Share icloud drive

Previously I was using an external drive for my iPhoto library and various members of my family with different log in on my Mac could upload photos to the iPhoto library, so all photos were in one place. Can this now be done if my iPhoto library is in iCloud Drive?

You can only share iCloud Drive with someone else if they also log in to the same account.  Otherwise, your sharing will be limited to the sharing options of the file itself, which is extremely limited.  Hopefully they will add more options as time goes on, but for now, thats where iCloud Drive is at, in its infancy.
Good Luck.

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  • Can't share iCloud drive with family?

    What I saw as the most useful aspect of iCloud drive was to use it like dropbox as a network drive amongst all of our computers and devices. Otherwise, no matter how much syncing is going on, we're are always emailing files back and forth and finding a file is a nightmare. Is it on my laptop or my iMac? Her laptop or iMac?
    Isn't that the primary feature of dropbox? Sharing files amongst many computers?
    I am beta testing yosemite and tried it out and found there is no sharing, even though family sharing is on.
    If you could use a separate account for iCloud drive from the one you use with photos, iTunes, keychain syncing etc, then it could work.
    My question is, iCloud drive is REPLACING iCloud, right? So syncing requires our separate Apple IDs, and sharing would require the same ID, so this is an impossible task (to share iCloud drive and still sync our own stuff), right?
    I'm thinking I will have to stick with dropbox unfortunately.
    Thoughts?

    My thoughts are, that Yosemite hasn't been launched yet and that's why we should wait a little bit until iCloud Drive is officially available for both iOS + OS X. Until then, nothing detains us from using Dropbox parallel.

  • Can you share iCloud drive storage with family members?

    Seems like this would be a common question but Apple Support search came up empty. So, can you share iCloud drive storage with family members?

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    You can share they space if they all use the same Apple ID, but that's not really a good idea, because you'll then share contacts, calendars, photos etc etc.

  • Share iCloud drive with family members

    Has anybody figured out how to share iCloud drive with family members?
    I was using Amazon Cloud drive which used to have an app you could download and imbed into Finder, but with OS X 10.1 this is no longer supported so I've switched over to iCloud drive.  So far it is working seamlessly, except for the fact the my wife has to log into my iCloud account on the web in order to download the files.  Ideally I could share iCloud drive and she'd simply log into finder on her mac to view our files and records.
    Thanks in advance.

    You can only share iCloud Drive with someone else if they also log in to the same account.  Otherwise, your sharing will be limited to the sharing options of the file itself, which is extremely limited.  Hopefully they will add more options as time goes on, but for now, thats where iCloud Drive is at, in its infancy.
    Good Luck.

  • Can I share icloud drive storage between family members?

    I am looking for easy offsite storage that can be easily accessed.  I have been reading a bit about the icloud drive, and it seems simple to add and open files. Can I share the storage with my husband and his computer or not?  We currently use carbonite as a backup program. Would icloud drive replace that?
    Thank you.
    Katie

    iCloud Drive is tied one AppleID.  If you want to share it, all family members would have to use the same Apple ID.
    The only Family Sharing Apple Supports for family members with different AppleIDs is sharing your purchases: iTunes items, iBooks, AppStore Purchases,  see:   http://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
    But iCloud Drive cannot be shared between different AppleIDs, and it is also not meant to be a cloud backup.It is used to store your current working copies of your most important documents, that you need on all devices, and keep the documents updated on all devices.
    See this link: iCloud Drive FAQ

  • How to share iCloud Drive public link?

    Is it possible to share a public link of a file from iCloud Drive?
    If not, will this be a future feature? Dropbox and other have this feature and I think it's really important.

    so icloud drive is Useless! thanks for your answer!

  • How to share icloud drive storage plan with my family members?

    I have a plan  big enough for me and my family group. It is not about sharing pictures. It is all about sharing space. In such a way, my wife and kids would have full access to the whole thing.

    Feedback is the way to go.  Keep in mind iCloudis only a couple years old, and they recently changed the storage/payment arrangements, and Family Sharing is new in its present form.  All of which means there is room for improvement.  Apple is usually pretty good at accepting users' needs and making adjustments.

  • .icloud-drive file in root of iCloud drive folder

    I have noticed a rather strange file in the root of my iCloud drive folder on iCloud.com
    it is called .icloud-drive with the file extension of do-not-delete.   ".icloud.drive.do-not-delete"
    Does anyone else have this???

    Hello rhearob,
    Apple did not mention or publish anything so far which indicates that it is possible to share iCloud Drive folders or to access iCloud Drive from multiple Apple IDs. As KiltedTim wrote, it could be that Apple is going to add additional functionalities to iCloud Drive once Yosemite is released, but as of today, nothing has been announced.
    Best regards,
    David

  • ICloud Drive File Sharing

    My husband and I both have long standing AppleID's and iCloud accounts (I have a MBP running the Yosemite Beta, he has an Air running the Yosemite Beta - we bothe have 6 plusses running iOS 8).  He operates a small business that we both work on (I do all of his marketing design, photography, etc).  We would like to both use his iCloud drive to store and manage his business related files.  We have set up a Family share in iOS.
    Right now those files are stored on a Mavericks server that we access via webdav.  However we are looking to reduce our IT infrastructure and expense by moving that data to the cloud and would prefer it to be iCloud.  Is there any way that any of you know for two AppleIDs to access the same iCloud drive?

    Hello rhearob,
    Apple did not mention or publish anything so far which indicates that it is possible to share iCloud Drive folders or to access iCloud Drive from multiple Apple IDs. As KiltedTim wrote, it could be that Apple is going to add additional functionalities to iCloud Drive once Yosemite is released, but as of today, nothing has been announced.
    Best regards,
    David

  • How to share the Photos library on iCloud Drive with other family members?

    I have uploaded our family photo-library to iCloud drive (136GB+). It works great!
    But how can my wife (with her own iCloud-account, but within the family) see and use our library?

    Tnx for the reply, though I already feared this was the answer.
    Family sharing works well for keeping contact lists separated and we do not need to see all the crap the other half shoots with their iPhone.
    But as family-members, we DO want to use our communal photo-library.
    It would be great if you could share your entire library with family-members or at least select which albums to share with who.
    Also it is silly that you can share a photo only to one other iCloud-album. If I shoot a nice pic of the kids I would want to share it with my wife AND with others.
    The same would work for contacts. The family-head should be able to assign which contacts are shared and which are separate.
    I hope Apple will update the family-possibilities so that this is fixed.

  • My wife and I share an iCloud account for photo library and iCloud drive mainly for our family photo management, but we use different accounts for iMessage/facetime/calendar/etc. With Yosemite, I can't use continuity/handoff without dumping the photo

    my wife and I share an iCloud account for photo library and iCloud drive mainly for our family photo management, but we use different accounts for iMessage/facetime/calendar/etc. With Yosemite, I can't use continuity/handoff without dumping the primary photo iCloud account and thus our shared photo system. We are running yosemite OS X 10.10 and iOS 8.0.2... Is there any way to do this?

    my wife and I share an iCloud account for photo library and iCloud drive mainly for our family photo management, but we use different accounts for iMessage/facetime/calendar/etc. With Yosemite, I can't use continuity/handoff without dumping the primary photo iCloud account and thus our shared photo system. We are running yosemite OS X 10.10 and iOS 8.0.2... Is there any way to do this?

  • Can I use one icloud drive account to back up all family share devices?

    Can I use one icloud drive account to back up all family share devices?

    No
    They all use different iCloud accounts and they will backup to their own iCloud accounts

  • How to share files from iCloud Drive

    Hey guys!
    So here is the story:
    Up until now, I have been using MS OneDrive (formerly Sky Drive) to store files, images and videos. The very simple reason is because Facebook shreds the quality into pieces. So instead of sharing pictures and albums by uploading them to Facebook, I used OneDrive and sent the link to my friends, or just posted the link on my timeline. With the wake of iCloud Drive I was hoping I could finally migrate to iCloud, but after uploading and sorting my files from OneDrive to iCloud, I can't find a link or option to share these folders, set permissions and similar stuff OneDrive already has.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks,
    Bluerain12ya

    I agree. There should be an option for sharing individual folders and not the entire iCD... In OneDrive, I can share a folder with someone and set permissions to either let him view the files only, or also allow them to add/remove/modify files...
    Don't get me wrong, I'm glad iCloud now supports all file-types and folders, but right now it's more of a personal locker and less of a cloud I understand people might upload copyrighted material, but that shouldn't cripple functionality.

  • Can you share large files on iCloud drive like dropbox?

    I am exploring how to use iCloud drive now...and had a basic question.  Can you share large files from it in a similar way as you can with dropbox?  This is a great feature of dropbox...or google drive when mailing large files just doesn't work. 
    I have a Yosemite beta currently, and it doesn't look like you can do this. 
    I also was wondering if anyone has figured out how to make an alias of the iCloud drive on the desktop rather than always opening a finder window in order to drop files into iCloud drive....
    Yosemite Beta and Mavericks, iMac 2012/Mac Pro/Mac book air

    I am exploring how to use iCloud drive now...and had a basic question.  Can you share large files from it in a similar way as you can with dropbox?
    Have a look at the iCloud Drive FAQ:  The file size limit is 15 G:   iCloud Drive FAQ     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201104
    You can store any type of file in iCloud Drive, as long as it's less than 15 GB in size. There's no restriction on file type, so you keep all of your work documents, school projects, presentations, and more up to date across all of your devices. Learn more about managing your iCloud Drive files.
    If you make an alias to a folder on iCloud Drive, you can drag it to the Favourites in the Finder sidebar. That is the best I could do.

  • Can i share my iCloud drive through family sharing?

    I have setup family sharing and this works a treat.  I would now like to share the documents on my iCloud drive with the same people, is this possible? If so, how?

    Hi Matt,
    Thanks for the quick response.  How do I share using the share feature? Do you mean email to others? Sorry haven't done this before and two of us are trying to work on the same document (at different times but in two locations).  Thanks

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