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Shared Album on the iPhone and Mac is one of the underrated features that people often overlook. In a few clicks, it lets you share several images and videos with your family and friends. They can also add their pictures and videos to your shared album, which everyone can view and download. Interested? This full guide shows you how to create shared albums on Mac.
Before You Begin:
Step one: Enable 'Photo Stream' in iCloud's preferences. The first option tells your Mac to automatically download new photos that are shared via iCloud and to upload to your other devices any. Jun 26, 2020.
iCloud must be set up for Shared Albums to work. For this, click on the Apple logo → System Preferences → Apple ID → sign in, if asked. If you do not see the sign-in screen, it means iCloud is already set up. Follow along.
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Now let me show you how to add pictures and videos to this shared album.
How to Add Photos and Videos to Shared Album on Mac
Here are three ways to add media to a shared album.
I. You can drag pictures to a shared album. For this, in the left sidebar, click on the tiny arrow before Shared Albums. This will reveal all your shared albums. Now, click on Photos, Recent, Imports, etc. Finally, select the photos or videos and drag them over the shared album name.
II. From the left sidebar, open a shared album. Click on Add photos and videos. Choose photos and videos and click on Add from the top right.
III. Select the pictures and videos inside the macOS Photos app. Next, use the share button in the top-right of the app and choose Shared Albums. Click on an existing shared album name from the list.
Note: By default, subscribers can also add photos and videos to the shared album. But you may prevent this by clicking on the People button inside the shared album and unchecking Subscribers Can Post.
How to Delete Photo and Video from a Shared Album on Mac
Note: You may also press the delete key and click on ‘Delete.’ Or, click on ‘Image’ from the top menu bar and choose ‘Delete from Shared Album.’
The selected photos and videos will be deleted from the shared album on all your devices and all subscriber’s devices. If needed, you can save them before deleting.
How to Invite More People to Shared Album
While creating a shared album, you get the option to add subscribers. However, if you missed someone, it is effortless to invite them later.
Create Public Website for a Shared Album
Do you want to share these albums with people who do not use iCloud – like someone who uses Android? It is easy. Check the box for Public Website. Give it a few seconds to generate a unique link. Finally, copy this link and send it to your contacts. They can click on it and view the entire shared album using any browser irrespective of the device and OS.
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How to Delete a Shared Album on Mac
The entire album will be removed from all your and subscriber devices. The public website link (if created) will also stop working.
Note: The images and videos of this shared album, if present anywhere else in the Photos app (like other albums or Photos tab), will not be deleted. But, if you believe that the media inside the shared album is not present anywhere else in the Photos app, you may save it before deleting. Here’s how.
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A subscriber of a shared album has the option to save these images and videos to their library. Here’s how.
To view imported images, click on Photos, Recents, or Imports from the left sidebar of Mac’s Photos app.
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If you wish to edit an image from the shared album, you will have to import it first. After that, you can modify it just like any other picture.
Limitation of Shared Album
File Formats Supported by Shared Albums
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This is how you can create and use shared albums on Mac. What do you think of this handy option? Do let us know that in the comments.
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Before you begin
Turn on Shared Albums
If you're using earlier versions of iOS, iCloud for Windows, iPhoto, or Aperture, you can still create and see Shared Albums. In earlier versions of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and iCloud for Windows, Shared Albums was called iCloud Photo Sharing.
Use Shared Albums on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touchCreate a new shared album
Delete a shared album
If you're looking at your list of shared albums, you can also tap Edit, then tap the Delete button to delete a shared album.
When you delete a shared album, it's automatically removed from all of your devices and the devices of your subscribers. If Public Website was enabled, the shared album is removed from the web too. Deleting a shared ablum permanently deletes all of its photos. Before continuing, make sure that you save any photos that you want to keep.
Invite more people
You can even share albums with friends and family who don't use iCloud. Just open a shared album that you created, go to the People tab, and turn on Public Website. Your photos publish to a website that anyone can see in an up-to-date web browser.
Remove a subscriber
As the creator of a shared album, you control who can access it. You can remove subscribers or delete the album at any time.
Add photos and videos
If you have a shared album open, you can also tap the Add button to select photos and videos to add.
When you add new photos, the people that you share the album with are notified automatically. Make sure that Subscribers Can Post is turned on so that they can add photos and videos too. Just go to the shared album's People tab.
Delete from a Shared Album
If you're the owner of a shared album, you can delete any photos, videos, or comments from anyone. Subscribers can delete anything that they personally added. Anything you delete is automatically deleted from the album on all your devices and the devices of subscribers.
Any photos that you saved or downloaded from a shared album to your Photos library stay in your library even if the shared album is deleted or the person who created it stops sharing it.
Save photos and videos from a shared album
When you share photos and videos with someone, they can save shared items to their own library.
Use Shared Albums on your MacCreate a new Shared Album
Delete a shared album
When you delete a shared album, it's automatically removed from all of your devices and the devices of your subscribers. If Public Website was enabled, the shared album is removed from the web too. Deleting a shared ablum permanently deletes all of its photos. Before continuing, make sure that you save any photos that you want to keep.
Invite more people![]()
You can even share albums with friends and family who don't use iCloud. Just open a shared album that you created, click the People button in the toolbar, and turn on Public Website. Your photos publish to a website that anyone can see in an up-to-date web browser.
Remove a subscriber
As the creator of a shared album, you control who can access it. You can remove subscribers or delete the album at any time.
Add photos and videos
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If you have a shared album open, you can also click “Add photos and videos” to select photos and videos to add. You can also simply drag photos from your library directly into the shared album in the sidebar.
When you add new photos, the people that you share the album with are notified automatically. Open the shared album, click the People button in the toolbar, and make sure that Subscribers Can Post is turned on so that they can add photos and videos too.
Delete from a shared album
If you have a shared album open, you can also select a photo and press the Delete key to delete it from the shared album.
If you're the owner of a shared album, you can delete any photos, videos, or comments from anyone. Subscribers can delete anything that they personally added. Anything you delete is automatically deleted from the album on all your devices and the devices of subscribers.
Any photos that you saved or downloaded from a shared album to your Photos library stay in your library even if the shared album is deleted or the person who created it stops sharing it.
Save photos and videos from a shared album
When you share photos and videos with someone, they can save the shared items to their own library.
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File types that you can use in Shared Albums
Shared Albums support these image formats:
Shared Albums also support special formats that you capture with your iPhone, like slo-mo, time-lapse, Live Photos, and Memory videos. When shared, photos are reduced to 2048 pixels on the long edge, except panoramic photos, which can be up to 5400 pixels wide. You can share GIFs that are 100MB or smaller.
Shared Albums support these video file types and formats:
Videos can be up to fifteen minutes in length and are delivered at up to 720p resolution.
* You can't upload RAW photos to Shared Albums on your Windows PC.
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Shared Albums upload a copy of your data. Downloaded content may not contain the same information as the original.
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A shared album can hold up to 5000 photos and videos. If you reach your Shared Album limit, you need to delete some photos or videos before adding new ones. The photos and videos you share (and the comments or likes associated with those photos) stay in iCloud until you or the contributor delete them manually, or until you delete the shared album completely.
The photos and videos in your Shared Albums are kept in iCloud, but they don't count against your iCloud storage limit.
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