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Q: Sync albums with a NAS Synology

Hi everybody,

 

I'm looking for a solution regarding my albums in the Photos app of my Mac. In fact, I recently bought a Mac and I've migrated all my photos on the official app of Apple. I love it and I want to keep it due to the fact that I can have all my photos synchronized on all my devices.

However, I have a problem that I can't resolve for the moment. In fact, I have a NAS Synology in which one I have all my photos and videos sorted thanks to the Synology app. I really need to keep this because it's by this way that I can view my photos and videos on my TV (via DLNA or via the official Synology app on the SmartTV).

Therefore, is there a way to synchronize all my Photos Library from my Mac to my Synology NAS with a folders structure (one-way direction, so I'll never modify the photos on the NAS, but if I remove a photo from the MAC, this should be replicated on my NAS)?

I found some solutions via some scripts, but all of them allow only a backup of the albums with no sync possibilities. If a photo is removed from an album or if photos are re-organized, it's not taken into account.

The best application I found is "Photos To Disk" (http://www.photos-to-disk.com/index.html) but this is not automatic, and there is no syncing option...

 

Is someone able to provide me with a solution?

Thank you very much for your help.

 

Best regards,

Damien

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 12:32 AM

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  • by LarryHN,Apple recommended

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 15, 2016 6:08 AM in response to dachu
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    Sep 15, 2016 6:08 AM in response to dachu

    This is not a feature of photos - it is alway possible that there is a third party solution or that one can be written for you - but I've never seen it or heard of it

     

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  • by dachu,

    dachu dachu Sep 15, 2016 6:41 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 15, 2016 6:41 AM in response to LarryHN

    Thank you for your reply, I appreciate

    I hope that I'm not the only one in this situation and that someone else will help The situation could be the same for someone who wants to synchronize his photos/videos to an external drive to make them readable for Windows for example...

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Sep 15, 2016 10:42 AM in response to dachu
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    Sep 15, 2016 10:42 AM in response to dachu

    Currently the workflow you'll have to follow in order to do what you want is this:

     

    1- export as originals those Photos you want to share with Windows computers to a folder on the Desktop.

    2 - copy the folder to the NAS.

    3 - delete the folder from the Desktop. 

     

    It's not automatic but, as Larry pointed out, there is no other way at this time.  Tell Apple what missing features you'd like restored or new features added in Photos via https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html.

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  • by dachu,

    dachu dachu Sep 22, 2016 2:48 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Sep 22, 2016 2:48 AM in response to Old Toad

    Sorry for the late reply.

    Thank you, I've proposed this to Apple, but I doubt...

    I'll try to adapt a script that I've found in this forum.