How do I download shared pictures (iCloud Photo Sharing) to my own Mac?

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How do I download shared pictures (iCloud Photo Sharing) to my own Mac?

I'm using iCloud Photo Sharing to share pictures with my mother. She can see the shared pictures in a mosaic display format (not as an album, and not in the typical "grid" format in the Photos app) under the "Shared" tab in Photos. How can she import all of them (download them) to her own computer? It seems the only way is ctrl+clicking one by one and selecting "import" from the menu. I am sharing more than 500 photos. There has to be a simpler way to do this.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 31, 2015 7:48 AM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Nov 12, 2017 9:32 AM in response to greggman

Control (right) - click on the photos in the shared album and select Import from the contextual menu:

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Answer 2

greggman

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Nov 12, 2017 8:28 AM in response to LarryHN

This answer is not helpful. She wants to import shared photos. There is no "import" option for shared photos. Selecting "import" only brings up a file dialog asking which photos you want to import from your hard drive. Not which shared photos you want to copy from photos to your hard drive.

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Answer 3

Dec 5, 2017 11:42 AM in response to Nimbifera

The answers given here up to now are not useful because the question is about viewing an album when it has been shared by sending a direct link to the album not by sending an invitation to "join" the album and view it from within photos or aperture or whatever. When shared via a direct link it is viewed in a browser. In this case I also can only download one photo at a time and woudl also like to be able to download all the photos in the album. There should be a "download the who,e album" link on the page, as there is in dropbox when you share an album in the same way.... Does anyone have a work around?

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Answer 4

LarryHN

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Jul 31, 2015 8:37 AM in response to Nimbifera

In grid view select multiple photos the same as any other selection - command click on photos to select noncontiguous photos or click on one and then shift click on another to select a contagious set - right click on the selection and import

Tested with OS X 10.10.4 - Photo 1.0.1

LN

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