Download iCloud for Windows

With iCloud for Windows, you’ll have your photos, videos, mail, calendar, files, and other important information on the go and on your Windows PC.

Here’s what you need

• Make sure that your PC or Microsoft Surface is updated to the latest version of Windows 10.*
• Have your Apple ID and password ready. If you don’t have an Apple ID, you can create one.

Make the most of iCloud for Windows

When you download and set up iCloud on your Windows PC, your photos, videos, mail, files, and bookmarks are accessible on all of your devices.

If you need help, you can find solutions to common issues or learn more about iCloud for Windows.

Want to access iCloud’s latest features? See the system requirements for iCloud. You can also learn about the security content of this update. If you use a Managed Apple ID, iCloud for Windows isn’t supported.

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Access Your iOS Notes and Reminders from a Windows PC

Last updated: December 27, 2016

Transitioning from a Windows computer to a Mac environment requires a little re-education as you familiarize yourself with the programs on the Mac, as well as the features and methods of accessing everything. If you’ve decided to fully embrace Apple’s line of products and are using any combination of an iPhone, iPad or Mac computer, then you have undoubtedly seen or used the Reminders and Notes features that are available on all of those devices.

Both of these applications integrate seamlessly between your devices through the iCloud service that is attached to your Apple ID, which makes it very easy to update your notes or reminders from any device, then have your changes be applied to all of the devices that sync with your iCloud account. But if you are at work or on a Windows computer, you might be wondering how to access that information. This is possible through any Web browser, making it much easier to jot down a reminder or write yourself a new note, even when you aren’t on an Apple device.

Accessing iCloud Through a Web Browser

Taking advantage of this option requires you to have the settings properly configured on all of your devices, so we are just going to briefly run through properly configuring Notes and Reminders to sync with iCloud on your iPhone. The process is similar on a Mac or iPad as well; you just need to ensure that your Notes and Reminders are both set to sync from every device on which you want to use those features. The screenshots shown below were created on an iPhone running an older version of iOS, but the steps are still the same for iPhones using newer versions of iOS.

Configuring iCloud on the iPhone to Sync Notes and Reminders

Step 1: Tap the Settings icon on your device.

Open the Settings menu

Step 2: Scroll down, then select the iCloud option.

Open the iCloud menu

Step 3: Press the button to the right of Reminders and Notes so that they say On.

Set Notes and Reminders to sync

Again, you will need to ensure that all of your Apple devices are configured this way so that everything is syncing simultaneously as you make a change on any device, or using the Windows browser option that we are going to spell out below.

How to Access Notes from an iPhone on a Windows PC

I am going to be doing this through the Google Chrome browser, but you can use whichever browser you prefer. The iCloud browser interface is essentially a website where most of your synced iCloud data can be accessed.

Step 1: Open a new Web browser window.

Navigate to the iCloud website

Step 3: Type your Apple ID and password into their respective fields, then click the arrow button. Note that you can also check the Keep me signed in box if you do not want to have to re-enter your credentials each time you visit this site.

Sign into your iCloud account

Step 4: Click the Notes or Reminders icon to view the items that are synced to your iCloud account.

Click the Notes icon to access your iPhone Notes from your PC

You can then view, edit or create new items in each of these apps, and the changes will sync to all of the other devices that are signed into your iCloud account.

The only notes that will display in the browser are the ones that are stored in the iCloud folder on your device. You may have several different folders in your Notes app, such as ones tied to your email account, or even folders that are only stored on the device.

Summary – How to access your Apple Notes in Windows

1. Open a browser tab and navigate to www.icloud.com.
2. Enter the Apple ID and password for the iCloud account.
3. Click the Notes icon (or whichever other app that you wish to access.)

There is also an iCloud Control Panel application that you can install on your Windows computer that allows you to interact with your iCloud storage in some other different ways. Read this article to learn more about installing and configuring that application.

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Как улучшить работу устройств Apple с компьютерами на Windows

Как известно, синхронизация данных пользователей iPhone и iPad с компьютерами Mac происходит через фирменный сервис iCloud. Магия экосистемы Apple здесь раскрывается во всей своей красе. Но вот только далеко не все пользователи iPhone покупают себе Mac’и. Подавляющее большинство компьютеров в мире работает под управлением Windows. На сегодняшний день Apple предлагает владельцам ПК программу iCloud для Windows.

Даже со старым компьютером Windows можно подружить технику Apple

И если синхронизацию фотографий с медиатекой iCloud и файлов с iCloud Drive эта программа выполняет удовлетворительно, то к синхронизации закладок есть большой вопрос. По умолчанию пользователь может выбрать один из трех браузеров: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome и Firefox. Но интерфейс Internet Explorer и его возможности в 2020 году явно не удовлетворяют современного пользователя интернета. Кроме того, сам браузер скрыт в глубинах Windows, ведь по умолчанию Microsoft продвигает свой фирменный браузер Edge.

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Что касается Chrome, то с ним все работает, но до тех пор, пока пользователь не выполнит вход в аккаунт Google, что бывает необходимо для полноценного использования всех сервисов поискового гиганта. Далее происходит двойная синхронизация браузера и с iCloud, и с серверами Google. Результат – дубликаты закладок и полный хаос в их расположении. Вот и получается, что остается один вариант – Firefox. В этой ситуации Apple, на мой взгляд, могла бы договориться с Microsoft о поддержке браузера Edge, либо выпустить полноценный, такой же функциональный, как на Mac, Safari для Windows.

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Спорным моментом является реализация синхронизации почты iCloud, календаря и напоминаний с Microsoft Outlook, входящей в состав пакета Microsoft Office. Здесь стоит отметить два момента. Первый – это то, что пакет MS Office является продуктом, приобретаемым пользователем либо единоразовой покупкой, либо по подписке. Не все пользуются этим пакетом, и не все готовы купить его. Да, на сегодняшний день можно приобрести Outlook отдельно, но зачем, если в Windows 10 уже встроены приложения Почта, Календарь и Люди? Apple вполне могла бы решить с Microsoft вопрос о поддержке этих программ.

Outlook выглядит динозавром

Второй момент связан с организацией учетной записи почты iCloud. Клиент от Microsoft ведет себя здесь как слон в посудной лавке, создавая на сервере IMAP учетной записи iCloud свои дополнительные папки и применяет совершенно свои правила сортировки сообщений по этим папкам. В результате в почтовом ящике iCloud при использовании его на яблочных и виндовых устройствах начинается хаос, в котором трудно найти отправленное или помещенное в спам или архив письмо.

Отдельно хотелось бы поговорить о функции непрерывности между устройствами на iOS и Windows. На сегодняшний день Microsoft позволяет принимать входящие звонки и получать уведомления со смартфонов под управлением Android на компьютере, а также работать с текстовыми сообщениями смартфона на ПК. На iPhone можно только передать веб страницу, открытую на компьютере, но работает это очень посредственно.

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Одним из вариантов решения проблемы продолжения просмотра веб страницы на другом устройстве является использование стороннего софта, например браузера Chrome и программы Pocket. Никаких других сценариев совместного использования гаджетов не существует. А очень хотелось бы иметь полноценную реализацию непрерывности, как это происходит между iPhone и Mac.

Ну и последнее. В прошлом году Apple в новой версии macOS Catalina убрала громоздкий медиакомбайн iTunes, представив вместо него три приложения: Музыка, Подкасты и Apple TV. То же самое давно следует сделать и для Windows, добавив еще одно недостающее приложение – Книги.

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How to Get Apple Reminders on Windows

Parth Shah

29 Feb 2020

Apple is infamous for keeping their users in a closed ecosystem. Apple services work flawlessly among their devices, but when it comes to adding support for rival’s platforms, the overall experience isn’t as smooth as the iOS and macOS combo. Most Apple apps such as Reminders, Photos, Mail, and Notes are directed tied with the iCloud platform. And in a bid to make it easy for the majority, the company has announced a new iCloud app for Windows users.

With iCloud Web, iCloud app, and Outlook integration, it’s easier to access most of Apple’s services on Windows. With iOS 13, Apple has completely revamped the Reminders app on the iPhone. And while the app is natively available on macOS, the same isn’t true for Windows.

In this post, we are going to talk about the top three ways to access Apple Reminders on Microsoft Windows. It can be useful for those using iPhone and Windows simultaneously. Let’s get started.

1. Use iCloud Web

Apple offers a centralized iCloud experience on the web. From iCloud.com, one can easily access iCloud Photos, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Pages, Keynote, and search their iPhone using the Find iPhone service.

Tap on Reminders, and it will open up the web version of Reminders with created lists on iCloud. From here, one can add or complete new tasks, and add notes to a task. However, there is no way to add new lists, add time and date to a task, or even get notified about a task in the Windows notification panel.

The web version is strictly limited to viewing and completing tasks. Now that Apple has added powerful functions for Reminders on iOS and macOS, I expect them to divert the attention to the web variant too.

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2. Use iCloud App on Windows

Last year, Apple made the iTunes app available on Windows Store. Now, the company is offering an iCloud app on Windows. From the Windows Store, one can download the iCloud app and use it to integrate the cloud service on the PC. Users can also download the iCloud app from the web.

After setting up the service, open the iCloud app, and sign in using Apple account credentials. The service will sync the iCloud Drive, Photos, Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Safari Bookmarks with Windows Operating System. Let’s stick with iCloud Tasks for the moment.

When you switch-on the integration for iCloud Tasks, the service syncs the Apple Reminders with the Microsoft Outlook app. After a successful sync, open the Outlook app on Windows.

iCloud will create a separate iCloud account under the Tasks menu in Microsoft Outlook. From the left menu, tap on the three-dot button, and open the Tasks section. You will find Outlook Tasks as well as iCloud Tasks with lists.

This solution is more functional than the above web version. Right-click on tasks menu, and it will ask you to create a task, filter menu, task sorting by date, and more. The whole UI is fairly basic, but it gets the job done with viewing and taking actions in Apple Reminders.

The iCloud app directly integrates with the default file manager on Windows. From there, one can access all the iCloud files, including photos, iWork files, and folders. Users can add a folder and files to sync them to Apple’s cloud services.

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3. Change Default Location to Outlook on Apple Reminders

By default, Apple uses the iCloud location to create and store the iCloud Tasks. However, you can change that to the Outlook on the iPhone. Here is how to do that. Go to Settings > Password & Account > Add Account and use the Microsoft credentials to insert the Outlook account.

From that account, switch-on the Reminders tab to sync the Outlook tasks with the Apple Reminders app. Now, the Reminders iOS app will display the Outlook account with lists. Go to Settings > Reminders and change the default list from iCloud to Outlook.

From now on, every to-do or task that you add via voice or 3D-touch menu gets saved in the default Outlook list on Apple Reminders. Going forward, you can add every task to Outlook for easy access to Windows.

There are a couple of ways to access those Outlook tasks on Windows. You can always use the Outlook app and go to the tasks menu to check-off the reminders. But, I have even a better way to manage them. Use the Microsoft To-Do app.

One can use the Microsoft To-Do app from the Microsoft Store and use the same credentials to get the Outlook tasks. It’s a native app and works perfectly with Windows 10. You can even add tasks in Microsoft To-Do, and it appears right in the Apple Reminders app on the iPhone. It works two-way with Microsoft account in the center.

If you don’t want to go with Microsoft account, then the above two options are perfect for you with iCloud integration.

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Access Apple Reminders Everywhere

Apple nailed the default file management on the iPhone with the iOS 13 Reminders update. If you are using the macOS, then it’s easy to access and manage them. But if you are a Windows user, then one can always use any of the tricks above to add/complete/modify tasks in Apple Reminders.

Next up: If you are tired of Apple Reminders and looking for new applications, then check the post below to discover the best five Apple Reminders alternatives for iPhone.

Last updated on 17 Mar, 2020
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