Q: Sierra and Photos: cannot load photos library located on a NAS
I have a 300GB Photos library located on a NAS.
No problema with El Capitan or Yosemite.
With Sierra when I open Photos I got a spinning wheel and even after a full night, nothing happened (well, the NAS disconnected... but I think it's something from Sierra... never happened before)
Now I'm trying to get everything from the Masters folder within Photos library...
Posted on Sep 21, 2016 10:53 PM
Correct. The surprise is that you could ever open it from a NAS. The Library needs to be on a Disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (that's one strike against a NAS) and directly connected to the Mac (That's a second strike against a NAS). Either an internal disk or one connected via USB, Firewire or Thunderbolt. You're trying to run a complex database for a Mac from what is essentially a Linux computer. The solution is to move the Library to an appropriate location.
Posted on Sep 26, 2016 3:47 AM