How to See iPhone iPad iPod touch Photos on iCloud Backup

You know that iCloud allows us to back up and restore our iPhone, iPad or iPod touch anytime anywhere only if we can connect our device to a Wi-Fi network. It seems sound great, while once you choose to back up your iDevice with iCloud, you never can access to the iCloud backup unless you plan to restore your device with this backup you created, and you never can see or extract the photos from iCloud backup.

Normally, you don't need to see photos on iCloud at most of time. While if you are unlucky to get your iDevice broken, lost or stolen but created an iCloud backup in advance, at this moment you may need to know how to see pictures on iCloud, and how to extract my photos from iCloud backup. To help you get precious photos from iCloud backup easily when necessary, in this guide we will show you how to see photos on iCloud and also offer you a way to extract photos from iCloud backup.

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Before starting our tutorial about how to see pictures on iCloud, we need to have a basic knowledge of the tool we'll need firstly.

The Tool We'll Need

To see your pictures on iCloud with ease, all you need is getting a professional and efficient iCloud backup extractor that allows you download iCloud backup and see pictures on iCloud. iMobie AnyTrans is the way to go, why?

• Allow you to download the backups you created with iCloud.
• Feature you to view what iCloud backed up.
• Supports extracting what you like from iCloud backup to Mac or Windows computer.
• Supports all the modes of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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How to See Photos on iCloud Backup with iMobie AnyTrans

Step 1: Open AnyTrans on your computer, and then connect one of your iDevices (iPhone, iPad or iPod touch) to your computer with USB cable.

Step 2: On Homepage of AnyTrans, click iCloud to enter the login page of iCloud.

Step 3: Sign in iCloud with your Apple ID.

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Step 4: Select the iCloud backup with the pictures you want to extract at the sidebar of AnyTrans, and then click the following folders to open the folder of iCloud photos: Camera Roll Domain -> Media -> DICM -> 100 Apple.

Step 5: On iCloud photos manage page, select the pictures you want to see.

Note:

- Because the photos backed up to iCloud are listed as documents instead of pictures, you can't see them until you transfer them to computer.

- You also can transfer iCloud photos to computer by selecting those photos and then dragging them to desktop directly.

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The Bottom Line

As you can see, it is easy enough to figure the problem of how do I see my photos on iCloud with the help of iMobie AnyTrans. Except helps you see the iCloud photos, AnyTrans also allows you to extract other data and files from iCloud backup, such as, Calendar, Bookmarks, Call History, Messages, Contacts, Notes, etc. Anyway, no matter what you want to see and extract from iCloud backup, AnyTrans helps you make it easily. Now Download AnyTrans to Explore More >