Additional iCloud account on new iCloud photos or findmyfriends app?
Hi,
Can anyone think of a workaround for this? I am using the iCloud Photos beta and it is great so far. I wanted to add it to my wife's iPhone as we share a photo library. The only way I could see how to do it was to add my iCloud account as the primary on her iPhone and then add her email etc as a secondary account. Not ideal but working ok.
The problem I now have is that findmyfriends app will only use my iCloud account and therefore will not show my wife's location. We rarely use the app but some of her family do. Is there a workaround for this? Would creating a shared family account be a better option?
I wish Apple would realise that people do like to share entire photo libraries etc!
Thanks.
It's only a workaround, but you could use the find iPhone app instead of Find Friends when viewing your wife's location.
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