Like, Comment, and Add Subscribers to Shared Albums on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

iCloud has a very extraordinary feature called iCloud Photo Sharing via which you can share your photo albums with friends and family. The feature is not restricted to sharing, but there’s a lot more to it. For example, you can like, comment, and share these photos and videos without any social media platform.

All of this may sound a little confusing to you right now, but it’ll become one of your go-to features if you’re not a social media freak. Below is a guide on adding comments to the photos and videos, add people to a photo album, and a lot more.

Sharing Albums With People Who Don’t Use iCloud

Are you an Android user? Don’t worry because you don’t have to miss the fun. iCloud users can share photo albums with non-iCloud users as well. All you need to do is make an unlisted iCloud.com link, and share the URL with your friends. The only drawback is that the non-iCloud users can view the media, but cannot add comments or pictures to the album.

From Your iPhone and iPad

The steps to share your albums with non-iCloud users are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app on your iPhone/iPad, and select the ‘Albums’ option from the bottom of the screen.
2. Select the album from the ‘Shared Albums’ section that you want to share with others.
3. Select the ‘People’ option on the bottom of the screen in an iPhone, on the top in an iPad.
4. Turn the slider on for ‘Public Website’ to enable users with the URL to view the album.
5. Copy the album link and share it with your friends.

From Your Mac

The steps to share your albums with non-iCloud users from your Mac are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Tap on the ‘People’ icon on the toolbar.
3. Mark the checkbox for ‘Public Website’ and copy the URL to start sharing.

Add People to a Shared Photo Album

You can add new people now and then to your existing shared photo albums. Here’s how:

From Your iPhone and iPad

The step to add new people to the existing shared album from iPhone and iPad are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Tap on the ‘People’ option.
3. Select the ‘Invite People’ option.
4. Enter the name of the person you want to add.
5. Hit the ‘Add’ button.

From Your Mac

The steps to add people to your shared albums from a Mac are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Tap the ‘People’ icon and click on the ‘Invite People’ box.
3. Enter the iCloud email address of the people you want to invite.
4. Press the ‘Return’ key.

Remove People from Shared Photo Album

In case, you invited someone you didn’t want to or sent an invite for a wrong shared album, you can reverse your action.

From Your iPhone and iPad

The steps to remove a subscriber using your iPhone and iPad are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Click on the ‘People’ option and select the name of the subscriber you want to remove in the next window.
3. Hit the ‘Remove Subscriber’ option.

From Your Mac

The steps to remove a subscriber using your Mac are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Tap the ‘People’ icon and click on the arrow next to the person’s name you want to remove.
3. Select the ‘Remove Subscriber’ option.

Give Access to Others for Adding Media to Your Shared Album

You may collaborate with your friends and family and share pictures via the Shared Albums feature.

From Your iPhone and iPad

The steps to give access to others for sharing media using your iPhone and iPad are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Click on the ‘People’ option.
3. Turn the slider on for ‘Subscribers Can Post’ to allow others to share media.

From Your Mac

The steps to give access to others for sharing media using your Mac are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Tap on the ‘People’ icon.
3. Mark the checkbox for ‘People Can Subscribe.’

Like or Comment on Media in Shared Albums

Want to experience your private social media? You can like and add comments to the media in Shared Photo Albums just like any other online platform.

From Your iPhone and iPad

The steps to like and comment using your iPhone and iPad are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Open the photo you want to like or comment.
3. Tap on the ‘Thumbs Up’ icon to like a picture.
4. Tap on ‘Add a Comment’ to leave remarks.
5. You can also hide a comment by selecting the ‘Hide Comment’ option.

From Your Mac

The steps to like or comment using your Mac are:

1. Go to the ‘Photos’ app and select the ‘Shared Album.’
2. Select the picture or a video you want to like or comment.
3. Tap on the ‘Speech Bubble’ icon.
4. Tap on the ‘Smiley Face’ icon to like and click on the ‘Add a Comment’ option to leave remarks.

A personalized social media experience amongst your close ones, how does that sound? it is not only easy to use, but it’ll also save you from annoying conversations with multiple people to share all the media after a trip or a get-together.

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