Big Sur Does Not Support Photos Library On NAS

Since Big Sur no longer supports Photo libraries on NAS, per Apple technical support, does anyone have any recommendations for a photo library software that does for a replacement for the "Photos" app on Mac?


Apples solution was to plug my hard drive in to my laptop which would work but much more inconvenient, downgrade, or use iCloud Photos library.


I guess I'll have to plug my hard drive directly in my computer as a downgrade.


I'm not really that keen on uploading every picture I take to the internet, AKA iCloud Photos, because...


  1. It's totally unnecessary IMO.
  2. Tons of wasted bandwidth for RAW etc especially since I'm not interested in them being anywhere else except home where they are safe with me. I'm limited to 5 Mb/s upload event though my download is 200 Mb/s. Just the way they do it around where I live.
  3. etc


Did anybody else keep there photo library on a NAS and what do you do now?


Cloud services are great. I've been an iTunes Match subscriber since...? the dinosaurs? Just not interested in uploading my photos. I've weighed the benefits back and forth and I'm just not interested. Bottom line is that is seems like wasted bandwidth, overhead, and well, they are personal. Photos with NAS in Mojave worked for me. Just looking a new solution.

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 8:35 PM

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