This post not only tells you the steps for enabling iCloud Photos on different devices but also gives some solutions if you encounter issues when enabling it. Besides, it also tells you what will happen if you disable iCloud Photos.
iCloud Photos is not only for iPhone but also for other Apple devices like iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Windows PC. Besides, it can also be accessed on iCloud.com. This post is going to show the specific steps for enabling iCloud Photos on these devices.
Step 1. Go to Settings on your device.
Step 2. Click on your profile name and choose iCloud.
Step 3. Select Photos in the list and switch on the button next to Sync this [device].
Step 1. Go to the Photos app on your Mac.
Step 2. Choose Photos and then Settings.
Step 3. Select the iCloud tab and check the box next to iCloud Photos.
Step 1. Open Settings on your Apple TV.
Step 2. Choose Users and Accounts and then your account.
Step 3. Select iCloud and turn on iCloud Photos.
Step 1. Download and install iCloud for Windows.
Step 2. Open iCloud for Windows and sign in to your Apple ID.
Step 3. Check the box next to Photos and click the Apply button.
Step 1. Go to iCloud.com on a web browser and sign in to your account.
Step 2. Choose the Photos icon and access the photos.
If you follow the above steps on your device but find yourself unable to turn on iCloud Photos, you can refer to the probable reasons and solutions here.
If you have tried everything and it still does not work, you can consider contacting Apple Support.
After enabling iCloud Photos, if you no longer need it, you may want to turn it off. There are some results if you turn off iCloud Photos on your device.
As you can see, disabling iCloud Photos will cause some inconvenience. Therefore, you can do some preparations before disabling it.
If you also use other cloud storage services except for iCloud Photos, such as Google Photos, Flickr, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc., you can use MultCloud to manage them together on one platform instead of opening different websites. Besides, MultCloud offers robust functions to move photos from iCloud Photos to these clouds.
To use MultCloud to manage multiple cloud drives together, first, you need to sign up for a free MultCloud account.
Then, you can add your clouds to MultCloud by clicking Add Cloud and the cloud icon. After adding the clouds, you can directly access your files on the website. Besides, you can also share, download, copy, cut, delete, and rename the files on it.
If you want to move photos from iCloud Photos to another cloud, you can choose a preferred function in the left sidebar. Just select the transfer source and target, and then you can create an automatic task.
This post tells you how to enable iCloud Photos on iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, Apple TV, and Windows PC. Moreover, it gives some solutions for the iCloud Photos unabling issue. You can try the solutions one by one to see which one is yours. What’s more, if you think iCloud Photos is useless and you want to disable it, you can refer to the results above and think twice.
For the bonus tip, the post introduces MultCloud to you for managing iCloud Photos and other cloud storage together. You can also use this cloud management service to move files between clouds effortlessly.