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Adding photos to a shared album from Photo on Mac

I don't understand how to access or use shared albums on my Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7


I have Photo preferences checked as follows:



I have a shared album called Family, for Family snaps. I can add images to it from my iPhone, but not from the Mac.


If I open an image in Photo on the Mac, and select Add to Shared Album, I can only create a new album, not see the existing Family album:



Nor can I see the shared album in the sidebar:



What am I missing here?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 27, 2021 11:54 PM

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It's alright, I've worked it out. I realised that the problem lay with my Apple ID. I have a second apple ID that I hardly ever use, and for some reason I had used it to set up that particular library.

Posted on Nov 28, 2021 12:48 PM

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Adding photos to a shared album from Photo on Mac

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