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Wife's photos in my photo app

Hav just set up a new macbook pro my wife's photos are now showing up in my photos. We DO NOT share an Apple ID, but we are on family sharing. How do we stop this? Thanks.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 22, 2021 12:28 AM

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Posted on Nov 22, 2021 12:55 AM

Unless these photos are showing just in shared albums (Eg the shared family album) then the only way this can happen is if the same apple ID is put into the devices that are sharing a library. I suggest you double check the id in your new macbook, and her phone.


One other possibility - if you are sharing the macbook pro library on an external drive with your and her accounts on the mac both accessing it - this will do it also.

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Nov 22, 2021 12:55 AM in response to pd2021

Unless these photos are showing just in shared albums (Eg the shared family album) then the only way this can happen is if the same apple ID is put into the devices that are sharing a library. I suggest you double check the id in your new macbook, and her phone.


One other possibility - if you are sharing the macbook pro library on an external drive with your and her accounts on the mac both accessing it - this will do it also.

Wife's photos in my photo app

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