Apple’s iCloud for Windows App Is Available in Microsoft Store

Microsoft Store Offers Apple’s iCloud for Windows App

According to Microsoft, Windows 10 is active now on 825 million devices. A fairly large number of users might also own Apple devices like iPad or iPhone. Although these companies compete on some technologies, the rivalry has been diminished in the cloud, mobile, etc. with some collaboration.

Microsoft has announced that iCloud for Windows is now available to download as an app in the Microsoft Store.

iCloud has always been supported by Windows. But unlike OneDrive, Apple’s computing service app and cloud storage have always encountered issues on the operating system. Reportedly, users who had iCloud on PCs failed to install the latest Windows 10 update last year. In spite of releasing of a compatible update for this app, slow sync speed and other issues still appeared.

Now, the same problems won’t happen anymore. Thanks to the new collaboration between Microsoft and Apple, iCloud becomes better.

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Features of iCloud for Windows 10

All in all, with this app, users can enjoy the benefits of their iCloud account across the Windows 10 PC and Apple devices.

This new Apple app comes with a new sync feature, giving a new iCloud Drive experience for Windows 10 users. It is based on the same Windows technology that also powers OneDrive’s Files On-Demand feature which enables users to quickly share files on mobile devices even when they are offline.

This means that users are able to access their files on a Windows 10 PC without having to fully sync them to a PC, thus saving disk space.

Users can also choose files and folders that they want to keep on a computer. This app will only download a placeholder. But when the file is fully accessed or users mark a folder for sync, this app will download the entire content.

Additionally, the new iCloud app for Windows 10 will be integrated into File Explorer, with separate folders for apps including Pages, Keynote and Numbers.

That is, users can easily access videos, mail, photos, calendar, files, and some other important information from an iCloud account on the go and on iCloud Drive of a PC, without using up space on the PC.

On the contrary, PC users are capable of safely store files on iCloud Drive from File Explorer and then access them on their iOS devices, Mac and on iCloud.com.

In addition, there is the most exciting part of the new iCloud for Windows app: the latest collaboration feature. On a PC, users can edit their files, and then they will be synchronized across all the Apple devices.

In Apple’s official website, there is an updated support page titled “What is iCloud for Windows”. This page gives an image, showing an iPhone and iPad next to a PC, along with the iCloud app open above Windows File Explorer in the background.

The End

Now almost all the information on iCloud for Windows app is introduced. Be interested in it? Just download it from Microsoft Store and enjoy all the features immediately.