iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customise the homepage
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows computer
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright

Upload and download photos using iCloud.com
Photos you upload to iCloud.com are added to iCloud Photos and are visible on any of your devices that have iCloud Photos turned on.
Upload photos
You can upload JPEG images from your computer to your Personal Library using iCloud.com.
If you want to upload photos to your iCloud Shared Photo Library, use the Photos app on a device with iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura or later.
In Photos on iCloud.com, click
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Select the photos you want to add from your computer, then follow the onscreen instructions.
Download photos and videos
In Photos on iCloud.com, select the photos or videos you want to download, or double-click a single photo or video.
Do either of the following:
Download the most compatible version: click
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Photos are downloaded at the highest quality available for your device (HEIC if available). Videos are MP4/H.264. Photos and videos include edits made since they were added to iCloud Photos.
Download the original version: click
, choose More Download Options, select Unmodified Original, then click Download.
The unmodified original version is in the same file format that was originally captured or imported and does not include any edits.
Learn how to use iCloud Photos on iCloud.com on a phone or tablet.