Once I have put photos in a shared album, can I manually move them so they appear in a new order? Or do I have to create a new shared album and import the photos into that new album in the order that I now want them in?
Also, does the person that I have invited to see a shared album use up any of his storage space on his ipad to just view the photos and videos? i.e. the photos aren't automatically downloaded to his device, correct?
Hi
Shared albums are very limited. They cannot be reordered - they are always shown in the order added.
And yes - I think a shared album is downloaded to the device viewing it.
Any subscriber can delete their local version of the shared album.
Tony is correct - the shared albums are taking up storage on the device, but not much. The photos in a shared album are reduced in size. And they are not automatically imported into the photos library of the subscriber. The subscribers can import the items they want and then delete the album.
Which system version do you have installed on your Mac? In macOS 12 you sort shared albums automatically according to the capture time, also in iOS 15. it will only sort the local version of your album, not the version on the device of the subscribers. But they can also sort it locally according to date. So there is not much point in sorting the shared album.
Thanks, Tony. If they are downloaded to a person's device, I assume they can easily delete the album from their device?
Thank you! I'm using iOS 15.4.1 and macOS 12.3.1. You and Tony have both been very helpful. I appreciate it!
You‘re welcome 😊
Shared Photo Albums
