Q: How would you keep multiple iCloud photo libraries separate (i.e. without them merging)?
How would you keep multiple iCloud libraries separate (i.e. without them merging)?
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Posted on Apr 12, 2016 8:17 PM
Ahhh. Okay. So when I export my photos to a folder and then delete the corresponding pictures off my phone, they won't be erased even though iCloud is activated?
Correct. Nothing outside of your Photos Library is affected.
If I left the pictures on my phone and changed the designated library on my Macbook (which, to my understanding, switches the icloud library) would all the pictures I left on my phone "join" the new library? I'm more asking out of curiosity (the exporting idea is by far the best). Could you theoretically turn off the icloud photos on your iphone, then delete the pictures, then switch the designated library? Or would Icloud register the changes made and apply those effects to the "old" designated library (the school pics that used to be on my phone) even though the "new" one is default?
You can have multiple Photos Libraries on your computer (not advisable), but you can't have multiple iCloud Photo Libraries on iCloud using the same Apple ID. I believe this trumps all your other questions.
You might find this article very informative.
http://www.imore.com/how-use-icloud-photo-library-ultimate-guide
Posted on Apr 13, 2016 10:15 AM