Q: Subscribe button in Shared Album invitation email leads to message saying Photo Sharing not available on my device.
I'm not able to subscribe to a shared album because of my device, but my Mac is brand-new (1 month old) and I'm logged into iCloud. Why is it telling me I need iPhoto or Aperture in order to subscribe? Haven't both of those been discontinued and they were replaced with Photos? I made sure my Photos is up-to-date and went ahead and updated all of my Apps to see if that would help. I have OS X 10.11.3. This is what opens up when I click on the Subscribe button within the email invitation.
iCloud Photo Sharing is not available for this device
To subscribe to [Contact]’s “[Album Name]” shared album on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, open your invitation in the Mail app, and click the Subscribe button in the message.
To subscribe you need to be signed in to iCloud on:
- an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 6 or later, or
- a Mac with OS X 10.8.2 or later and iPhoto 9.4 or Aperture 3.4 or later
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015)
Posted on May 1, 2016 9:21 PM
Have you turned on iCloud Photo Sharing in Photos>Preferences>iCloud?
Cheers,
GB
Posted on May 1, 2016 10:00 PM
