ICloud Shared Photo Library requires iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura 13.0 and later. There’s also a setting in the Photos app to automatically share these items with nearby participants. The integration extends to the Camera app, which provides a switch for saving captured images directly to the shared library. You can switch between viewing your shared and personal libraries (or both) in the Photos app. ICloud Shared Photo Library lets you create another image library alongside your personal one to share photos and videos with up to five other people. What is iCloud Shared Photo Library? iCloud Shared Photo Library on iPad| Image: Apple This enhanced photo-sharing feature in iOS 16.4 is also available on the iPad and Mac with the iPadOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3 updates. “Duplicates album in Photos expands support to detect duplicate photos and videos in an iCloud Shared Photo Library,” according to the iOS 16.4 release notes. The feature has been expanded to find duplicate photos and videos stored in an iCloud Shared Photo Library.īefore iOS 16.4, it was limited to personal photo libraries.

What to do? Open the Duplicates album after updating to iOS 16.4 to see if Photos has found any duplicates in your shared library.ĭetecting duplicates in your iCloud Shared Photo LibraryĪmong many changes and enhancements in iOS 16.4 is an expansion of the Duplicates album in the Photos app.

Why care? You can save even more storage space by finding and eliminating duplicate images and videos in your shared photo library.

What’s happening? iOS 16.4 updates the duplicate image finder in the Photos app to identify identical items in your shared libraries, too.

iCloud Photo Sharing Library in Photos and Camera | Image: Christian Zibreg/iDB

Update your iPhone, iPad or Mac to iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4 or macOS Ventura 13.3 to have the Photos app detect duplicates in your iCloud Shared Photo Library.

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