

Apple needs to make Photos "usable" for married people who share the same Mac with multiple users, offering us a local storage option that doesn't require iCloud or an external HD. I just tell it like it is.īut back to the topic at hand, I am displeased with the situation just like you are. I am not affiliated with them in any way. And when you start tweaking in Capture One, you really can come up with an outstanding photo. It doesn't replace Photoshop, but man, the default settings in Capture One look far better than iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom or Photoshop Camera RAW. The new version has catalogs similar to Lightroom, but the capabilities just blow Lightroom away.
#Photo sharing for mac trial
I've been using the trial of version 8.x. I've thought about Lightroom, but it's not as friendly for my wife to use as iPhoto was or Photos is.īy the way, if you shoot RAW photos, you will be blown away by Capture One. That hasn't been a problem for us insofar as I end up doing the app buying, maintenance, etc. Like you, I share the same Apple ID with my wife. All we need to do is pay Apple to store our 10,000+ photos "in the cloud." Well, I don't want to do that at this time. So it would be nice if she could just switch to her account, launch Photos, then see exactly what I see.Īnd to repeat what I said earlier in this thread, oh sure, we can accomplish that WITHOUT an external HD. And when she uses iPhoto, she'd like that too to be in Japanese. She prefers a Japanese UI and I prefer English. So why do I even have a separate user account for her? Well, we live in Japan. We have to switch to my user account and then she can see them. So my wife can open iPhoto or Photos, but she can't see anything. I don't want to move my iPhoto library to an external HD (which some folks say is the solution to getting iPhoto (or now, Photos) to use the same library via Multiple Users. Provide real solutions, not the "run around."
#Photo sharing for mac how to
Just tell me and the numerous others out there like me how to easily and quickly accomplish this most commonly asked about and demanded need. I want her to be able to switch to her user account, launch Photos, and then see exactly what I see in Photos in my user account - all WITHOUT having to pay for iCloud Photo Sharing.ĭon't call me names and laugh.

I am responsible for shooting the photos (mostly) and edited them and importing them into Photos. My wife and I share the same iMac with two user accounts. They ought to know MOST PEOPLE won't pay to use iCloud Photo Library (unless possibly if they drop fees to $10 or $15/yr for 1TB of storage, which is unlikely even when faced with competition by Google, Amazon and others for low cost cloud storage.)Īll said, most people are like me. Apple may want to sell you iCloud storage, but they are not stupidly oblivious to what I am saying. Maybe someday when we all decide to stop paying stupid monthly cell phone fees so we can actually afford to feed our kids, but for now smartphones are draining bank accounts dry. The fact is that MOST OF US do NOT want to pay to use iCloud Photo Sharing. Some of us just don't like adding one more device ONLY BECAUSE Apple provides no good solution for one to share among multiple users on the same INTERNAL drive of a Mac. We already have those now with Time Machine HDs and scanners and the like. If you like a rats nets of cables and external peripherals, more power to you. The elegance of all "all in one" computer is that it is ALL IN ONE. No matter how cheap and easy that is, some of us don't want to do that. But also note that you must move your photos to an external drive.

That remains true even if one contents the contents in some way apply to Photos. IPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users - Apple Supportīut note that page is dedicated to the now defunct iPhoto, not the new Photos app. There was one reply that linked the following page for us: None of the replies this far are helpful to the original post, or to me, or to the currently 13 other people who have the same question.
