"Accept" invitation not working in Photos, but did on iPhone

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"Accept" invitation not working in Photos, but did on iPhone

Howdy. A friend shared a photo album with me. I accepted the invitation on my iPhone. However, my macOS Sierra (10.12.2) Photos (2.0; 3130.0.240) still has a badge for a new invitation. Whenever I launch Photos, I see a badge under the Shared|Activity side-menu. When I click on Activity, I can see the invitation, and am presented with two clickable words--Accept and Decline. I can spam click Accept and nothing happens. The invitation remains in this state, even if I close and re-open Photos.

Thanks for the assist.

Posted on Feb 14, 2017 8:46 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 2, 2018 12:46 PM in response to tg814ce

THIS worked for me!

The shared album was already listed there. I hit "Decline" instead of "Accept" and it got rid of it the Invitation.

The shared album was still listed.

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Jarvichi

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Apr 29, 2017 2:59 PM in response to doktorstick

I've got the same thing - also shows the notification icon on the dock, whihc I've just got rid of by launching Terminal and typing "killall Dock", however, this hasn't "Accepted" the invitation within Photos... No matter how many time I click "Accept" nothing happens.

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Jan 8, 2018 3:14 AM in response to tg814ce

This just worked for me but the question still remains...

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doktorstick Author

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Feb 14, 2017 11:21 AM in response to léonie

No, it does not. The only element I have under Shared is the aforementioned Activity(1) (the invitation). I also viewed all my photos via the Photos sidebar element and my friend's shared pictures are not there. The photos I take on my phone show up in Photos, so I know the linkage between iPhone Photos and macOS Photos is there and working.

I will add that I shared an album with my friend via my iPhone and she received it. I do not see this shared album under Photos, either. So it appears that both sharing and accepting shares from my iPhone are not showing up on macOS Photos.

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