Apple’s iCloud service offers a fantastic feature for family groups called iCloud Family Sharing. It lets you share storage space, purchase accounts, Apple Music subscriptions, and more between multiple iCloud users — including managed accounts for younger children. Family Sharing also integrates with Apple’s free Shared Albums feature to provide your family with a securely shared album where you can share images and video. Each family member has their own separate iCloud Photo Library or Photo Stream library, but the Family album allows them a space to store communal photos, images, and video. Here’s how to use iCloud Photo Sharing, access on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
iCloud Photo Sharing is a free service offered with Apple’s iCloud services. It’s a great way to share your photos and videos with family, friends, and colleagues. You don’t need cables, USB, Bluetooth, or email to share your photos as iCloud Photo Sharing uses Wi-Fi. With iCloud Photo Sharing, you create a shared photo album for the images you want to share.
You can then choose who you want to share it with (up to 100 people) with iCloud Family Sharing. Subscribers can view, like, and comment on photos in a shared album. They can also add photos and videos of their own. Shared photos and videos are stored in iCloud. But they don’t count against your iCloud storage limit. You’re free to share up to 5,000 photos without having to pay for more storage.
Before you begin sharing photos, you’ll need to set up iCloud Family Sharing on your iPhone. You can also use these instructions for setting up on your iPad. For the best experience, it’s advisable to update your iPhone or iPad to the latest iOS.
If you want to see what your family members have already added to this album. You’ll want to open the Shared section of your Photos app.
If you want to share albums with a non-iCloud user, here is the way you can do that:
Simply create a shared album in your iCloud Family Sharing, but don’t invite the person as a subscriber.
Switch on any settings that you want for this. Subscribers Can Post means subscribers can add their own photos to your shared album. ‘Notifications‘ means you get notified when subscribers like, comment, or add photos to the album. Tab Back at the top left to return to the Shared Albums screen.
When you want to add images to your Family album, you’ll do so like pretty much any other album addition.
When someone else invites you to subscribe to their shared album and if you want to see the photos, you’ll need to accept their invitation. When you receive a notification, accept the invitation to view it.
iCloud Photo Sharing allows the creator and subscribers to like and comment on photos. Any subscribers signed in to iCloud can like and comment on the shared images. If you think a photo looks great, tap the Like (thumb) icon at the bottom right to let others know that you like it. To comment on a photo, tap Add A Comment at the bottom of the screen. Type your comment, and tap Send. Note that if you’ve already liked a photo, you’ll need to scroll up to see the Add A Comment option.
If someone adds a photo to a shared album, you can save it to the Photos app on your own iPhone. Here’s how to do so in your device:
If the owner of the photo deletes it from the album, you’ll still have the image in the Photos app on your iPhone. Other users can save your photos to their iPhone by following the same steps.
When you delete a photo, it gets deleted from the album on all your devices and all subscribers’ devices. But it doesn’t get deleted from its original location in the Photos app on your iPhone.
No longer want an image or video in your Family album? Any member of the family can delete content from the album at any time.
Do you have photos or videos on your Mac computer that you wish to share with other people? If so, you can use iCloud Photo Sharing in the Mac Photos app – just like you do on your iPhone.
If you have a Windows PC, you can still use iCloud Photo Sharing to share your photos with others. You can create shared albums as long as you have an iCloud account/Apple ID on your PC. To enable iCloud Photo Sharing on Windows, download and install the iCloud For Windows software on your computer. Once you’ve installed iCloud For Windows, open it and sign in with your Apple ID. Use the same Apple ID that you use on your iPhone. Ensure the Photos box is checked. Then click on Options beside Photos. Check the iCloud Photo Sharing box. Click Done, then click Apply. Now create a shared album and invite people to view your photos.
You can share up to 200 albums via iCloud Photo Sharing. And each album can contain a maximum of 5,000 photos or videos. The best part is that photos and videos in the albums don’t count against your iCloud storage limit. So no need to worry about upgrading your iCloud storage plan.
If you want to share your iPhone photos with friends and family. You can do it with iCloud Photo Sharing, you can easily share photos and videos with just the people you choose. You can easily add or delete an album, invite people to view the images and videos you share. And the fun fact is people can like your pictures and can comment on the. It also lets you share storage space, purchase accounts, Apple Music subscriptions, and more between multiple iCloud users — including managed accounts for younger children.
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