If you have more than one Mac on a network, you can share each Mac's photo library and make it accessible to the other Macs on the network. Network photo sharing leads to all kinds of possibilities. Keep your "master" photo library on one Mac, and then access it from other Macs when you need to no need to copy the library from one Mac to another and worry about which library is the most current. Don't like centralization? Embrace anarchy: let everyone in the family have his or her own photo library, and then use sharing to make the libraries available to others. Have an AirPort-equipped laptop Mac? Sit on the sofa (or at poolside) and show your photos to friends and family. Or take your laptop to their house and browse their libraries. Network sharing, a laptop Mac, and AirPort form the ultimate portable slide projector. You can choose to share an entire photo library or only some albums. And you can require a password to keep your kids (or your parents) out of your library. Activating Sharing To share your photo library with other Macs on a network, choose Preferences from the iPhoto menu, then click the Sharing button.
Accessing Shared Photos To access shared photos, choose Preferences from the iPhoto menu, click the Sharing button, and be sure the Look for Shared Photos box is checked. iPhoto scans your network and, if it finds any shared photo libraries, adds their names to the Source list. To view a shared library, click its name in the Source list.
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