If you specify an uploads folder, it will upload any photos in that folder from PC to the cloud Photos, but they will be treated as new photos, not edits to a previous version you downloaded from iCloud. When the files are copied to your PC, they are exported from the database and treated as copies, not the original file. Basically Apple Photos is a database, not files. If edits are done on Windows PC, how well is the sync back to Apple iCloud Photos?

Does anyone use iCloud Photos and Windows PC? How robust is this workflow or sync? If edits are done on Windows PC, how well is the sync back to Apple iCloud Photos? I have installed iCloud app on my Windows. So want to make sure before I try anything. I have 50k photos, 1k videos, at 600GB in iCloud Photo library. On the other hand, if I can continue to use iOS (iPhone and iPad) and iCloud for photo storage + Windows 10 PC for editing, then I can move away from Mac. But that means I have to double pay for PC and Mac, in the future when I have to upgrade my Mac. Right now, my default plan is to use the PC for games, and continue to use my Mac for photos and video editing. Mid-level compared to other PCs, but blows the Mac away, especially for the price. This way I have all my photos with me on my iPhone and iPad for viewing and showing off to others (which rarely occurs but do happens sometimes -)). And for those I want to post process, I export, edit in Capture One, and add edited photo into Apple Photos. Even photos I take on my Sony camera, I import into Apple Photos for culling. My photos are in Apple Photos, synced with iCloud, Mac, iPhone, iPad. I have being Apple user for past 10 years.

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