to download and start to scan.

Step 4Preview photos on iCloud via Fonelab iPhone Data Recovery.

You can preview the details of the iCloud photos while the scanning results are displayed on the left column by groups. Check Camera Roll, Photo Library and App Photos one by one and select the lost photos you want to download to the computer. Click Recover and save them in a selected directory.

FoneLab for iOS

With FoneLab for iOS, you will recover the lost/deleted iPhone data including photos, contacts, videos, files, WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, WeChat and more data from your iCloud or iTunes backup or device.

• Recover photos, videos, contacts, WhatsApp, and more data with ease.
• Preview data before recovery.
• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are available.

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