Does deleting from iCloud Photo Library remove photos from iCloud Photo Sharing

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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

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Answer 1

léonie

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Jan 21, 2016 9:24 AM in response to studiotemp1

Shared albums and iCloud Photo library are different iCloud services and are stored independently of each other.

When you create a shared album and share it with your friends, you will see the shared album and its photos in your Photos library, but you can delete the originals from your Photos Library, as long as you do not delete the photos from the shared album. The photos in the shared album may be slightly smaller than your original photos, because there is a pixel size limit for the shared photos.

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Answer 2

Oct 24, 2016 12:23 PM in response to léonie

You didn't really answer the question. I am asking as well.

If I delete a photo or photos from my mac photo library will it also be deleted from a photo app shared album which resides on the same mac?

Thanks in advance

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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Oct 24, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Darinfrommuskogee

Yes.

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léonie

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Oct 24, 2016 1:58 PM in response to Darinfrommuskogee

If I delete a photo or photos from my mac photo library will it also be deleted from a photo app shared album which resides on the same mac?

It will depend on where you delete it. If you delete the photo you shared from the library (the Photos view with the moments and collections), the photo will remain in the shared album, because the shared album has its own copies in a reduced size stored separately from the library. But it will be gone from the library and the moments, you will only see it in the shared album.

You have to delete it from the Shared album to remove it there.

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Answer 5

Oct 24, 2016 3:11 PM in response to léonie

Thank you for the prompt response.

Maybe it would be helpful if I describe what I am trying to do.

All Photos is organized into smart albums from which I have built shared albums.

I would like to be able to add or delete photos in "all photos" and have the smart albums and shared albums automatically adjust accordingly. Any chance you could ge me on the correct path???

Thanks again

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LACAllen

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Oct 24, 2016 10:20 PM in response to Darinfrommuskogee

The smart albums will update based on their "formula"

The shared albums are not smart, so need manual updates.

I don't believe you can use a smart album as a source for a shared album.

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léonie

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Oct 24, 2016 11:17 PM in response to Darinfrommuskogee

I would like to be able to add or delete photos in "all photos" and have the smart albums and shared albums automatically adjust accordingly. Any chance you could ge me on the correct path???

When you share photos in a shared album, there is no connection between the smart album, where you selected the photos for sharing and the shared copies in the shared album. You can only share photos, not albums, in size of the misleading name "Shared albums".

You could start the deletion of photos form the smart albums by starting from the Shared album. If you select a photo in a shared album, you can ctrl-click it and select "Show in Moments". Now delete the revealed photo in the moment, and then delete it in the Shared album as well.

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