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0 pointsjohnmaguire4y ago0 comments

I use a NAS for backing up my photos I take on my camera (i.e. my Lightroom catalog.) I also back these photos up to Backblaze B2. I use Duplicati for this.

On my phone however, I simply send my photos to Google Photos. Actually, Lightroom exports end up there too. This makes it easy to see and share photos with family and friends.

I would love to hear how you view and share your photos using your NAS. Are you using something like OwnCloud or NextCloud? Or does Synology offer this type of software built-in?

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CommanderData4y ago

Synology has a built in app called Photos. It's relatively new (DSM 7), it has facial recognition which to be honest works half well at best. It might be the shear number of family photos we have but it does struggle to 'learn' as we tag people.

Provided the app is installed you can easily share the photo through WhatsApp or others on your phone. In terms of public access / link I have disabled this however its possible to expose through a cloud service (Synology cloud).

The photos app works well when exporting however I wish it has a backup feature however the flip side is my family wouldn't want all their personal photos sitting on our family nas.

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