What photo-sharing services let a family privately share and collaboratively manage albums?
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I’m looking for a photo-sharing solution for a family account or shared family space where multiple registered users can create albums and add photos to one another’s albums, while keeping everything private within the family unless we choose to share it more broadly. My photos are already organized locally in Picasa, so Picasa/Google compatibility would be a plus, but I’m open to other services if they support private collaborative sharing well.
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You can use a single account and share the single login with your family. That's the only solution I can think of that will let you edit each other's albums. Generally different users are not allowed to edit another user's albums, at least on all the services I can think of.
You might also try Google plus, you can make a circle for your family and share images with just them. Since they're both Google products, it should play well with Picasa.
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A true multi-user “family account” with shared editing is uncommon. On many photo services, one user generally cannot edit another user’s albums.
Based on the suggestions here, the practical options are:
- Use one shared account and give family members the same login if you specifically need everyone to edit the same albums.
- Use Google’s sharing features (such as a family-only circle/group) if you want private sharing and good compatibility with Picasa/Google tools, though that may be more about sharing than co-editing the same albums.
- Use Dropbox if collaboration matters most: its gallery features are basic, but shared folders/albums are easy for multiple people to contribute to.
So if your priority is collaborative contribution, Dropbox is a simple fit. If your priority is staying close to Picasa/Google, Google sharing features are the most natural place to start. If you need full mutual album editing on one service, a single shared login may be the only straightforward option.
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