Fix - iCloud Photostream Not Syncing On Windows PC - dP 

O.M.G I have looked at every help article and tried everything for months and nothing worked. I tried what you outlined here and everything was fixed in about 7 minutes. Thank you a million times for sharing! It was beyond irritating.

I was surprised but this worked. Was trying to get this to work for hours. After I tried this over 50 photos copied into my computer through my WiFi. Thank you Mr. Digitalpimple. That's a weird name but who cares.It worked.

How freakin awesome are you?! I have searched and searched for a fix for this and came up with nothing until now!! I also did not have a MediaStream folder. I created one, restarted and Wah-la! they are syncing again! Much thanks man!!

THANK YOU!!!! This has been driving me NUTS for weeks! I have spent hours trying to fix this! All sorted and photos are now re-appearing! You are top of my Christmas card list!!!

First time anything has EVER fixed this problem! Thank you so much!!!

I didn't have the MediaStream folder but a quick look through the comments showed that I needed to create it and restart. Excellent tutorial, works a treat. THANK YOU

This actually works! My icloud stopped syncing all of a sudden and for 8 months could not figure it out. Many hours with Apple Support, and this one video is the thing that finally worked! Apple Support really tried, so give them an A for effort, but this solution is what worked for me. Thank you so much!!

thanks!! I needed this today! no other forums tell you this!!! thanks again dude

Like many others I didn't have the MediaStream folder. After creating it and following your instructions my photos started showing up on my PC. Thanks!

On Windows 8.1 here. My photostream hadn't worked for 9 months. Adding in the MediaStream folder (as it was missing) and restarting PC before logging back in to iCloud totally worked! Thank you!

got to all the steps, but no "mediastreaming" folder in my directory :(

Wait, I dont have a mediastream file in the appdata file?

Thank you so much! Your video helped me fix this iCloud problem which I spent hours agonizing over until I found video. Real good work and thanks so much for sharing.

Thank you so much! It worked. And in fact, I noticed that the very last time my photostream synced with my phone was the exact day that you put up this video.

Thank you for this! Even though I didn't have the "MediaStream" folder, just followed what everyone else said and created it. After this, I just opened the iCloud Control Panel, and logged back in and everything was showing up. Thanks again!

Yessssss, this IS the SOLUTION! I read so manyi forums, but nobody posted this! THNX a million!

Worked! At first it didn't, though. I had to re-install iCloud for PC and then go through your steps again. THANK YOU!!! Now I just have to wait while my 1,000 photos download...

Wow, thank so much, I been having this problem for several months, and search many blogs, and nothing. I didn't had the mediastream folder, once i created the folder and signed in to my Icloud, all the images started to show. Like magic. thanks so much.

Me too...looked for hours to solve this. I did read the comments first and followed the advise NOT to sign out of icloud but unchecked photos (didn't have others) and it worked the first time.....Thank you so much everyone...

thanks,this is the only suggestion that worked. you do need to add the mediastream folder for it to work.

Thanks SO MUCH! I had two Win 7 computers that stopped Syncing and I had tried everything. First computer followed these instructions perfectly. Second had no MediaStream, but Start/Stop ICloud and reboot brought Pics back. For those saying they did not get all the Pics back, note that Apple restricts how many Bytes can be transferred in a time frame (Monthly I think). Also, to reflect what others have said, I am very tired of Apple's non-responsiveness and propriety nature.

Fix - iCloud Photostream Not Syncing On Windows PC - dP worked for me. I opened media folder to see it, I have view all folders windows settings, so not hidden, many will be under "user" folder if they have not set name. As I followed sign-out etc the folder disappeared, did not create one, when I logged in it recreated itself, photos now loading thanks a bunch! that was killing me! well done.

Thank you. I too didn't have the MediaStream folder but created the folder after reading the other comments and hey presto - photos now downloading. Wouldn't have been able to fix this problem without your help.

It works on Windows 10! Did exactly what the video says and now the pictures uploads again! Thanks!

Had the exact same issue as everyone else where it the "Mediastream" folder was none existent. Saw some comments that said when you sign back into icloud it reappears, but it starts working automatically again so they didn't touch anything in the file. Well guess what, I fell into the exact same boat. Signed back into the icloud panel and 1 1/2 months of photos started syncing. Good Job man!

YES!! This actually worked......after trying everything else. Thank you. Had to create the MediaStream folder because there wasn't one.

Thanks DigitalPimple......this worked for me. Too bad neither windows or iCloud can offer this same simple advice. PS, I did not have the MediaStream folder either, but created it, and it worked fine afterwards.

THNX a lot! It worked! Was looking for more than 2 days for a solution, Apple could not give me an answer, but you did!

I've been trying to fix this for months - Thank you!!! Worked great!!

Wow that actually worked! I didn't have the media stream folder either but, created one and deleted it. All is good now. Thanks so much for the help!

Thanks. I created the MediaStream folder and then it worked. Many, many thanks.

I didnt have the MediaStream folder so I just created it and then went and logged back in to icloud and when my photostream folder came back up all my new photos since it had stopped working had loaded up. Thank You!!!

bravo my man, that was an annoying long standing problem solved. thank you!

You're a genius! Thanks for the advice! My photo stream is finally working again. :)

thank you so much.. have searched and searched andyou were the onlyone who solved the problem

Worked like a charm the first time I did the fix. Then I made the mistake of updating iCloud to 4.01. Did the same fix creating the MediaStream folder, restarted the computer and signed into iCloud control panel. Now the Photos is dimmed out on the control panel. Needless to say my photos are not syncing with my Win 7 computer.

Thanks so much have been trying to get this to work for 6-8 months.

Thank you for posting this, it solved the problem for me.

Brilliant - that fixed my problem. Not the sync is working again :D TANKS A MILLION! :)

I just got the iPad Air 2 (iOS 8.1.1) and have a windows 7 pc with iCloud 4.0.1 and I was having issues with my photo stream not updating. I took you advice and signed out of iCloud, created the MediaStream folder because mine did not exist, and signed back into iCloud and everything started syncing again!

Thank you !! It worked also with the new iOS8

Oh my gaaaad!!!!! it worked!!!! You're the man digitalPimple!

Thanks man very much and to all people who didn't find the folder like me! just create one by your self with the same name and proceed. good luck to all and thanks man again

You just earned yourself a subscriber :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH DIGITAL PIMP! :) Oh my God I have this problem since last September of 2013. :/ It's been a year. I just upgraded my iCLOUD storage to 20Gb a month that is why I'am interested in seeing my photos on my HP Windows 8.1 Laptop. But the iCloud photos seems no where to found. Thanks to your tutorial video about this problem! It worked now. But It's still merging my iPhone and iPad photos. :D It's kinda laggy as well.

Amazing - did what you said and photostream working on windows 7 pc for the first time since IO7 - thanks

Worked for me! Thanks!

Thank u very much. Very precise and very clear .

Thank you!!!! I've been going crazy having to email them!!

Where have you BEEN??? It's taken me a year to figure this out - I wish I found your youtube sooner!!! I can't believe that its 2015 and they still have that issue!! I saw that I did not have a Media Stream file folder!! One question though, if I have about 2000 photos on my phone, I expect it will take a while for them to appear on my computer, is that right?

That solved my problem! Thank you so much. As a techie, i feel like i should've thought of this but hey, we all need help :) Thanks again for taking the time to share.

You are so wonderful for sharing this VALUABLE information!!! I, too, have tried many other suggestions with no success, but this worked like a charm.

I also had no media folder to clear. I created one, and when I signed in and out and restarted the folder filled up. This did not fix the problem, until I signed out once more, cleared the new folder with items in it, restarted, then signed back in again. Thanks for the fix. I tried Apple help, and I knew I should have just come here first.

Merci. Worked perfect for me. By the way. Beautifull background on your pc

What also might work is to uncheck the box to sync photos, apply, click ok, then recheck the box to sync photos and reapply

Thank you.Very useful information.

Do you get a (push) notification on your phone when you log back in using icloud control panel?

Hi! so new version of the softwares and the problem remains the same. The media stream folder no longer exist. So what would be the right path to fix the sync issue, but now with the most updated version of OS and Icloud?

It was enough to simply sign out and then sign back in. Thanks!

Dont have media stream is there another folder I should be looking at? Im working in Winddows 7 trying to sync my iPhone photos

I followed your steps up to media stream and I don't have a folder for media stream so I don't know what to do next. I can only see the media stream when Im signed into icloud.

So, I didn't say thank you for the fix. I do thank you, this was the only place I found something that worked.

Great fix thanks. I had to add the MediaStream folder too but then it worked well. Thanks agan, this has been frustrating me for months!

I didn't have the MediaStream folder, logged out of iCloud, created the folder (not sure that was needed), logged back in, voila - sync started working again. Gracias amigo!

If you sign out of icloud the Media Stream folder disappears...you have to be logged in for the media stream folder to show.

I have tied this over and over and all I keep getting are some photos that were in my photo stream months ago. It is as if they are cached and won't clear. I store my photos in a different location to the default, as my partitioned C drive is practically full. Could this be an issue? I do point to the new location in the iCloud window.

Finally solved the problem. Thanks!!

Thanks, this worked perfectly!

Worked. Thank you !

i took some photos yesterday on iphoneand it streamed to my ipad BUT not the PC. I successfully did the process last week but it seems it catches up and shuts off again! any thoughts?

Hey..thank you so much for the video..it helped!

Thank you, worked perfect!

Worked, but found files in log - didn't have a mediastreaming file. Thank you so much!

thank you so much! it worked!! 🎉

Everything was fine until I opened the roaming folder, I don't have a "Media Stream" folder! Now what?... The only folders I have inside 'roaming' are: BookmarkDAV, Cookies, iTunes, Logs, MobileSync, Preferences, SyncNotifier, SyncServices, Ubiquity, WebKit.

I am on Window 10. I got as far as the Media Stream. There were 2 folders in it. One was empty inside. The other one was named Local. Windows warned me about deleting the contains of the Local folder. Said somthing about the programs is used by other apps, etc. I did not delete the Local folder. Restarted PC, signed back into Icloud. Still no photo streaming. Any suggestions? Thanks for the help.

didn't have MediaStream folder, created it. only the last photos (taken from the last sync) were synced and new ones won't continue to sync.. is it something i need to do every time?!

Ok so creating MediaStream file (because I didn't have one; Windows 10) and restarting my computer didn't work for me. So I just logged back into iCloud and the MediaStream file appeared! I went into it, deleted the files, ONLY THEN I signed out of iCloud, checked the MediaStream file to see if there were any changes, and something again appeared there, which I deleted. After that I signed back into iCloud and voila, like magic, it started syncing again (withotu restarting the computer)! Thanks so much for the tips!

will this completely delete my photos are on my laptop? Yes it's not updating but i dont want to lose everything

many many thanks!!!! its work for me!!!

Thank you so much, I tried many way until I watch your video. I followed your guide, I have just solved this photo stream problem. I wonder why Apple support cannot give helpful information. I followed their guide, it lead me nowhere but frustration. I thank you again

thanks for the tip. My mediastream folder was not there, so I had to reinstall icloud on my pc, Then I followed your instructions.

thanks so much for posting the video. I have Windows 8 and it did not work your solution, did you figure another way to do it?

Thx for your help!

this worked for the photostream but not the icloud photo sharing activity, how would you fix that?

This worked for me on my Windows 8.1 x64 and iCloud 3.1 app: 1. Go to iCloud Control Panel and turn off Photos and Bookmarks syncing. No need to turn off contacts & calendars sync and no need to sign out as it may cause issues with your Outlook. 2. Close iCloud Control Panel. 3. Press WIN+R and go to this folder: %APPDATA%\Apple Computer 4. Rename MediaStream folder to MediaStream.BAK 5. Go to iClould Control Panel and re-enable Photos (and Bookmarks if applicable) sync.

Hi - I tried deleting all the files in the media stream folder, but it would not allow me to delete a couple of the folders, even though I did not have anything else open. I don't think it worked, because the photos are still not uploading.

Thank you! That worked!

This helped a little...but iCloud and a lot of other Apple apps aren't very user friendly. In my case, I'm not allowed to choose a save location, unless I let it default to C:\Users\username\Pictures\iCloud Photos, then it won't even bother downloading...but I figured this out upon logging out of the PC app and logging back in...so yeah this video did help a little, thanks.

I am using 4.0 of the control panel. When I click on sign out am getting a warning that all documents stored in the icloud will be deleted from this computer. Think I should proceed? If I sign in again, won't I get those files back?

Worked! Thanks!

Thank you so much!!

I just signed out and then signed into my iCloud Windows 8 app and it started working. I already had MediaStream folder though.

Thansk a Lot .. Working Perfectly...

can you drop photos in the icloud folder in pc so they show up in my iphone ?

Couldn't find "media stream" but when I signed back into control panel it started working ok again and photos began syncing.

This process worked for me a year or so ago. Now the syncing has stopped again. I've repeated the steps, which included creating a MediaStream file. I log back into iCloud which populates the MediaStream file. When I logout of iCloud the newly created ms file disappears again. I've tried all manner of deleting the ms content while logged into iCloud with all options unchecked, etc. I've also moved all iCloud pics to another file so I wouldn't lose them and reinstalled iCloud. Not working. Ideas?

For some reason, unknown to me, the Photos ribbon on the iCloud control panel finally lit up. And, some of the photos on my iPhone updated to the My Photo Stream folder. So, I don't know what to say, it sort of worked.

Mine won't allow me to delete the adsl ul or dl folders... says they are in use. Any advice?

You're a star! Thank you so much :-)