Using iCloud on Windows used to be a real pain, but that's long gone, as these days it's easy to use Apple's cloud storage on Microsoft's OS.

How to download iCloud for Windows so you can sync your files across Apple devices and a PC ...

Once you understand how it works — and know the right sequence of steps to go through — then file sharing with iCloud Drive is tremendous when it's working. It's just that setting it up is ...

Once set up, iCloud Drive lets you access and recover documents via the Files folder on your iPhone or iPad.

Apple has always offered an iCloud app to allow you to access things like Photos, iCloud Drive files and other information on Windows. It's worked, but it felt slow and somewhat limited in features.

The software lets Windows users tap into Apple's new iCloud Drive to save and retrieve documents, photos and other files.

iCloud Drive on Windows. Beyond file syncing, iCloud Drive also offers a feature that lets you sync your bookmarks in Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome with Safari for iOS.

As a result, you can open and work on your iCloud files through the app without having to download them to the PC, as iCloud Drive will keep the changes in sync.