Add, remove, and edit photos and videos in a shared album on Mac
You can add, remove, and update photos and videos in an album that you shared.
Add items to a shared album
Go to the Photos app
on your Mac.Select the photos and videos you want to add.
Click
in the toolbar, then choose Shared Albums.Do any of the following:
Add a comment: Type a comment in the comment box.
Share Live Photos: To let viewers play a Live Photo, select the Live Photo checkbox. Deselect the Live Photo checkbox to share the Live Photo as a still image only.
Add the selected photos to an existing shared album: Click a shared album name.
Add the selected photos to a new shared album: Click New Shared Album, enter an album name, click
and invite others to join your shared album, then click Create.
You can also add photos and videos right from a shared album. Click a shared album under Shared Albums in the sidebar, click “Add photos and videos,” select the items you want to add, then click Add.
Remove items from a shared album
Go to the Photos app
on your Mac.Click a shared album under Shared Albums in the sidebar.
Select the items you want to remove, press Delete, then click Delete.
Photos removes the items from the shared album but leaves the originals in your library, as well as the libraries of any other participants that saved the items before you removed them.
Save photos and videos from a shared album to your photo library
Go to the Photos app
on your Mac.Click a shared album under Shared Albums in the sidebar.
Select the photos or videos you want to save, then Control-click them and choose Import.
The items you save appear in your photo library and the Imports collection (under Utilities).
Click Library to see the saved items.
Edit a photo in an album shared by others
To edit a photo or video in an album someone shared with you, first import the photo into your library. Edits you make to the photo in your library don’t change the original photo in the shared album.
Go to the Photos app
on your Mac.Click a shared album under Shared Albums in the sidebar.
Double-click a photo, then click Edit in the toolbar.
Click Import.
Make changes to the photo, then click Done.
Your edited photo appears in your photo library and the Imports collection (under Utilities). To add the edited version of the photo back to the shared album, select the photo, click in the toolbar, choose Shared Albums, then choose the album. The edited image is added to the shared album, and the original remains in the shared album as well.