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Ivanvdm

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Q: how to convert shared albums into regular albums

I used to use Shared albums (with entering a sharing email address) to transfer my pictures taken with my iPhone to the cloud and to my iMac.

This allowed me to organize my pictures from my iPhone, and once added to a shared album I could delete the pictures from my iPhone, thus saving space.

Now with the iCloud Photo Library I no longer need this workaround.

I would now like to Convert 100 Shared albums into Regular albums, who will then be loaded into the cloud like all my future albums.

Is there an easy way to do this?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1

Posted on Apr 12, 2015 8:02 AM

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Ivanvdm Apr 12, 2015 8:04 AM in response to Ivanvdm
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Apr 12, 2015 8:04 AM in response to Ivanvdm

I meant "Shared albums (WITHOUT entering an email address) ...
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Winston Churchill Apr 12, 2015 8:09 AM in response to Ivanvdm
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Apr 12, 2015 8:09 AM in response to Ivanvdm

You can highlight the photos in a shared album and press ctrl - click and import them into your library, Once you've done this you can then select them again and add them to a new album.
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Ivanvdm Apr 25, 2015 12:35 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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Apr 25, 2015 12:35 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Thanks for your suggestion.
I tried it.
But that only works for images not videos.
And it creates a duplicate of the image in all photos.

Any thoughts on how to avoid that and how to deal with the videos?
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by hfromco,

hfromco Apr 16, 2016 4:57 PM in response to Ivanvdm
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Apr 16, 2016 4:57 PM in response to Ivanvdm

I'm interested in converting shared albums to regular albums without having duplicate photos in Photos on my Mac. This is similar to the original question - I'm curious if you found a work around or if there is any update on how to convert shared albums to regular albums without duplicating all the photos (or re-finding them in your regular camera role and re-creating the album)...

Thanks!
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by LarryHN,

LarryHN Apr 16, 2016 5:00 PM in response to hfromco
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Apr 16, 2016 5:00 PM in response to hfromco

Those are the options

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