Hello, I have uploaded photos on Shared album on iPhone for my family and when they download the photos, the quality of these photos were significantly decreased. What can I do to do it at the same quality? Thank you for answer, Bara
iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16
Don't use shared albums if you want to transfer photos in the original quality and want to preserve the metadata you added. The shared albums are meant to show a photo for viewing, but not for archiving your photos. In addition to reduced size, Photos is also stripping the titles and captions and other metadata.
If all family members are using iOS 16 you could use the Shared iCloud Photos Library instead, see this link: What is iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos on Mac? – Apple Support (UK)
The limitations mentioned by marksman are described here - in the paragraph "File types that you can use in Shared Albums": How to use Shared Albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Apple Support
Also look at the small print: "Shared Albums upload a copy of your data. Downloaded content may not contain the same information as the original".
Don't use shared albums if you want to transfer photos in the original quality and want to preserve the metadata you added. The shared albums are meant to show a photo for viewing, but not for archiving your photos. In addition to reduced size, Photos is also stripping the titles and captions and other metadata.
If all family members are using iOS 16 you could use the Shared iCloud Photos Library instead, see this link: What is iCloud Shared Photo Library in Photos on Mac? – Apple Support (UK)
The limitations mentioned by marksman are described here - in the paragraph "File types that you can use in Shared Albums": How to use Shared Albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Apple Support
Also look at the small print: "Shared Albums upload a copy of your data. Downloaded content may not contain the same information as the original".
Uso album compartidos para compartir mis fotos de viaje con otras personas de ese viaje y puedan tener sus fotos con la calidad original del archivo.
Al descargar la imagen de album compartido la imagen esta comprimida y pierde calidad, la original ocupa 10 Mb al descargar la imagen del album compartido ahora es misma imagen ocupa 1 Mb (puede guardar informacion como tipo de dispositivo que hizo la foto, ubicacion....).
No usar esta modilad para compartir imagenes entre usuarios apple.
Los enlaces de icloud requieren que tengas espacio de memoria en tu nube, esto requiere ampliar tu capacidad pagando una mensualidad.
Ojala en el futuro apple mejore esta funcionalidad de album compartido y se pueda compartir entre usuarios fotos y videos con la calidad original entre otros usuarios apple.
Apple documents that photos placed in Shared Albums are reduced to 2048 pixels on the long edge. That would be rather less resolution than your iPhone 13 Pro would normally capture.
Why photos on shared album decrease its size when downloaded by another user?
