Has anyone resolved the problem of exceedingly slow downloads of photos from iCloud to PC (Win10)?

Has anyone resolved the problem of exceedingly slow downloads of photos from iCloud to PC (Win10)? I'm trying to download some 8,000 photos and movies and it's taken nearly a week so far to download ~3000.

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Feb 26, 2023 9:57 PM

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1 reply

Neil22R

Community Specialist

Feb 28, 2023 4:42 PM in response to Bikenski1

Hi Bikenski1,

If you have followed the steps here Set up and use iCloud Photos on your Windows PC - Apple Support

download your photos from iCloud to PC, we would also recommend restarting your computer and making sure the the internet connection is good.

Cheers.

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