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'iCloud photos not syncing to PC' is a common issue while using iCloud Photo Library or My Photo Stream with Windows PC. Many users have reported problems like 'My Photo Stream is not syncing to my PC in Windows 8' or 'iCloud photos not syncing to PC in Windows 10'. Given the need for solving the problem, this article is written to cover one effective solution (Part 1) that helps to transfer your iPhone/iPad photos to PC and several potential fixes (Part 2) to the 'iCloud photos not syncing to PC' issue. Don't hesitate to read this article for reference if you are bothered by the same problem.
It allows you to sync and backup your photos from iPhoto library to OneDrive. If you want to sync iPhoto library with OneDrive, then you need to download and install 'OneDrive application' on your Mac. When you install the OneDrive app for Mac, it will create a folder (OneDrive folder) on your Mac to backup photos, videos and files. The iCloud photo library not syncing problem can be fixed by altering a few settings or system preferences. In this guide, we have explained what the experts do to rectify the iPhone photos, not syncing to an iCloud issue. How to fix iCloud Photo Library Not Syncing? How to Fix iCloud Photos Not Syncing with PC/Mac. How to Sync Your Mac Desktop With Dropbox, or Any Other Cloud Service If you’re syncing between your Mac and a Windows PC, you need to start on the Mac side. On your Mac, you’ll need to create a symbolic link, which needs to be done before the Windows side of things.
Part 1: Transfer all your iPhone/iPad Photos to Windows 10/8/7 PC without iCloud (Recommended)
Using iCloud is not the only way to sync your iPhone photos to PC. You can back up all your iPhone photos in Camera Roll, Photo Library, and Photo Stream to PC running Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8 or Windows 7 at once with the help of EaseUS MobiMover Free, the FREEWARE for iOS data transfer and file management. MobiMover enables you to transfer photos, videos, audios, contacts, messages, notes and more between two iOS devices (iPhone/iPad in iOS 8 or later) or between an iOS device and Windows PC. Thus when your iCoud photos are not syncing to your Windows PC, you can use MobiMover to sync your iPhone/iPad photos to PC instead. Here are the steps to make it.
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to PC running Windows 7 or later. Run EaseUS MobiMover and click 'Phone to PC' on the screen. Then, click the 'Next' button to continue.
Step 2. Check the category/categories you want to transfer from your iPhone to PC running Windows 10/8/7. As you can see, you can copy other supported files together with photos from your iPhone to PC at once.
Step 3. Now, click the 'Transfer' button to transfer the photos from iPhone to your PC in one-click. If you've customized the storage path, find the files there. If not, you can check them on your desktop.
With MobiMover installed on your PC, transferring photos from iPhone to iPhone can be easily done without the help of iCloud or iTunes.
Part 2: Potential fixes to 'iCloud photos not syncing to PC in Windows 10/8.1/8/7'
Tip 1: Turn on iCloud Photo Library/My Photo Stream
iCloud Photo Library is not syncing to your PC in Windows 10/8/7? My Photo Stream is not syncing to your PC? You first need to guarantee you have turned on the option on your iOS device and PC.
- On iPhone/iPad in iOS 11: Go to Settings >[your name] >iCloud >Photos and then toggle on iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream.
- On PC: Click the iCloud icon in your taskbar and choose Open iCloud Settings. Make sure Photos option in checked and tap on Options next to it. Then click the checkbox next to iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream.
Tip 2: Check your Apple ID
To view and access your iCloud photos on all your devices, you need to make sure you have signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID. Thus if you find your iCloud photos not syncing to your PC, check the Apple ID on your iOS device and PC and see whether it's the cause of the problem.
Tip 3: Check your Internet/WiFi connection
Network connection is needed when you want to sync your iCloud photos to your PC. For example, after turning on My Photo Stream, your new photos will be uploaded automatically to iCloud and will be sent to all of your iCloud devices when connected to WLAN. If there is something wrong with your iCloud photo syncing, check the network connection on your devices. (WiFi not working on your iPhone/iPad in iOS 11? Learn how to fix it quickly.)
Tip 4: Sign out of iCloud and then sign back in
Sync Photos Library Mac To Pc Software
If you find there is nothing wrong with your iCloud settings or network connection but you still can't sync your iCloud photos to your PC, try to sign out of iCloud on your devices and then sign back in.
On iPhone/iPad:
- Go to Settings >[your name] and scroll down to choose Sign Out.
- Enter your Apple ID password if you have turned on Find My iPhone and then follow the prompt to sign out of iCloud.
- Force restart your iPhone. (You'd better back up your iPhone to computer to avoid data loss.)
- Go to Settings to sign in to iCloud and then see whether iCloud photos are synced to your iPhone.
On PC:
- Tap on the iCloud icon in your Windows taskbar and choose Open iCloud Settings.
- Click Sign Out in the iCloud window.
- Tap on the iCloud icon in the taskbar and choose Sign In.
Sync Pc To Pc
OneDrive is a good place to backup photos, videos and important documents online. It allows you to sync and backup your photos from iPhoto library to OneDrive. If you want to sync iPhoto library with OneDrive, then you need to download and install 'OneDrive application' on your Mac. When you install the OneDrive app for Mac, it will create a folder (OneDrive folder) on your Mac to backup photos, videos and files. This OneDrive folder is kept in sync with OneDrive. If you add, change or delete anything like photo, video or file in this OneDrive folder, then the file is added, changed or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa.
Here are the steps to Sync iPhoto Library with OneDrive:
- Go to https://onedrive.live.com & sign in to your account. If you don't have an account, then create one.
- Download 'OneDrive Application' on your Mac from the Apple App store & launch it.
- Locate the file for the existing iPhoto library in your Picture folder.
- Go to iPhoto Library and choose 'Quit iPhoto' to make sure that iPhoto is not running.
- Copy your 'iPhoto Library' file into your OneDrive folder.
- Launch iPhoto. To launch iPhoto Library, simply double-click the iPhoto Library icon which you copied in OneDrive folder. It will automatically sync to your OneDrive folder.
- Open the file in iPhoto by holding down the Option key.
- Select the iPhoto Library option that's not the default. Now, iPhoto Library stored inside your OneDrive folder by default.
- Now, when you add new photos to iPhoto Library, make any changes to existing photos or organize them, then it will automatically backed up to OneDrive.
- You have another option to sync iPhoto Library i.e 'Drag-and-drop'. Here you can simply drag your iPhoto Library from the Picture folder directly from your Mac to OneDrive folder.
Quick Tip to ensure your videos never go missing
Videos are precious memories and all of us never want to ever lose them to hard disk crashes or missing drives. PicBackMan is the easiest and simplest way to keep your videos safely backed up in one or more online accounts. Simply download PicBackMan (it's free!), register your account, connect to your online store and tell PicBackMan where your videos are - PicBackMan does the rest, automatically. It bulk uploads all videos and keeps looking for new ones and uploads those too. You don't have to ever touch it.
You can install PicBackMan's SkyDrive uploader for Mac from the website and start backing up photos and videos.