Share photos between users

Is there a simple way to share content between user accounts? Photos, photostream and itunes?

Any sort of data is accessible for all users on one machine if stored under /Users/Shared.
So, you could move your iTunes and iPhoto libraries there.
With iPhoto it's simple: Quit iPhoto, then move the iPhoto Library file there, then each user may double-click on the file in Finder.
With iTunes it's a tiny bit trickier: Go to its Preferences -> Avanced tab, and change the media folder location there. First for the user who "owns" the folder now, then for the other users.

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HT4007 how can i share photos between users on the same mac?

Dear All,
My wife and I use the same MacbookPro, but our own different login Accounts on the Mac, how can we share photos bewtwen these 2 accounts.
Say, I've downloaded some pics from my camera and would like to transfer to her login account.
Can I do it on the desktop level or can I use iPhoto to do this? I'd like to know how to do bothways, without having to duplicate the files(ie saving 2 copies of the same file on the computer)
Isn' there a 'New' feature on iPhoto / Aperture saying that it uses the same 'Unified' library or something ?
Can this feature help? but how to activate?
Pls help.
Thanks

Macs have a folder called "Public" for this purpose. See this from Finder's help:
Share files with others using a drop box
To give a copy of a file to another user, you can copy the file to the person’s Drop Box.
HidePut a file in the Drop Box of another user on your Mac
Open the user’s Public folder (in their home folder in the Users folder on your hard disk).
Hold down the Option key and drag the file to the Drop Box in the user’s Public folder.
Click the desktop to make sure you’re in the Finder, and then choose Go > Computer.
Double-click the icon for your computer’s internal disk (usually named Macintosh HD) to open its folder.
Open the Users folder, and then open the folder for the person to whom you’re giving a file.
Open the user’s Public folder, and then drag the file to the Drop Box. To keep a copy of the file for your own use, hold down the Option key while you drag.
Even though you can put items in another user’s Drop Box, you can’t open any Drop Box except your own.

How do I share photos between user on same laptop

Hi.
When I ipmort photos from my memorycard in iphoto, I want those pictures to be visible on my wifes user as well as mine. But they are only visible on one user account.
Can anyone help me with this?

Enable "Sharing".
In iPhoto 9.4.3 this works well between different accounts on the same computer.
In the iPhoto Preferences > Sharing set "Share my Photos".
And your wife should enable "Look for shared Photos".
She will then be able to browse your shared photos from the "Shared" section of the source list.
One thing to note: You both have to be signed into your respective accounts for this to work. Your wife can only browse your iPhoto library, while iPhoto is active in your user account. So she will have to log into her account by fast user switching - don't quit iPhoto and log off, when she starts working from her account with her iPhoto library. While she is browsing your iPhoto library, you will see this warning, if you are trying to quit iPhoto.
Regards
Léonie

Can you "share" photos between users?

quick, likely dumb question - we're new to the mac:
my wife and i are set up as two users with password log-in, etc. yesterday, she uploaded all of our photos to iPhoto on HER account; how do i access those photos on MY account using iPhoto?
thanks for your help in advance.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
There are two ways to share, depending on what you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. then:
Quit iPhoto in both accounts
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.
In each account in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Finally: If you’re comfortable in the Terminal, and understand File Permissions, ACL’s etc., some folks have reported success using the process outlined here . (Note this page refers to 10.4, but it should also work on 10.5). If you’re not comfortable with the terminal, and don’t know an ACL from the ACLU, then you’re best doing something else... Oh, and the warning about simultaneous users still applies.
Regards
TD

How do i share photos between users on a single imac?

Hi all,
I have purchased an imac and am in the process of copying across all my photos from my pc. I am sorting them and arranging them in IPhoto. My wife and two sons have user accounts on the mac, how can i allow them access to these photos from there user accounts?

Thanks Roger this only raises another issue in as far as i'm using a 1TB hard drive as my Time machine back up so cant move my i photo library here, can i segregate the drive and use it for both or will i have to buy a seperate external hard drive, i'd like to share i tunes as well which i'm assuming is a similar process so disk is not an option.

How do I share photos on I-photo between users on the same computer?

how do I share photos on I-photo between users on the same computer?

See Terence Devlin's post here > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3250415?start=0&tstart=0

Sharing photos between users

Hello....I'm new to the MAC world and I'm having an issue with Iphoto. I have an account and my wife has an account on our mac. The pictures she has in her account cannot be viewed by myself, and vice versa. I have not been able to figure out how to share those photos between users. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again James

first be sure you are up to date - this works starting with iPhoto '09 version 8.0.2
Sharing via the Shared Folder -- Another major annoyance with versions of iPhoto prior to iPhoto '09 was that you couldn't just put your iPhoto Library in the /Users/Shared folder to share it among multiple accounts on the same Mac, since iPhoto always set the permissions on thumbnails to the account that imported the photos, preventing other accounts from editing those photos and having the edits reflected in the thumbnails.
That limitation has now been fixed in iPhoto '09, so you can share an iPhoto library merely by moving it to /Users/Shared and then double-clicking it to open in iPhoto from each account. You may be prompted to repair permissions on the first access - click the Repair button to do that. Note that this also works for storing an iPhoto library on an external hard disk that's shared among users or on a network volume for access across a fast network.
Only one person may access a shared iPhoto library at a time.
http://db.tidbits.com/article/10204
LN

Best way to share files between users?

New to the Mac World and trying to set things up for all our users. We have 5 (2adults,3kids) and I'm keen to be able to share some files with other members of my family and would like to know the easiest way in doing this.
A couple of things to note;
- The two adults are the admin's
- Would like to share some photos between users (family photos are usually organised by my wife so I don't get to see them)
- I'd like to let my kids view some of my videos that I've downloaded but not all of them
Appreciate your time guys!
Cheers

Please try this first. If you want to share certain files between users like pictures or music or even documents, apple has provided an easy way to do so. The first step is to decide what to share. For this example I will do pictures. Open up Finder and go to the Macintosh HD, then click on "Users". Here you will see a list of the users. Your account will look like a house instead of a folder because it is the account in use. Click on your account and then right click (secondary click) on the pictures folder.
NOTE: From this point on you can do the same thing to any folder, such as music, documents, etc. or any file, such as a specific document in your documents folder. But I will keep explaining pictures.
After right clicking on the pictures folder, a new window will open up. Near the bottom you will see "Sharing & Permissions:" This is where you decide which users can access your folders/files and whether they can just read them or read and write them. For example, if you want your wife and kids to have access to your iphoto library, just press the "+" button and add each one of them. Under "Privilege" you had better give your wife the ability to "Read & Write" or you may get in trouble . By doing this, any pictures she adds, deletes, or edits will be added, deleted, or edited in your iphoto too (and vice versa). Lets say you don't want your kids to have editing abilities, then you just give them the "Read Only" privilege. They can look at all the pictures, but they cannot change, add, or delete them.
When your wife opens iPhoto for the first time, it will ask which library she wants to use. (If not, you can do it through the menu bar). Make sure you choose the iPhoto library under YOUR user account, not your wife's (it's empty). It will no longer have a little red minus sign next to it. That is the last time it will ask. Every time your wife opens her iPhoto, it will use that library. Same for the kiddos.
Again, you can do this with any folder or file. This is how Apple intended users to share content without duplicating files or using external hard drives. This way each user has their own icloud account but can access the families shared content.
Hope this helps! Good luck!

How to share programs between users on same machine?

I'm sure there is an easy answer to this and as a proud five year Apple user, I'm kinda embarrassed to ask. But now that I am sharing a computer with new fiance, I need to know!
How can we share software between users on the same machine without downloading it under each user?

The difficult question isn't sharing programs (which almost always are shared by default) but how to share data. In particular, music in iTunes, photos in iPhoto, videos in iMovie, they all resist sharing because those apps were not designed for it. In general, to share data you can use the "Shared" folder. Go to your home folder, and go up a level to Users, then select Shared. You might want to drag it to the places list on the left in the finder so you can get to it easily. You can put your iTunes and iPhoto libraries in Shared. To select the shared versions, hold down the Option key while launching iTunes or iPhoto. Video files can also be stored in Shared, however iMovie seems to be hard connected to an individuals Movie folder.

How do I share files between users on the same Macbook pro?

I have created different users on my new Macbookpro, but I can't seem to share files between two users. Help how do I share files between users on one laptop? eg. a pdf file that I want to grab from my user x and use it on user y, thanks. By the way I have already tries going into system preferences, sharing folder, then turning on file sharing and that didnt work. thanks

From the Help Menu using the search criteria Drop Box

Can I transfer photos between users on same macbook?

Can I transfer photos between users on same macbook? I've exported them out of iPhoto into a folder on desktop. Would like to move them into other User account on same laptop.

I did figure this out eventually and am going to record it here so later, when i ultimately forget the twists and turns I took to make this happen, I'll be able to come back and see....For me it was not as simple as John (above) offered...First: Export photos from iPhoto into folder on desktop. Click on the folder and select from the top left corner File - Check info- click the box beside shared folder- scroll down to Sharing & Permission and make sure the other user acccount is added to who can read & write.
If you haven't done this already go into System Preferences- Sharing- check the box beside File Sharing- click on File Sharing as well and 2 windows will appear- Shared Folders and Users. Select the shared folder you want to use and in the User window add the other user account to who can read & write.
Next: Open Finder- select Public Folder- drag photo folder into it.
Now log off and open your other User profile. Open Finder. Select Macintosh HD in the side bar- select Users Folder- select the original User profile you want your photos from- select Public Folder- your photo folder should be there, drag it onto your Desktop or directly into iPhoto. If a block occurs saying you aren't alllowed to see this folder then you missed a step in the whole file sharing business.
Viola! it worked. Hope this helps someone else

It seems that the new version of iPhoto will no longer share photos between computers on the same network. Can anyone confirm this?

It seems that the new version of iPhoto will no longer share photos between computers on the same network. Can anyone confirm this?

lovinmymac wrote:
I have "automatically create previews" in the preferences UNCHECKED. Why is Aperture creating previews? For the screen image?
You might also need to turn Preview generation off for any existing Projects. Select the Project in the Projects pane and use the cog button at the top of the pane to uncheck 'Maintain Previews For Project'.
Ian

How do I share programs between users on my MacBook Pro.

How do I share programs between users on my MacBook Pro. I downloaded mine craft under my user name and I just made my son a new user on the computer but I can't figure out how to put mine craft on his desktop

Try going to system preferences, then go to users and groups- find the option to allow sharing among users
I hope this solved your problem(: btw- I love minecraft!!!

How can I share photos between my iphone and ipad?

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Thank you!

Photos will Not go between iPad & iPhone..they have to go thro' iCloud as a provider or sync via your computer individually...you need Wireless on both or a direct USB connection..
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