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Q: How to move iPhoto library to NAS

Hi. I want to move all my media content to a NAS - my iTunes music and movies, and my iPhoto photos. How do I move the iPhoto library? As FYI, I am using iPhoto 09 but plan to upgrade to iPhoto 11 shortly. Thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Dec 16, 2010 5:14 PM

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Oct 29, 2014 6:14 AM in response to Gofannon
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    Oct 29, 2014 6:14 AM in response to Gofannon

    It is a network share.

     

    In computing, iSCSI (Listeni/aɪˈskʌzi/ eye-skuz-ee), is an acronym for Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities.

    If it's over IP it's network

     

    In computer storage, a logical unit number, or LUN, is a number used to identify a logical unit, which is a device addressed by the SCSI protocol or Storage Area Network protocols which encapsulate SCSI, such as Fibre Channel or iSCSI.

     

    There's that word Network in there again...

  • by Gofannon,

    Gofannon Gofannon Oct 29, 2014 7:14 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Oct 29, 2014 7:14 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Sorry it's NOT a network share like those using SMB, AFP or NFS...

    It's a real block device directly handled by the client OS (not the server) that can't be shared with anyone.

     

    The IP part is only the transport layer as would be USB, SATA, Firewire, Thunderbolt, ...

     

    Feel free to counter check if you want.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Oct 29, 2014 7:28 AM in response to Gofannon
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    Oct 29, 2014 7:28 AM in response to Gofannon

    You know, whatever. It's on an unsupported drive. You've been warned.

  • by Gofannon,

    Gofannon Gofannon Oct 29, 2014 7:50 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Oct 29, 2014 7:50 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    I only want to share my knowledge with those searching for a solution to store their huge iPhoto Library.

     

    The only real limitation is that the library MUST be on a HFS+ formatted drive directly managed by OSX. Nothing else.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Oct 29, 2014 8:05 AM in response to Gofannon
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    Oct 29, 2014 8:05 AM in response to Gofannon

    Well Apple put it differently.

     

    iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, exporting, saving edits and sharing the photos.

     

    See this article

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5168

     

    for more. Note also the comment:

     

    “Additionally, storing the iPhoto library on a network rather than locally on your computer can also lead to poor performance or data loss.”

  • by Gofannon,

    Gofannon Gofannon Oct 29, 2014 8:15 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Oct 29, 2014 8:15 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Yes, that's what i said

     

    By the way : on network means on network shares

    (This is only because iPhoto relies on the hidden filesystem metadatas that are never transferred with protocols like SMB, AFP, NFS, … even if the server that shares the share is formatted in HFS+)

     

    Edit : iSCSI is always to be considered as a locally attached device.

  • by djgert,

    djgert djgert Apr 9, 2015 11:43 AM in response to Gofannon
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    Apr 9, 2015 11:43 AM in response to Gofannon

    Dear

    I am using a NAS Synology 412+ and a iPhoto library with 15k photo's. It's so slow I want to change the method.

    How did you do the fast NAS setup? How can I see the NAS is formatted the right way?

    If no change, I'll by a USB3 external hard disk....

    Thanks for your help!

    Gert

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Apr 9, 2015 1:00 PM in response to djgert
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    Apr 9, 2015 1:00 PM in response to djgert

    Buy the USB 3 disk, and format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled). That's what Apple supports.

  • by DiegoVieira,

    DiegoVieira DiegoVieira Jun 16, 2015 6:27 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jun 16, 2015 6:27 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    An be prepared to lose all your files when the drive fails.

    Thanks anyway.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 16, 2015 7:35 AM in response to DiegoVieira
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    Jun 16, 2015 7:35 AM in response to DiegoVieira

    DiegoVieira wrote:

     

    An be prepared to lose all your files when the drive fails.

    Thanks anyway.

    Not at all - like any computer disk you will not lose anything when it fails because you know to always have a good up to date backup - not backing up is stupid

     

    LN

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 17, 2015 4:45 AM in response to DiegoVieira
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    Jun 17, 2015 4:45 AM in response to DiegoVieira

    An be prepared to lose all your files when the drive fails.

    Thanks anyway.

     

    Huh? Isn't that why you have a back up - or 3... Or do you think NAS don't fail too?

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