ICloud photo library multiple libraries

Hi,
i just tried something that i think could Beathe useful to all the community.
I enabled  iCloud photo library on iPhone, iPad and iMac.
All synced (taking a lot of time) and works flawlessly.
Then i needed to find a workaround for obtaining what i need.
I only want on iCloud photo library the last year of photos, so i did this:
- on Mac duplicate the photo library and called it 2014
- on mac in the photo app WITHIN THE SYSTEM LIBRARY (the one with iCloud photo library enabled)i deleted all photos and videos, so that Marty iCloud photo library become empty and all photos and videos on iPhone and iPad has been automatically erased as well...
- voilà! i ended un with completely empty iCloud photo library everywhere so that i can start repopulating taking new photos.
Marty old photos and vids are safe on Marty mac in the 2014 library that i can open when i need them, but in this way i can keep Marty devices libraries pretty small (consider that i had almost 20000 photos...)
Please let me know if someone considerers this "workaround" useful and also if u think Apple intended to Be used this way....
Paolo

léonie,
thanks for you reply.
léonie wrote:
Did you perhaps try to turn off  iCloud Photo Library (Beta) ?
iCloud Beta was off and when I flipped the slider to turn it on, the warning came up (and I slid it back to the off position)
léonie wrote:
When you turn on iCloud Photo Library (Beta) on an iOS device, the photos from the Camara roll will be moved to iCloud and only optimized versions will be kept locally, if you enable "Optimize Storage".
The camera roll on the iPad Air is empty...so I guess this is not an issue.
léonie wrote:
If there are synced photos on your device, they will be removed, however, but not from other devices.
They are all synced photos from her MBA and iPhone...the key thing is that they not be removed from the "other" devices.
She really uses the iPad for reading books, playing bridge and some email.
The iCloud for iPhoto would be nice because, as I understand it, she can view the photos without having a physical copy on her storage.

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