How do I send photos without an iCloud link?
How do I send photos without an iCloud link?
iPhone X, iOS 12
How?
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Are the people you are sending the message to, actually getting the link (either shared.icloud.com, or iCloud link available with a > to the right)?
When they tap on that, it should automatically go to an iCloudwebsite that allows them to select and download whichever photos they wish. On iOS 12, it should also say what the "expiration date" for the link is, so they know how much time they have to download the photos if they wish.
The only way to send them the "old fashioned way" is to turn off iCloud Photos. This is only happening in iOS 12. If you send multiple photos in iOS 11, even with iCloud Photo Library (iCloud Photos in iOS 12) turned on.
I tested this, and as soon as I turned off iCloud Photos in iOS 12, then it sent it the way we are used to.
So, it seems to be a combination of iCloud Photos and iOS 12. If you have both, then it sends multiple photos with a link instead of sending the photos. Go figure....
Best,
GB
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I’m having the exact same problem! I do not want to share the photos using an iCloud link. I just want them sent the old way!
But the link never loads for anyone
Yeah this was the first time it happened for me, but I was trying to send more than one pic at a time, and that’s when it did it. I tried to send multiple pictures to 6 separate people, and it sent a link to each of them. But when I send one picture at a time, it works like it normally does. So for some reason, it’s just doing it when I try to send multiple at one time.
How do I send photos without an iCloud link?