Q: Can NAS host a secondary Photos library?
I am considering purchasing a NAS product and one of my intended uses for it is to store my photo collection.
Rather than use separate software to organise and edit these photos, I would prefer to use Apple Photos. Whilst I understand that the disk / file format options for the NAS will almost certainly not allow me to use iCloud related features of Photos, I would like to have confirmation of whether it is nevertheless possible to host a secondary library on a NAS and access it through my Photos application. (I would probably 'consolidate' a sub-set of my stored photos into the System Photos library on my Mac computer.) Photos help suggests it should be, when it states "As long as the device or folder is accessible to Photos, you can view and work with these items in the Photos window just as you normally would. (Files that are stored in another location outside your Photos library are known as referenced files.)"
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), null
Posted on Oct 21, 2015 8:40 AM