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From shared album to print
What’s the best way to let Q my partner, who also has an iPhone but not a Mac, add information to my photos so that we can put them into a printed album? So long as you both have iCloud A accounts, the best solution is to share them using iCloud Photo Sharing. It helps if you’re both using the current version of iOS 11, although this should still work acceptably with older versions too, even with iCloud for Windows if you wish.
On your iPhone, turn on iCloud Photo Sharing in Settings > [your name] > iCloud. (On a Mac, it’s in Photos’ preferences, under iCloud.) Then in Photos, create a shared album containing the images you want your partner to see and review. Do that in the Shared tab, by tapping the + tool at the top.
Enter the name of the Shared Album, add your partner to the list of people to be invited, and tap Create. As they have an iPhone, it’s easiest to send their invitation to their iMessage number. After they follow the directions given, they’ll be able to see and comment on all the images and movies you put into your shared album. Comments can be up to 200 characters long.
Shared albums can hold up to 5,000 items. They don’t count against your iCloud storage allowance, but there are limits to the number of items which can be uploaded in any hour or day; Apple gives these at bit.ly/support-applephoto-albs but you’re unlikely to exceed them. The finished album can then be sent to a professional print service.
The best solution for collaborating on photo info is to use iCloud Photo Sharing