iCloud iCloud Photos Advice Needed

[Gullwingdmc]

I need some advice on how to accomplish something within iCloud Photos. I have been scanning in old family photos and sorting them into albums in my iCloud Library. When I’m done I want to transfer all the photos and albums to my mothers iCloud library. There are already thousands of photos and hundreds of albums. She does not have a Mac or a PC, only an iPhone XR & an iPad. Is there any way to bulk move the photos over and retain the album structure?

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[0128672]

I believe shared albums will accomplish this. She'll be able to download any photos you add to a shared album.

How to use Shared Albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Apple Support

Share photos and videos easily with Shared Albums.

support.apple.com

 

[Gullwingdmc]

I believe shared albums will accomplish this. She'll be able to download any photos you add to a shared album.

How to use Shared Albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Apple Support

Share photos and videos easily with Shared Albums.

support.apple.com

Yeah, but I would have to create hundreds of shared albums to keep the album structures in place. Also there is no way to add those photos to her library without doing it one album at a time.

 

[kylew1212]

Assuming that you're using a Mac, you might could download your entire library and back it up to an external drive.

Then create her an account on your Mac, sign into her iCloud.
Restore your library into her account.
Wait for iCloud to sync.
Then delete all of your photos.

Possibly you could just delete all of your photos prior to connecting the library to her account as well..

Best solution I can think of. Apple photos is an awesome app, but has some big pitfalls IMO when it comes to families and sharing.