keeblercrusader
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Q: Multiple iPhoto libraries to manage photostreams in different ways

My wife and I both have iPhone's. I have a 5s and she a 5. We share an iCloud account so that all photos she takes and ones I take go into one photostream and then automatically get loaded on my iMac hard drive. This way we are sure to not lose any photos.

 

This works great for that purpose. However, I would like to create an iPhoto library that will only upload photos taken with my iPhone.

 

I know I can create multiple iPhoto libraries, but I would like to have the ability to manage preferences for each so that they manage photos in different ways.

 

Is there a way to do this?

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may offer.

 

Keith

Posted on Apr 21, 2014 5:29 PM

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Q: Multiple iPhoto libraries to manage photostreams in different ways

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 21, 2014 11:16 PM in response to keeblercrusader
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    Apr 21, 2014 11:16 PM in response to keeblercrusader
    I know I can create multiple iPhoto libraries, but I would like to have the ability to manage preferences for each so that they manage photos in different ways.

     

    Keith, the problem is, that only one iPhoto ibrary can be associated with the photo stream on any device, see e.g.  http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=14%26se ction=2%26tasks=true

     

    Photo Stream is designed to work with one Aperture or iPhoto library at a time. However, it’s easy to switch the library Photo Stream uses to upload and download photos.

    If you enable the photo stream in a different library, the photo stream will be removed from the earlier library. You would continually have to reanable the photo straem when switching between libraries, and each time the stream would be reset. This way, auto matic import will not work reliably, because the photo stream would only be seeing the current ly stored photos in iCloud.

     

    Have you considered to use the Shared Photo Streams for specific purposes? I am using the Shared Photo Streams as thematic iCloud albums, for wildlife photos, family photos, etc.

     

    iCloud: Using and troubleshooting Shared Photo Streams

     

    -- Léonie