I want to allow my family to view my photos that I have arranged in several hundred albums. How can I do this?

I want to share photo in my library with my family. I have arranged the photos in several hundred albums. How can I get them to my family of about 10 others?

iPad 2, iOS 9

Posted on Jul 12, 2023 8:32 AM

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Posted on Jul 12, 2023 8:45 AM

With iCloud Shared Library you can share your photos and videos with your family, and you can work together on the shared media, but it is not possible to share the structure of the library. Only the media files will be shared, not the folders and albums. See: How to use iCloud Shared Photo Library – Apple Support (UK)


To share a library as a library and not just a flat collection of photos and videos, copy the Photos Library to an external drive and enable the "Ignore ownership on this volume" flag. Your family members can then copy the library to their own macs. Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support



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Jul 12, 2023 8:45 AM in response to Jim2900

With iCloud Shared Library you can share your photos and videos with your family, and you can work together on the shared media, but it is not possible to share the structure of the library. Only the media files will be shared, not the folders and albums. See: How to use iCloud Shared Photo Library – Apple Support (UK)


To share a library as a library and not just a flat collection of photos and videos, copy the Photos Library to an external drive and enable the "Ignore ownership on this volume" flag. Your family members can then copy the library to their own macs. Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support



Jul 12, 2023 10:22 AM in response to Jim2900

You can export the photos to nested folders and write them to a CD, or burn the Photos Library to a CD. But your family members will have to copy the Photos Library somewhere where they will have read/write access, if they want to open the Photos Library in Photos. Photos needs to be able to write to the library, eevn when we just want to read it.


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I want to allow my family to view my photos that I have arranged in several hundred albums. How can I do this?

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