I have more than 1000 photos on my iPhone 14, and I want to save them to my iCloud storage. How can I do it? Thanks
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Your pictures on iPhone should be cared. Due to iPhone’s good quality, you could use it for years so you might have taken many photos and collected beautiful pictures from other apps. It would be a pity to lose them when iPhone is broken or stolen. Except for the physical reasons, some iPhone users also reported that they lost photos after upgrading iOS.
The first thing for you is to save all your pictures to iCloud. Follow this passage to easily start to use iCloud to protect iPhone photos.
How to backup pictures to iCloud on iPhone?
You could backup your photos on iPhone in 2 ways. Your photos could be saved into a folder, iCloud Photos. Then could be synced on another iPhone signed in the same ID and you would get how to view them in the following content. In addition, you could also backup whole iPhone with iCloud to save your photos, but you should note that if you have saved photos to iCloud, iCloud would not add the photos to the full iPhone backup.
Method 1. Backup pictures to iCloud: Go to iPhone Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos and toggle on iCloud Photos. After you upload photos to iCloud from iPhone by this way, you could select Optimize iPhone Storage to save iPhone space. You could preview your photos as usual, but it would be blurred if you zoom in it. Wait for several minutes and the full picture would be download. You could sign in another iPhone with the same ID, toggle on iCloud Photos on it and your photos would be downloaded from iCloud to that iPhone.
Method 2. Backup the whole iPhone to iCloud: Go to iCloud > iCloud Backup and toggle on iCloud Backup. You have only 5GB of free iCloud storage. If your iCloud storage is full, you could clear iCloud storage or reduce iCloud backup content. This backup could be only used when you set up iPhone. If you want to view what’s in it, download iCloud backup to computer.
How to backup and access pictures to iCloud on computer?
You could also upload iPhone photo to iCloud on computer and it would be convenient to view all your iCloud photos.
Method 1. Backup pictures to iCloud online: Go to the site of iCloud > sign in Apple ID > click the icon of photos > click the cloud icon or plus icon to upload photos or folders. You could view or download all your iCloud photos on this page. If you delete photos from iCloud, you could recover them in Recently Deleted in 30 days.
Method 2. Backup pictures to iCloud via client: Download iCloud client for Windows > check Photos and enable Download photos, Upload photos, or Create new folders in Options > go to Windows Explorer > Select iCloud Photos. You could copy your photos to the folder Upload. You could check whether your photos has been uploaded by clicking Download Photos and Videos in the upper-left corner or go to the site of iCloud again.
How to quickly and safely backup iPhone pictures without iCloud?
A strong and stable Internet is neccesssary to backup photos to iCloud. It decides how long it takes to upload or download all your photos and you might come across problems about connecting to server like iCloud backup stuck. And it is not a good idea to store some personal files to iCloud considering data security.
You could use FoneTool to backup iPhone photos on computer without Internet. It’s a free tool to save not only photos, but also videos, music, contacts, and messages from iPhone to computer. You could decide your backup and view them on computer.
Preview Photos: You have multiple photos on iPhone and you might not want to save them all. Preview and select what you want with FoneTool to save the needed photos. It also allows you to do this when you restore photos.
Quickly Backup: FoneTool would backup every 100 photos in 2 seconds.
Widely Compatible: You could use this among your Apple family. It supports iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and would perfectly perform with the latest iOS 16.
Backup your pictures in 3 steps
Step 1. Download FoneTool. Connect iPhone to computer with USB cable and tap “Trust” on it.
Step 2. Click "Phone Backup" and go to "Selective Backup". Click the icon to preview and select pictures on your iPhone. Click "OK" to return.
Step 3. Click "Start Backup" and your photos would be transferred in seconds.
Conclusion
You could backup pictures to iCloud on iPhone or computer. To access your iCloud photos, you could check them online or using iCloud client. You could also use FoneTool to quickly and safely save all your photos to computer without iCloud. If you think this passage is helpful, you could share it to help more people.
If you are trying to learn how to get photos from iCloud to iPhone, you have probably noticed that battling iCloud is not that easy. You may find yourself facing one of these issues:
✘ iCloud Photos not syncing;
✘ photos not showing up in your gallery;
✘ you are running out of iPhone storage;
✘ you don’t want to install iCloud for Windows.
Don’t panic! Thankfully, there are 4 workable solutions to download photos from iCloud to iPhone. Choose the one that suits you best:
- How to get photos from iCloud to iPhone ⭐ without iCloud ⭐
- How to get photos from iCloud from a backup
- How to restore photos from iCloud to iPhone
- How to download iCloud photos
These methods will work for both iPhones and iPads.
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How to download photos from iCloud to iPhone
without iCloud
To manually download photos from iCloud to iPhone without installing iCloud for Windows, we will download iCloud photos to the PC first and then transfer them to the iPhone. We will do so by using CopyTrans software.
CopyTrans apps will let you:
✓ download more than 1000 items at a time,
✓ manually select the photos to transfer to your iPhone,
✓ and keep all the other iPhone data intact.
If you are ready, let’s get started.
How do I retrieve photos from iCloud to my iPhone
Step 1: Download iCloud photos to your computer
Download photos from iCloud to PC in 1 click using CopyTrans Cloudly. It’s super easy, you’ll see! Just follow the steps:
- Download and install CopyTrans Cloudly by clicking on the link below:
Get CopyTrans Cloudly
If you need help, please refer to the installation guide. Run CopyTrans Cloudly. You will see a login screen. Enter your Apple ID and password.
NOTE: We use a secure SSL connection and do not store your account data unless you want us to save it for faster login. In this case, it will be saved on your PC within the app’s settings.
If you have two-factor authentication enabled, make sure to allow the connection on your device:
Wait until your iCloud photo library is loaded. To download all photos from iCloud, click Download and select the destination folder:
Voila! All you need to do now is wait until all your photos and videos are downloaded from iCloud.
NOTE: If you need to delete these photos from iCloud afterward, have a look at this guide: How to delete photos from iCloud.
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If you are still not sure about CopyTrans Cloudly, check out this comparison table of ways to download photos from iCloud to PC. We have compared three ways including one of our own invention:
CopyTrans CloudlyiCloud.comiCloud for WindowsDownloading all photosDownloads everything at onceDownloads only 1000 items at a timeDownloads everything at oncePreserving album structureYesNoNo (downloads by year)Downloading originalsYesYesNot alwaysIncremental download of new photos (without creating duplicates)YesNoNoDeleting all photosDeletes everything at onceDeletes only 1000 items at a timeNoRetrieving permanently deleted photosYesNoNoSpeed (depends on the internet connection speed)15-30 minutes for every 5 GBEternity1,5-3 hours for every 5 GBViewing and selecting photos before downloadingNoYesNoUsing on a MacNoYesNoUploading photos to iCloudYesYesYesStep 2: Transfer photos from PC to iPhone
We are ready to download iCloud photos to iPhone! For a smooth transfer, use CopyTrans Photo.
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Download and install CopyTrans Photo by clicking on the link below:
Get CopyTrans Photo
If you need help, please refer to the installation guide.Start CopyTrans Photo and connect your device. iPhone photos are displayed on the left while PC photos appear on the right.
Select a PC folder with your iCloud photos in the right pane. Then select the photos you wish to transfer to the iPhone.
TIP: To select multiple photos, press and hold CTRL while clicking on individual photos. To select all the images at once, press CTRL+A.
Next, choose the iPhone album on the left to add photos from the computer.
NOTE: Due to Apple limitations, you cannot add photos to the albums that were created on the iPhone. Please create a new album to download iCloud photos to iPhone.
To put pictures from computer to iPhone, just drag and drop the selected files to the iPhone photo pane on the left.
If you don’t have enough storage space on your iPhone, consider freeing up your iPhone storage space before downloading the images.
To finish transferring iCloud photos to iPhone, click Apply changes.
And that’s it! Now you know how to move photos from iCloud to iPhone in a matter of minutes!
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✔️ Transfers photos and videos between iPhone and PC;
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How to get photos from iCloud
from iCloud backup
If iCloud Photos is disabled on your device and your photos are not in iCloud, it means that they are included in iCloud backups. You can look for one, see what your iCloud backup contains and save these files to a PC with CopyTrans Backup Extractor.
- Download and install CopyTrans Backup Extractor by clicking on the link below:
Download CopyTrans Backup Extractor
If you need help, please refer to the installation guide. On the welcome screen, choose Log in to iCloud for more backups.
Enter your Apple ID and password.
If you have two-factor authentication enabled, you will also need to enter a verification code sent to your device.
There you are! After a short search, CopyTrans Backup Extractor will display all your backups, both on PC and in iCloud. iCloud backups are marked with a cloud icon, while PC backups have a folder icon next to them.
To download iCloud photos, choose the backup that contains your photos. If the backup is encrypted, enter the backup password to proceed.
Click on Photos.
Finally, select the folder you want to extract the photos to and wait for the process to complete. Voila! You can now click Open containing folder to see all the extracted photos.
Your photos are successfully retrieved from the backup! You can now transfer them to your iPhone.
Advantages of CopyTrans Backup Extractor
✔️ Compatible with different backups: iCloud, iTunes, CopyTrans Shelbee, or other programs;
✔️ Save photos, contacts, notes, messages, chats, and all the attachments to the PC;
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How to restore photos from iCloud
to iPhone
If your photos are not in iCloud (they weren’t synced), it means they are included in iCloud backups. You can now restore photos from iСloud directly to your iPhone using iCloud restore. But this method has some huge disadvantages:
❌ you won’t be able to restore only iCloud photos;
❌ restore will erase all other data on your iPhone first.
If you would like to selectively restore photos from iCloud to iPhone, use CopyTrans Backup Extractor: it will find your iCloud backups and extract data to your PC. After that, you can easily import them to the device.
If you wish to proceed with Erase and Restore, follow the steps below:
First of all, let’s make sure that you have a valid iCloud backup. Go to Settings and tap on your name > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups.
To restore photos from iCloud backup, go back to Settings and choose General. Scroll down and find the Reset tab. Choose Erase All Content and Settings. Select Erase now.
TIP: If you are not comfortable with erasing your data, try taking a roundabout route.After the reset, your iPhone will reboot and take you through the setup steps. Once you are offered to restore your device from an old backup, choose the backup with your iCloud photos.
How to download iCloud photos
directly to your iPhone
One of the most obvious ways of getting iCloud photos on iPhone is actually hidden in the iPhone Settings. The major drawback of this method is that you have no control over the downloading process and have no estimate of the download time. If you don’t mind waiting, check the Apple guide or follow the instruction below:
- On your iPhone, go to Settings. Tap on your name > iCloud. Select Photos, then toggle off iCloud Photos (or iCloud Photo Library for older iOS versions). Make sure that you have opted to Download and Keep Originals.
- Now, all you have to do is wait until your iCloud photos are downloaded to the iPhone. Make sure that you have a strong Wi-Fi connection. It’s even better to leave it working overnight.
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Conclusion
If you are having trouble with syncing your iPhone to iCloud Photos and you don’t want to use iCloud for Windows, we offer you an alternative way to get your photos from iCloud to your iPhone.