Problem to be solved: You have people with whom you’d like to share photos but they don’t have Apple devices so iCloud Photo Sharing doesn’t work for them.
Solution: Create a shared album and generate a URL through which they can view the images in a web browser
Note – I’m pretty sure this only works from your System Photo Library.
Open Photos
- Select an Album (or just start with Photos or All Photos)
- Select some photos
- Click the Share icon
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/open-photos.png)
Select iCloud Photo Sharing from the Share menu
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/select-icloud-photo-sharing-from-the-share-menu.png)
Create New Shared Album…
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/create-new-shared-album.png)
Name the Shared Album
Then hit Create
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/name-the-shared-album.png)
Shared Album In Sidebar under Shared
Select your shared album
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/shared-album-in-sidebar-under-shared.png)
Click the Little Person Icon
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/click-the-little-person-icon.png)
Create a Public Website
When you create this Public Website, if someone can guess the URL your photos would be available publicly. This is a tradeoff only you can make.
You can add email addresses up above, but only people with Apple addresses will be able to see the album via email.
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/create-a-public-website.png)
Copy the Public URL
Either click the url, or copy and paste it into an email
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/copy-the-public-url.png)
Shared Album Viewed from the Web
This URL will display on any device with a web browser, requiring no login.
Here’s my example: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B04JpT2aKJpzj0q
Tap on any photo.
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/shared-album-viewed-from-the-web.png)
Slideshow and Download
If the viewer hovers near the top of the screen, in the top right they’ll see options to go full screen, view a slideshow and even download images.
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/slideshow-and-download.png)
Add more photos and videos
Back in the Shared album on Photos you can add more photos and even videos.
![](https://www.podfeet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/add-more-photos-and-videos.png)