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iCloud for Windows 5 Adds iCloud Photo Library and Two-Factor Authentication
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Not that I would use this much but this is a no-go for me so far. I updated iCloud for Windows and can't enable iCloud Photo. When I click the box next to Photo, I get a black square and it never enables. Drive and Bookmarks work fine so I will keep using those but Photo Library is a no. (so far and not sure what to check)
If you use Office 2016, you will not get it to install properly as Apple forgot all about making it compatible again (even though they had all code well before the launch of Office 2016 and the release of iCloud 5).
It seems to many of us who use both products this was intentionally done by Apple. You can now go back and revert to Office 2013 so it will work. Apple kept refusing to fix or say anything about it, so MS stood up for end users allowing them to revert until Apple does its job. If they don't, there is no doubt they will lose millions of customers. Many like me who love IOS, yet hate OSX, just as I love Windows for PC but hate their mobile phones and apps. There is zero reason with today's tech ability for them not to work, it's just THAT stupid!
It seems to many of us who use both products this was intentionally done by Apple. You can now go back and revert to Office 2013 so it will work. Apple kept refusing to fix or say anything about it, so MS stood up for end users allowing them to revert until Apple does its job. If they don't, there is no doubt they will lose millions of customers. Many like me who love IOS, yet hate OSX, just as I love Windows for PC but hate their mobile phones and apps. There is zero reason with today's tech ability for them not to work, it's just THAT stupid!
Why is that hard to believe?
I have mostly Mac hardware, but Windows 8.1 and 10 are just as good if not better than OS X in my opinion.
Lack of support for Outlook 2016 is really annoying. Not being able to sync contacts and calendars is a PITA.
I don't understand why there isn't a standard for calendar and contacts sync like IMAP is for email...
I don't understand why there isn't a standard for calendar and contacts sync like IMAP is for email...
This is by no means even close to the experience one gets with a Mac. All it does it downloads the full versions of photos starting from the date you install it. There is an option to download your library (all or by year) to bring it up to date. At least can pick another drive for the downloads. I haven't got it to upload a photo yet but maybe because it's busy downloading photos. - edit I uploaded both a manual upload and also placing picture in uploads folder.
It also does sync like for example if you delete a photo in Windows it won't delete on iCloud. Seems like a one way thing.
It also does sync like for example if you delete a photo in Windows it won't delete on iCloud. Seems like a one way thing.
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I had this and I had to uninstall iCloud reboot the reinstall as reboot. Works now.
I am not sure why someone is surprised that iPhone/iPad users use Windows. If anything i am guessing iPhones/iPads outsell Macs like 10-20:1 depending on the quarter. If we reverse this ratio, for every iPhone/iPad/Mac user there is like 9-18 iPhone/iPad/Windows users.
I think it's just you. More than 80% of iPhone users use PCs, so, while they aren't, they should be apples higher priority.
It is ridiculous that Apple doesn't have an app for windows computers that synchronizes to the iCloud photo library.
This is version 5 of the app named "iCloud for Windows". Blame Apple.
"Woo Windows users"? Man they are just now getting around to working on stuff for Windows 5! Windows 10 is out now.
Oh, the ignorance of youth
Windows 2000 was windows 5.0.
im 48!
also i cant find any luck on where the heck this "in commemoration of 1 million style writers" jacket came from , heh
Must be your computer. Worked fine for me. I also have Office 2016, no problems there, either.
Duhhhh!!!!
Didn't you read the title???? This is only for Windows 5.... LOL
Sorry i had to
I have the same problem as well. But my photo sync is automatic. I have the "Upload to my Photo Stream" option enabled on my iPhone app which allows syncing of new photos from my phone to my Windows 10 computer.
But as you said, it doesnt sync from computer to iPhone (unless it does in 30 days? which it says it might in the support page iCloud), so if i delete a photo from my computer it doesnt remove it from my photos app.
After thinking about it I sort of prefer the way it's done now on Windows. I wouldn't want windows to have automatic sync therefore giving it ability to delete or modify all of my photos in iCloud Photo Library - imagine a cryptolocker variant which does this?
No, that was still a 4.x release. Windows 2000 was Windows (NT) 5.0, XP was 5.1.
So you think, Apple should port Photos (Photos.app) to Windows? Or dumb down iCloud Photo Library to simple sync of folders of photos so it could be synced with a simple set of folders on Windows? Like Dropbox and Google Photos work?
If you want to be compatible with as much as possible, you have reduce functionality to the lowest common denominator.