Resolution of Photos in Shared Albums

How can I see the resolution of photos in my shared albums?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Oct 18, 2025 1:11 AM

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Posted on Oct 18, 2025 7:14 AM

On your iPad or iPhone the resolution of the shared photos is not shown, while you are viewing them in the shared album.

You would have to save a shared photo to Photos to see the width and height of the photo.

Or view the Shared Album on Photos for Mac. The Photos.app on the Mac is showing the size of the photos in the Shared albums.


When we share a photo a Shared album it will be downsized to 2048 pixels on the longest edge. Only panoramic photos will reshared at a larger size. See: iCloud: My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing limits


"When shared, photos are reduced to 2048 pixels on the long edge, except panoramic photos, which can be up to 5400 pixels wide. You can share GIFs that are 100MB or smaller. Shared Albums do not support spatial photo or video. 

Videos can be up to fifteen minutes in length and are delivered at up to 720p resolution."


BTW, on my Mac all photos in Shared albums are showing 2049 pixel as the longest edge.

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Oct 18, 2025 7:14 AM in response to KayJava

On your iPad or iPhone the resolution of the shared photos is not shown, while you are viewing them in the shared album.

You would have to save a shared photo to Photos to see the width and height of the photo.

Or view the Shared Album on Photos for Mac. The Photos.app on the Mac is showing the size of the photos in the Shared albums.


When we share a photo a Shared album it will be downsized to 2048 pixels on the longest edge. Only panoramic photos will reshared at a larger size. See: iCloud: My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing limits


"When shared, photos are reduced to 2048 pixels on the long edge, except panoramic photos, which can be up to 5400 pixels wide. You can share GIFs that are 100MB or smaller. Shared Albums do not support spatial photo or video. 

Videos can be up to fifteen minutes in length and are delivered at up to 720p resolution."


BTW, on my Mac all photos in Shared albums are showing 2049 pixel as the longest edge.

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