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I am trying to set up my Synology to best serve my family and I. One of the main reasons we got this was for data storage and most importantly a centralized area to house pictures.
I am a little confused as to advantages/disadvantages of both moments and photos, and which to use for my particular use case. I have installed both mainly to experiment but as I am experimenting I am growing frustrated because one of the things I hate the most is the idea of having to put my photos in two locations, in return eating up unnecessary space.
One thing I also am frustrated about is that at first glance it seems that you can not tell these programs to look in a certain folder. Meaning, my wife and I want to drop everything into a centralized location so I can see her pictures and she can see mine.
Anyway, now in the root of my NAS, I have the following folders:
The root is just becoming convoluted and messy. I want the best workflow and solution that works well for our family. I don't want to eat up unnecessary space with multiple copies of the same picture.
Something I want to figure out as soon as I decide the best workflow is I want to throw backing our iOS photos up automatically into the mix.
I am a little confused as to advantages/disadvantages of both moments and photos, and which to use for my particular use case. I have installed both mainly to experiment but as I am experimenting I am growing frustrated because one of the things I hate the most is the idea of having to put my photos in two locations, in return eating up unnecessary space.
One thing I also am frustrated about is that at first glance it seems that you can not tell these programs to look in a certain folder. Meaning, my wife and I want to drop everything into a centralized location so I can see her pictures and she can see mine.
Anyway, now in the root of my NAS, I have the following folders:
- pictures (which I made in order for us to both put our pictures in)
- photos (which one of the apps installed on its own)
- we each have a folder (as we will be connected from our mac's most of the time)
- homes (which something installed on its own)
- home (which something installed on its own, I believe Drive)
- chat (but that is self explanatory)
The root is just becoming convoluted and messy. I want the best workflow and solution that works well for our family. I don't want to eat up unnecessary space with multiple copies of the same picture.
Something I want to figure out as soon as I decide the best workflow is I want to throw backing our iOS photos up automatically into the mix.