How do you share photos with your family members right now?
Maybe you all get together after an event and AirDrop your images to each other.
Perhaps you share the best pictures via iMessage?
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Or, if you’re really on the ball, maybe you created a shared album.
The new Shared iCloud Photo Library aims to fix all that, and it seems to be almost perfect.
Family Snaps
Shared iCloud Photo Library is what it sounds likea shared library.
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Not an album, but an entire photo library.
It’s just like the one you already use on your Apple devices, only shared equally.
That is, every family member has equal permission to add, remove, and edit any images therein.
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you’re free to pick by date or choose to only include photos of family members.
Favorites, captions, and keywords all sync, too.
Its exactly like an old paper family album full of printed photos.
Then, once you get set up, things get interesting.
Easy Sharing
None of this would be worth the trouble if you couldnt keep adding pictures easily.
To this end, Apple has made adding pictures automatic, while still preserving privacy.
Family Sharing works the same way.
Theres a button at the top of the camera screen that lets you toggle between private and shared.
Every member of the family has equal permission to add, remove, and edit any images therein.
Be careful taking selfies if you are getting frisky in the tent, though.
This looks like an example of Apple at its best.
“Looks [like] they finally got this exactly right.”
