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Must I upload all my photos to iCloud, or can I choose to upload only selected ones?

I want to share an album of photos with someone using iCloud, but I do not want to upload my entire photo collection to iCloud, only select ones. Is it possible to do that, or must I upload my entire collection?

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Oct 26, 2019 8:11 AM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2019 9:10 AM

In photo application select few photos , hold shift key and tap the desired photos https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht40b0be510/4.0/mac/10.14

And then share the albums https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/icloud/mmc0cd7e99/icloud

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/iphone/iph3d2676c9/ios

https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT202786

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/phtf7fe6394/4.0/mac/10.14

As if you select massive photos , the sharing will occur but it will take hours to sync the complete photos inside the album as high network speed is essential ( so always prefer selecting photos in less number ) , if the photo library is huge you can create a new shared album , but let the first album be completed shared then share the next named album .

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Oct 26, 2019 9:10 AM in response to vinviz

In photo application select few photos , hold shift key and tap the desired photos https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht40b0be510/4.0/mac/10.14

And then share the albums https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/icloud/mmc0cd7e99/icloud

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/iphone/iph3d2676c9/ios

https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT202786

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/phtf7fe6394/4.0/mac/10.14

As if you select massive photos , the sharing will occur but it will take hours to sync the complete photos inside the album as high network speed is essential ( so always prefer selecting photos in less number ) , if the photo library is huge you can create a new shared album , but let the first album be completed shared then share the next named album .

Must I upload all my photos to iCloud, or can I choose to upload only selected ones?

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