User level: Level 1 (4 points)How can I share my photo library with my spouse, including structure. We have two different apple ids.
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Original Title: Sharing photos
Posted on Oct 12, 2026 4:01 PM
User level: Level 7 (21,929 points)Oct 12, 2026 5:57 PM in response to deLMar26
You can use an iCloud Shared Library
How to use iCloud Shared Photo Library on iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
(Don't worry, it talks about Mac's too)
User level: Level 10 (205,585 points)Oct 13, 2026 1:07 AM in response to deLMar26
As the iCloud Photos Library does not share the structure of the library, only the media, it would help to tag the shared items with keywords.
I am tagging all photos and videos with keywords for the names of the albums the photos are in. This will work in Photos for Mac, also on the mobile devices, if you are using iOS27 on the iPhone.
The keywords make it easy to recreate the albums as smart albums on a Mac. The iPhone and iPads do not support the smart albums, but we can search for the keywords and recreate the albums by selecting the search result.
To create a smart album based on Keywords on a Mac, use "File > New smart Album"
Set the rules like this, if you want to check two keywords:
This album is checking for the two keywords "Tag_08" and "1981_Canada":
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256375103