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Shared photos on iCloud won't load.

A friend of mine shared 40 photos with me through iCloud, and for about 3 hours the browser still says "waiting". I am connected to wifi, tried to turn my laptop on/off but it still won't load.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 10, 2019 7:25 PM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2019 10:56 PM

As per this article https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12068?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

Your invitees receive an email and a notification asking them to join or subscribe to your shared album. Invitees using an iOS device or a Mac with OS X 10.8 or later also receive invitations in Notification Center.

The invitee has to open the IMAP account , in the box a mail will be received , and has to subscribe it see this article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/create-a-shared-album-phtf7fe6394/4.0/mac/10.14


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Mar 10, 2019 10:56 PM in response to delnazk

As per this article https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12068?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

Your invitees receive an email and a notification asking them to join or subscribe to your shared album. Invitees using an iOS device or a Mac with OS X 10.8 or later also receive invitations in Notification Center.

The invitee has to open the IMAP account , in the box a mail will be received , and has to subscribe it see this article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/create-a-shared-album-phtf7fe6394/4.0/mac/10.14


Shared photos on iCloud won't load.

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