Into Windows

  • Home
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
  • Freeware
  • Privacy
You are here: Home » Windows 8 Guides » How To Use Apple iCloud On Windows PC

How To Use Apple iCloud On Windows PC

Last Updated on January 21, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

RECOMMENDED: Download this PC Repair tool to quickly find and fix Windows errors automatically
 

If you own a Mac, iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, chances are that you’re already using the iCloud service to store your photos, contacts, music, and documents. For those who don’t know what iCloud is, it’s a free service built-into all recent iOS devices and Macs to store contents on the cloud and access them from any device.

use apple icloud

Every Apple product user who signs-in for iCloud gets 5GB of cloud space for free, and can buy additional storage, if required. The beauty of this service is that you can access emails, contacts, calendar, and reminders from a web browser as well.

In other words, you don’t need to have an Apple product to access your data, comes in handy when you’re on a PC. However, you must have an Apple hardware running recent versions of Mac OSX or iOS to get an Apple ID which is required to sign-in to the service.

The other cool thing about this service is that Apple offers iCloud Control Panel for Windows as well. With iCloud Control Panel, you can keep your calendars, contacts, bookmarks, and documents in sync with your Mac, iOS devices, and PC.

In this guide, we’re going to show you how to setup and make iCloud work on your Windows.

NOTE: iCloud Control Panel supports Vista SP2 or later only.

Step 1: Visit this page and download the newest version of iCloud Control Panel. Run the setup file and then follow the simple on-screen instructions to install iCloud on your PC. Please note that you’ll be asked to close Outlook program, if it’s running.

icloud

use icloud on Windows step1

Step 2: Fire-up iCloud Control Panel, enter your Apple ID and password that you have previously created on your iOS device or Mac. Click Sign-in button.

use icloud on Windows step2

And you might see a prompt asking “Do you want to send diagnostic and usage info to Apple”. The information is used to improve the iCloud service. Click Automatically send or click Don’t send button to continue.

use icloud on Windows step3

Step 3: In this screen, you can view your Apple ID, available space on your iCloud account, and you can also choose the iCloud services that you would like to enable on your PC. Click Apply button to start uploading selected items.

use icloud on Windows step4

If you have chosen to upload Outlook contacts, calendars, and tasks, you will see a prompt with two options:

  • Upload all calendars, contacts, and tasks.
  • Upload some calendars, contacts, and tasks.

use icloud on Windows step6

Click on the first option to start uploading everything, or click the second one if you want to upload select items. That’s it!

Once iCloud is setup on your PC, you can quickly view calendars, contacts, mails, and tasks in your web browser by typing iCloud in Start screen (in Windows 8) or typing the same in Start menu (Windows 7/Vista) and then clicking the appropriate iCloud service that you would like to open in the web browser.

use icloud on Windows

use icloud on Windows step9

Please note that if you would like to automatically download apps, music, and books purchased on other devices, open iTunes, click Edit, click Preferences, click Store, and then select Music, Apps, and Books. Click Ok button.

Our how to download photos saved in iCloud to Windows 10 PC guide might also interest you.

Filed Under: Windows 8 Guides Tagged: Mac

Related Articles

  • How To Disable Chrome New Tab Page Background Picture
  • How To Install Safari Browser On Windows 10
  • Jarvis: Get macOS Spotlight Style Search Bar In Windows 10
  • Fix: Mac HAL Driver – Machaldriver.sys Error While Upgrading To Windows 10 Version 1903
  • How To Create Google Chromebook Recovery USB Drive
  • How To Access Windows 10 Sticky Notes On Mac, iPhone & Android

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search Into Windows

Recent posts

  • How To Check SSD Health & Temperature In Windows 10
  • How To Enable Or Disable Dark Mode In Microsoft Office 365 Word, Excel & PowerPoint
  • How To Rearrange Email Accounts In Windows 10 Mail App Accounts List
  • How To Stop Microsoft Office Word From Showing Two Pages Side-By-Side
  • How To Add Or Remove Events/Reminders In Windows 10 Calendar
  • How To Turn On & Change Sleeping Tabs Settings In Microsoft Edge
  • How To Use Vertical Tabs In Microsoft Edge
  • How To Make Skype Close When You Click On The Close Button
  • How To Disable Windows 10 Settings Header Banner
  • How To Install & Uninstall Themes In Microsoft Edge

About us

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2021 · Into Windows