# Setting up an iCloud account

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-an-icloud-account/704119>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-an-icloud-account/704119 "2014-11-09T03:14:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-an-icloud-account/704119/1 "2014-11-09T03:14:04Z")

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I need to set up an iCloud account on my Windows laptop for my mom, who currently doesn’t have one and will need one when I upgrade her iPad (another thread). Because all her pictures will be erased with the IOS upgrade, and because her OS was pre-Cloud, I had to move all her pictures to my laptop, which I now want to put on her Cloud. But while she does have an Apple ID and password, it says there’s no Cloud account for that ID, and I can’t find somewhere to tell me how to create one. Help!

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-an-icloud-account/704119/2 "2014-11-09T05:33:13Z")

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[http://support.apple.com/en-au/HT4436](http://support.apple.com/en-au/HT4436)

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> You can sign up for iCloud on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5 or later, or through System Preferences on a Mac with OS X Lion v10.7.4 or later. Just follow the setup instructions for your iOS device or Mac.

So, can’t do it on Windows.

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**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-an-icloud-account/704119/3 "2014-11-09T06:11:53Z")

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You can download iCloud for Windows here: [Download iCloud for Windows - Apple Support](http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1455)

Could you copy the photos to the laptop, then upgrade the IOS on the iPad, then set up the cloud, then move them up to the cloud using iCloud for Windows?