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iPhoto Library

Avatar Douglas Cheney
I have set my Daughter up with a Mac, and set up the various accounts for all the family, my Son in Law is the main account how do I make the iPhoto Library available to both of them.

Re: iPhoto Library

Avatar David Fleetwood
Each user needs to open their iPhoto app. and go to Preferences where there is a 'Sharing' tab. Tick 'look for shared photos' and which albums, or the whole library, they wish to share, give a name to the photos. They will then appear as another source of photos in the sidebar. Hope this helps Doug.

Re: iPhoto Library

Avatar Gordon Clyne
I think you need to share the library you already have first so they can see it..... So in the prefs, under sharing, you have to " share my photos" first if you want them to see yours..

Re: iPhoto Library

Avatar Douglas Cheney
Thank you for the answers, have tried what was suggested but cannot share the iPhoto library between my Daughter & Son in Law nothing shows up

Re: iPhoto Library

Avatar Lionel Ogden
It appears that the sharing facility only works between computers on the same network, but not between users on the same computer

Re: iPhoto Library

Avatar David Fleetwood
I tried on our iMac tonight (we have 3 user accounts on it) and it worked fine but the users each needed to be logged in before their library would show up in another users photo library

Re: iPhoto Library

Avatar Gordon Clyne
Remember several users can log in on the same computer At the same time.... Currently logged in user is show top right of the menu bar. You might need to enable user switching in the prefs possibly.
 
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