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Q: Automatically share photo

When my wife got her new phone we started using icloud photo library instead of photostream.

With photostream when she or I took a picture, it would automatically be shared to all of our devices in our photostream. We had our separate icloud accounts on our devices.

Now, it appears that we can't just take a picture, we have to then take an additional step and actually share it. Additionally, I don't see a way to share an entire folder, I'd have to go in and tap on each of the 400 or so pictures in an album if I wanted to share those pics.

Is there some way to automatically share pictures taken on all of our devices with all of our other devices? The apple store employee I spoke to didn't think it was possible, but I figured I would post here anyways.

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jul 23, 2015 9:11 AM

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  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jul 23, 2015 10:33 AM in response to tamt20
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    Jul 23, 2015 10:33 AM in response to tamt20
    With photostream when she or I took a picture, it would automatically be shared to all of our devices in our photostream. We had our separate icloud accounts on our devices.

    Unfortunately, that isn't how it worked, you are either mistaken or you didn't have different accounts.

  • by tamt20,

    tamt20 tamt20 Jul 23, 2015 1:24 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Jul 23, 2015 1:24 PM in response to Winston Churchill

    Well, previously our phones had different aps, different passwords. I paid using one credit card and she used a different one for purchases. We had different itunes accounts and our iphones were not authorized on each others computers. Yet somehow, every picture that either of us took showed up on the other's photostream.

    That is how it worked.

    I want to know if I can setup icloud photo to automatically share our photos.

    Thanks

  • by damaag,

    damaag damaag Jul 23, 2015 1:50 PM in response to tamt20
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    Jul 23, 2015 1:50 PM in response to tamt20

    Winston is right.

    I think your confused.

    Apple ID - iCloud accounts can be different then Apple ID iTunes and App account.

    The Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Library both use the Apple ID iCloud account.

    Check for yourself

    My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support

    and

    My Photo Stream FAQ

    https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT204264

     

    Make sure in Setting > iCloud

    The accounts are different.

    ( The Setting > iTunes & App Store account has no say in how photos are shared )

     

    Best of Luck