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Adding comments to photos on iCloud shared albums

Is there a way to add comments to existing shared photo albums without causing a notice to everyone sharing the album?


iPhone XS

Posted on Sep 10, 2019 9:21 AM

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MoonJ.
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Posted on Sep 11, 2019 11:04 AM

Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, Richard!


I see you want to know if there's a way to add a comment to existing photos silently. I'd be happy to provide more information about this.


It is not possible to comment on a shared photo album without notifying the other subscribers: iCloud: Comment on photos in shared albums in iCloud

"If you own a shared photo album, you receive a notification when a subscriber adds a comment to or likes a photo or video in your shared album. If you are a subscriber to a shared album, you receive notifications when another subscriber has commented on or liked a photo or video only if you’ve already commented on it or liked it."


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MoonJ.
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Sep 11, 2019 11:04 AM in response to richardchic

Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, Richard!


I see you want to know if there's a way to add a comment to existing photos silently. I'd be happy to provide more information about this.


It is not possible to comment on a shared photo album without notifying the other subscribers: iCloud: Comment on photos in shared albums in iCloud

"If you own a shared photo album, you receive a notification when a subscriber adds a comment to or likes a photo or video in your shared album. If you are a subscriber to a shared album, you receive notifications when another subscriber has commented on or liked a photo or video only if you’ve already commented on it or liked it."


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richardchic Author
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Sep 15, 2019 3:02 AM in response to MoonJ.

Thank you MoonJ for the prompt and clear response. You answered my question. It’s not a big deal, but every time I set up a shared photo album from various devices I run into questions. I’ve developed a method of setting up a private album first, sorting and editing photos there before creating a shared album on iCloud. It would make sense to add descriptive comments on the photos in the private album first, but I don’t see a way to do that.

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Adding comments to photos on iCloud shared albums

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