Q: Does deleting from iCloud Photo Library remove photos from iCloud Photo Sharing
I have iCloud Photo Library on my Mac and on my iPhone. I have created an album of photos and videos from spending several weeks going apartment hunting in my neighborhood. I have friends that also are looking for apartments in my neighborhood and these photos and videos would be helpful for them. So I want to share all this content with them using iCloud Photo Sharing. However, I don't need this large set of photos/videos anymore on my Mac or on my iPhone, because I have an apartment and my use for these photos is done.
So I want to:
1. Create a shared album (call it "Apartment videos").
2. Add all my photos and videos from my apartment hunting that are currently in my iCloud Photo Library.
3. Share that iCloud Library with my friends (they can add, comment, do whatever they want)
4. Delete the original files from my iCloud Library as I don't need or want these photos anymore on my personal devices.
My question is: If I delete the photos in step 4, will that also delete those same photos from the Shared iCloud Library?
So it would be helpful to know if the photos in the iCloud Share are separate copies of my Library photos, or are they the same.
Posted on Jan 21, 2016 8:52 AM