Can I use iCloud photo sharing without it storing a local copy on my mac?
I have updated to the new Photo app on my new mac book air. I previously used iPhoto with my photos shared in the cloud. Since having my air I am more aware of memory (I only have 128GB). I have since noticed that there are large portions of my memory used for just photos (even though I have my actually Photo library on an external). I tracked the location of these files (or photos) and deleted them which freed up 40GB of memory. However I then open Photos again and it saves all the shared photos locally. I figured out that you can turn off sharing capabilities in Photo preferences or System Preferences but then i cannot see my shared files in Photos. This is not a huge problem but it also does not allow me to see any shared photos on iCloud.com. It states that I have to turn on Photo Sharing a device.
So my question is this. Is there a way to keep Photo app sharing ON without the program saving a local copy every time I open Photo? OR is there a way to view the shared photos and albums on iCloud.com which all my device have the sharing capabilities turned off?
Thank you for any tips!
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), null