Choose verb /CHo͞oz/ chooses, 3rd person singular present; choosing, present participle; Pick out or select (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives. One of the best ways to use a Synology NAS is to store photos. If you have an iPhone, a Synology NAS and have been searching how to backup iPhone photos automatically, read below for this very easy solution. Updated 1/3/21 – As of this update, this new shortcut setup works on iOS 14.2 on an iPhone XR. However, please keep in mind that due to the frequency and type of updates that iOS gets. Hopefully these steps worked and now you are able to use your Synology NAS in order to store your Apple Photos library! The $70 entry for an iSCSI Initiator is a bit high, but being able to access your photos without being tethered to a hard drive is fantastic. Another alternative is to use an Apple Airport Extreme. REQUIREMENTS. Synology device (NAS or Router) with software version DSM 6 connected to your local network. user account with admin rights (TFA currently not supported). Download Station installed if you want to monitor and manage downloads. macOS version 10.12 or higher.
You haven’t missed the latest updates on Synology apps right?
I do like photography and have Photo Station installed on my NAS with some public albums, but I have never given any use to the DS Photo App. Until now…
With the latest update of the app, synology has given us the possibility to upload the pictures on our phone or tablet directly to the nas.
It will free the memory on your phone and keep all your photos in one place!!
IMPORTANT: When you upload the photos, they will be removed from the album, but remember, you still have them on you nas, always accessible.
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If you haven’t tried it yet, here is how you do it:
Click on your DS Photo app and on the screen click on the three dots on the top right:
Click on “Create new album”:
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Give a name to the album and select who can view it. Then click on Done and Save:
Click again on the three dots (…) and Click on Upload:
And select from picture library:
If you want to select all the pictures in your library, click on the symbol below and then click Next:
Select which folder you want the photos uploaded to:
You can of course cancel the upload queue if you want to. Just navigate to the task queue and click on the photo you want to cancel:
Test and Enjoy!!
By the way, soon this blog will celebrate its first year!!!
Prepare your drive
You can store your library on an external storage device, such as a USB or Thunderbolt drive formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled). However, you can't move your library to a disk that's used for Time Machine backups. Find out how to check the format of your external storage device.
To prevent data loss, Apple doesn't recommend storing photo libraries on external storage devices like SD cards and USB flash drives, or drives that are shared on a network.
Move your Photos library to an external storage device
Quit Photos.
In the Finder, go to the external drive where you want to store your library.
In another Finder window, find your library. The default location is Users > [username] > Pictures, and it's named Photos Library.
Drag your library to its new location on the external drive. If you see an error, select your external drive's icon in the Finder, then choose File > Get Info. If the information under Sharing & Permissions isn't visible, click the triangle button , then make sure the 'Ignore ownership on this volume' checkbox is selected. If it's not selected, click the lock button to unlock it, enter an administrator name and password, then select the checkbox.*
After the move is finished, double-click Photos Library in its new location to open it.
If you use iCloud Photo Library, designate this library as the System Photo Library.
Delete original library to save space
After you open your library from its new location and make sure that it works as expected, you can delete the library from its original location.
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In a Finder window, go back to your Pictures folder (or whichever folder you copied your library from) and move Photos Library to the trash. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash to delete the library and reclaim disk space.
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Open another Photos library
If you have multiple libraries, here's how to open a different one:
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Quit Photos.
Press and hold the Option key while you open Photos.
Select the library that you want to open, then click Choose Library.
Photos uses this library until you open a different one.
Learn more
If you have a permissions issue with your library, you might be able to resolve the issue by using the Photos library repair tool.
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* If the volume isn't formatted APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), or has been used for Time Machine backups but hasn't been erased, this checkbox will either not be present, or won't be selectable after unlocking. Erase and reformat the drive for this option to be available.