Q: cannot start icloud photo sharing
I have many apple devices, all of which can access iCloud Photo Sharing, but not my main iMac. However, if I sign into a guest account, I can access iCloud Photo Sharing. I assume it's a file system problem, but not sure which one(s).
When I go to Shared in Photos, I get a message, "iCloud Photo Sharing is only available in the System Photo Library." I've toggled iCloud Photos on and off, signed in and out of iCloud, deleted com.apple.cloudphotosd, among others and still no love. Any ideas?
El Cap 10.11.6, but had same problem in prior versions as well.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), null
Posted on Aug 29, 2016 7:17 AM
When I go to Shared in Photos, I get a message, "iCloud Photo Sharing is only available in the System Photo Library."
This message means, that your current Photos Library is not your System Photo Library.
Have you tried to enable your Photos Library as your System Photo Library? This is done in the Photos > Preferences > General.
The option "Use as System Photo Library" in the Photos > Preferences > General needs to be greyed out, to show that the library is your System Photo Library.
Is your Photos Library on your System drive or an external drive? You may not be able to make the library your system photo library, if the library is on a drive with an unsupported file system.
Posted on Aug 29, 2016 7:44 AM



