Creating an album in a Photos Share Library

How do I create an album on my iPhone running iOS 18 in a Photos Shared Library that is visible to the other users of the Shared Library. At the moment, I can create an album but is is showing up under my Personal Library albums and not visible to the other Shared Library users?

Posted on Sep 20, 2025 11:54 AM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2025 10:06 PM

I understand why you might want to do that, but you cannot. Each user of a Shared Library can see only items from the Shared Library only in Albums they create and populate for themselves. Each of us must organize our own view of the Shared Library, coordinated with our view of our Private Library (since the same Albums can point to both).



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Sep 20, 2025 10:06 PM in response to Scrambling75

I understand why you might want to do that, but you cannot. Each user of a Shared Library can see only items from the Shared Library only in Albums they create and populate for themselves. Each of us must organize our own view of the Shared Library, coordinated with our view of our Private Library (since the same Albums can point to both).



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