Q: iCloud photo sharing
I Have a Mac with so El Capitan. My photos on this computer are in a shared file with another user on the same computer. When I try to use photo sharing it doesn't recognize the shared files and doesn't upload them to iCloud storage. What to do?
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), iOS 9.2
Posted on Aug 22, 2016 4:29 PM
i haven't tried exactly what you're doing, but with my experience when a Library is being stored in a Shared directory, it has limitations. i tried to put a System Library on a network drive and it wasn't allowed.
in order to function with iCloud Photo Library, the library has to be the "System Library" and it will only work with 1 users iCloud, not both. here is more on the idea of System Library https://help.apple.com/photos/mac/1.2/#/pht211de786
i don't think you'll be able to make a library in a shared directory a System Library so that it works with iCloud Photo Library, that would conflict with each user having separate iCloud accounts, permission issues i would imagine as well. you could export batches of images from the library in the shared directory, importing them into a System Library with iCloud enabled, and put the photos in a Shared Album for access across devices.
it would be worth seeing if iCloud Photo Sharing would be the right solution, so that each of you has access to a stream of images Get help using iCloud Photo Sharing and shared albums - Apple Support.
Posted on Aug 24, 2016 4:12 PM
