The most important features available on most modern-day devices revolve around sharing data. And a lot of effort is being put into making data transfer as smooth as possible. One of the features that save a lot of time and data is shared photo albums. A shared photo album is not native to just iOS or Apple devices.
The feature can be used on almost all mobile devices. The main idea behind sharing an album is to reduce the time and effort that goes into sending individual photos to multiple people. Apple users can also use the shared album feature on their devices. Mac computers are also on the list of devices that can access the shared album.
The shared album feature is a life saver, except for the times when it doesn’t work. To be fair, the instances when it fails to work are very rare. And the problem is mostly due to a change in the settings or other issues revolving around the device setup. Whatever the reason may be, this article will help you fix it! Read the article to the end to find out all the possible ways you can fix the shared album not showing issue on your Mac.
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Steps to fix Shared album not showing on Mac:
1) Turn off then turn on Shared album:
This step is to refresh the Shared album privacy setting that is in place on your Mac. This is also helpful to know if you have this setting turned on at all. Open the Photos app on your Mac. Now select the Photos option and go into Preferences. Under preferences, if the Shared album feature is turned on, turn it off. Wait for a few seconds and then turn it on again. If the Shared album was turned off on your Mac, turning it on should fix all the problems with it.
2) Check internet connection:
When you click on the shared album link and it takes a long time to load, a slow internet connection can be the reason for it. Open other apps on your Mac to check if the same performance is being repeated. If the loading time on other apps has also dropped significantly, it can only mean that your internet connection is not working the way it should. Contact your ISP to get the internet connection fixed.
3) Check if the link is expired:
Another reason why the shared album link can fail to work on your Mac is that it’s past its expiration date. Every shared album link expires within 30 days. So it is quite possible that the link shared with you is also expired. Creating a new link for the album should fix the problem.
4) Install pending updates:
If your Mac OS is pending any updates, go ahead and install them. After installing the updates that are available for your Mac, the shared album link will load all the photos uploaded to it.
