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Shared Albums folder disappeared

In Photos, on my Mac (2.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5, running Catalina 10.15.6,) my shared albums folder disappeared. It still exists on my phone and ipad, but not in Photos on the Mac or in Icloud photos. Under Shared on the Mac is only a cloud icon with"Activity".


I have multiple duplicate photos libraries on the Mac from efforts to solve another problem (very slow response, now marginally improved).


How can I retrieve my shared albums?

MacBook, OS X 10.11

Posted on Aug 15, 2020 12:18 PM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2020 8:48 AM

Solved! Actually I switched to a different library, made it the system library, then switched back and made the original the system library, and THEN I was able to turn on shared albums. Thanks for putting me on the right path.

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Shared Albums folder disappeared

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