Create shared photo streams

It’s easy to create a photo stream to share your photos and video clips. You can also view the items you’ve already shared.

Create a shared photo stream

  1. Select the items you want to share, and do one of the following:

    • Choose File > Share > iCloud.

    • Choose iCloud from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.

  2. In the iCloud dialog, choose New Shared Stream from the Stream pop-up menu.

  3. In the “To” field, type the email addresses for your invitees.

    To enable your invitees to access the shared photo stream from an iOS device, you must provide the email addresses associated with their iCloud accounts.

  4. In the Name field, type a name for the photo stream.

  5. If you want invitees to be able to post their own photos and video clips to the stream, select the Subscribers Can Post checkbox.

  6. If you want to share your photo stream with someone who doesn’t have an Apple device, select the Public Website checkbox.

    Note: People who view your shared photo stream on the web cannot comment on the photos. They also cannot view the comments posted by you or by others who subscribe to your shared photo stream with an Apple device. If you would like someone who doesn’t have an Apple device to see the first comment added to a photo, you must post the comment before inviting the person to view the shared stream.

  7. Click OK.

Your invitees are sent an email and a notification asking them to subscribe to your shared photo stream.

View photos in a shared photo stream

  1. In the Shared section of the Library inspector, select iCloud.

    Photo Stream view
  2. To view the contents of a photo stream, double-click its thumbnail.

    Photos in a shared photo stream

Stop sharing a photo stream

If you want to stop sharing a photo stream, all you have to do is delete it.

WARNING: When you delete a shared photo stream, it’s immediately removed from your subscribers’ devices. If you think your subscribers might want to keep some of the photos or video clips, you should alert them to save the items before you delete the shared photo stream.

  1. In the Shared section of the Library inspector, select iCloud.

  2. Select the photo stream you want to stop sharing, and press Command-Delete.