how can I share photos smart albums with others?

I have a smart album where I collect photos that I want to share with my family. I saw that in shared albums I cannot create a smart album. So right now I'm copying manually, from time to time a smart album (not a shared one) into a shared one.

it's not really efficient. Is there a better way?


thanks

MacBook Air, macOS 26.0

Posted on Sep 13, 2025 07:07 AM

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Sep 14, 2025 08:20 AM in response to CESNET

CESNET wrote: I have a smart album where I collect photos that I want to share with my family. I saw that in shared albums I cannot create a smart album. So right now I'm copying manually, from time to time a smart album (not a shared one) into a shared one.
it's not really efficient. Is there a better way?

No.


Shared albums don't contained pictures from your Library-- it makes copies that are generally more appropriate for sharing, with lower resolution and less identifying metadata. So a Shared Smart Album would have to be continuously dynamic, ready to copy or delete pictures on the fly. It's just not feasible.


Also, Smart Albums aren't available in iOS or iPadOS.

how can I share photos smart albums with others?

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