Q: Can I use multiple computers to see and edit my photos in iCloud
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Jul 17, 2015 9:27 AMby rkaufmann87,If they share the same AppleID I believe you should be able to see all the photos on each device. I was able to find an article that may give you some insight into the correct settings.
http://www.imore.com/how-use-photos-os-x-multiple-macs
Good luck.
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Jul 17, 2015 9:35 AMby Old Toad,Yes with iCloud Photo Library.
iCloud Photo Library FAQ - Apple Support
You will have to purchase space on iCloud to accommodate the size of your library. Your work computer must be running the same system and have enough space to hold the library.
iCloud storage pricing - Apple Support
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Jul 17, 2015 9:51 AMby Old Toad,Be warned that it can take a very long time to upload the photos to the iCloud library, up to a couple of weeks depending on the size of the library.
Another option would be to get a small, portable hard drive formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with ownership set to be ignored.
and carry that between computers. The drives I linked to aren't much larger than an Apple optical mouse. Or there are even smaller SSD external HDs that are available: OWC Envoy Pro mini Full-sized, fast SSD storage that fitsin your pocket. Up to 240GB From: $119.00.
NOTE: both computers will have to be running the same version of Photos.
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Jul 17, 2015 9:59 AMby LarryHN,Sort of
All of the photos including the originals are on iCloud Photo Library - each device that is using the same iCloud Photo Library (same Apple ID) has either optimized versions or full sized versions of each of these photos depending on the setting on that device
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Jul 17, 2015 10:05 AMby fdean,So what you are saying is that the files are not on my computer and on the cloud. Unless I download them to each machine. With this said I could be using many machines to edit my library as long as I am signed in with the same ID. Hope I am saying this right and not confusing the issue.
Thank you all in advance for helping with the question.
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Jul 17, 2015 10:09 AMby LarryHN,No
What I said was
1 - All of the photos including the originals are on iCloud Photo Library
2 - each device that is using the same iCloud Photo Library (same Apple ID) has either optimized versions or full sized versions of each of these photos depending on the setting on that device
Any photo you edit on a device will download the full sized version prior to editing
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