Can two Apple ID's share the same iCloud Photos account?

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Can two Apple ID's share the same iCloud Photos account?

There are pros and cons for sharing an Apple ID. Until now my wife and I have decided that the pros are more important to us than the cons.

But if anyone can advise me to find a way to have two Apple ID's sharing the same camera-roll and the same photos in iCloud, we'll go for two separate Apple ID's.

What I want is the following:

All the pictures we shoot with our iPhones shall be immediately visible for both of us, we shall have access to all folders etc.

We have scanned 21,000 old paper photos and we both want to have immediate access to them via iCloud.

Is that possible in any way with two separate Apple ID's?

Thanks in advance.

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Aug 23, 2020 5:01 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 23, 2020 5:06 AM in response to Sadolin44

See How to share albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202786

You also can use family sharing. See:

Family Sharing - Apple Support

Set up Family Sharing – Apple Support

Family Sharing and Apple ID for your child - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Eric Root

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Aug 23, 2020 7:59 AM in response to Sadolin44

There isn't a way to share all photos automatically if you have two Apple IDs. It can only be done if you both use the same ID.

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Answer 3

Sadolin44 Author

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Aug 23, 2020 5:10 AM in response to donv_the_ghost

Thanks, but unfortunately shared albums is not the answer that I'm looking for. Shared albums have to be made manually. I want the photo stream from two (or more) devices to go into the same iCloud account - in a endless stream.

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