The truth is that the photo app you have on your Mac, iPads, and iPhones tend to be more fast and convenient for you to view, it gives you the opportunity to view your images with ease, but let me ask you, what if you want to show friends your photos and you don’t have any of the devices at hand. Tell me, does it mean it means you can not view or show your colleagues your photos? The answer is emphatic No.
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iCloud photo library has the benefit to view your photos online. Many people don’t even know that they can access photos they stored in the iCloud library using their laptop or desktop as long as it has access to iCloud. Do you know how to view iCloud photos online? Read and follow the steps in this article to view your iCloud photos online
Requirements:
- Internet access
- apple ID and password
- two-factor authentication code
Steps On How To View iCloud Photos Online
to commence, open “Safari” or any other web browser if Safari is not available, head to iCloud.com, insert your Apple ID email address and password, once you are logged in, click the photo icon
once the page finish loading, you will see something similar to photos on a Mac, though a little less capable. If you are using the iCloud for the first time, it will take some few minutes while it pulls everything together.
Although you might not have the editing tools you need on an IOS device or mac, the interface will give u access to view your photos and videos stored in the iCloud photo library, click any photo and see that it opens fully. If you would like to upload photos and videos on iCloud, click on the icon with an upward facing arrow
To switch between moment and photo views take your cursor to” desired option” at the top of the screen and click on it.
How To Save Photos On iCloud
Before viewing iCloud photos online you need to first save them to the iCloud photo library, doing this doesn’t require much stress, all you need to do is to turn iCloud photo library on. For this to be effective you need to own an IOS device running IOS 8.1 then follow the preceding steps
Step 1: go to settings click on iCloud followed by photos
Step2: toggle on iCloud photo library
This will save all your iCloud photos immediately. Note- you must have internet access before this can be effective
Comparison Between iCloud Library and My Photostream
- Although both iCloud library and my photostream exhibit to the ability to enable you to view your photos, both have their differences and it includes
- iCloud photo library enables you to view your photos on all apple device and on the web, whereas you can not view my photostream photos online
- iCloud photo library supports all media file type whereas my photo stream only supports JPEG, TIFF, and PNG.
- iCloud photo library uses Icloud storage whereas my photostream is abstract.
- You can only store a total of just 1000 photos on my photostream, whereas you can upload as many photos as you want in the iCloud photo library
