Photo Sharing-Multiple Users on Mac

[Jte1130]

Getting a new iMac this week and migrating a large collection of family photos into Photos. We will have 3 family members sharing this Mac. Is it possible so set permissions for all 3 users to access the pics in Photos?

 

[Dave Braine]

You could put a Photos Library on an external drive and have each member start Photos while holding down the Alt key and then selecting that Library file.

However, a quick google on sharing Photos Libraries brings up this:

To share the same Photo library between multiple users on the same Mac, do the following :

• Move the existing library into "/Users/Shared/Pictures/PhotoLibrary"
• Select the library parent directory (eg "Pictures") and click "Get info"
• Click on the padlock icon on the bottom right and enter an administrator password
• Click the "+" icon and select the second user which must have access to the photo library, for instance "user2"
• Click on the row "user2" and select in dropdown "Read and write"
• Click on the row "user2" and click on the "gear" icon at the bottom, and select "Apply to Enclosed Items" in the drop-down menu.
• Click "OK".
• Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down, select "Other library", and choose the photo library.

Tested under MacOS 10.11
https://apple.stackexchange.com/que...iple-users-on-apple-photos-without-paying-for

I haven't tried either, so can't vouch for them.

Which ever way, each member must quit Photos when they have finished otherwise the other members won't be able to access it.

 

[Jte1130]

Thanks for the info. I’ll give it a shot.