Change Shared with You settings in Messages on Mac
In the Messages app on your Mac, use Shared with You settings to select the apps where you want to see content that’s been shared with you. When a person shares content with you in Messages, such as a link to a news story or TV show, you can find that content in a Shared with You section in the corresponding app. When Shared with You is on for Photos, an image a friend sends you also appears in your photo library.
Shared with You is available in the following apps: the Apple TV app, Books, Finder, Freeform, News, Notes, Photos, Podcasts, Reminders, Safari, iWork apps, and some third-party apps. To stop getting the content you receive in Messages in the Shared with You section of other apps, click Turn Off, or deselect individual apps in the list.
Note: Content only appears in Shared with You if the person who sent it is in your contacts.
To change these settings, choose Messages > Settings, then click Shared with You.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Automatic Sharing | Turn Shared with You on or off:
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App checkboxes | Allow content that’s shared with you to appear in each app. | ||||||||||
Tip: To select more precisely whose content is added to the Shared with You section of the corresponding app or not, click the contact or group icon at the top of a Messages conversation, then select Show in Shared with You (or deselect to remove shared content from the Shared with You section).
You can also find Shared with You content when you search with Spotlight—it’s in the Shared Links section. See Search with Spotlight.