HT204486: Use Photos and iCloud Photo Library on multiple Mac computers

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Craig Col.

Q: Sharing Photo library with family members with different iCloud accounts?

How might one share Photos library with family members with their own Apple IDs?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 3.4 GHz i7 | 24 GB Memory/2GB Vram

Posted on Apr 9, 2015 8:01 AM

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  • by 86hawki,Helpful

    86hawki 86hawki Apr 10, 2015 8:56 AM in response to Craig Col.
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    Apr 10, 2015 8:56 AM in response to Craig Col.

    I would try the following:

     

    1. Create a smart album. Match condition as "Album" is "Any". That should capture all your photos and videos as of now.

    2. Share that Album via iCloud photo sharing, sending invitations to the family members.

  • by Craig Col.,

    Craig Col. Craig Col. Apr 10, 2015 9:00 AM in response to 86hawki
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    Apr 10, 2015 9:00 AM in response to 86hawki

    Thanks!

    Unfortunately you can only add up to 5000 photos (I have ~50K) to shared albums, and also you have to manually add new photos/videos to the shared stream - It doesn’t sync with the smart list.

     

    Bummer