That includes Calendar, Gmail, Drive, and especially Photos.
On the other hand, not having my photos massively analyzed and indexed by Google, in comparison, is beyond great.In general, most of the data in your Google Account is stored in the cloud. I’m hopeful that the makers of the Synology devices will eventually focus and invest in developing the tool, and for this, I’m willing to give it more time. Synology Photos already received the first update, but it didn’t seem to add any capabilities. So, while I have my photos safely hosted locally, I’m obviously missing many fairly useful features.
But it’s fast and allows me to upload my photos from the phone securely. It’s a fairly simple app and seems to lack plenty of the usual features of a photo viewing app – such as editing the image or even adjusting it slightly. I selected Google Photos and waited for about an hour for it to crunch it all together. Google has a Google Takeout service, which allows you to extract any data you have stored with Google. Next, I needed to export all of my photos from Google to import them to Synology Photos. The service seems to be fairly lightweight on the Synology device – taking only about 44 MB of RAM and 0% of CPU when idling. This is how the interface looks:Ī lot of similarities to Google Photos, for sure.
#GOOGLE PHOTOS TAKEOUT EXIF DATA MISSING WINDOWS#
No native Windows or other rich client exists currently. Once done, you can access the service using a browser or the mobile Synology Photos app (available for iOS and Android).
#GOOGLE PHOTOS TAKEOUT EXIF DATA MISSING INSTALL#
It’s an uneventful event – you click Install on the Synology Photos package, and that’s it. Enabling Synology Photosįirst, I enabled Synology Photos on my Synology DS1821+ NAS device. Thus, Synology Photos finally seems to be a solution that allows me to move away from Google Photos, access my photos remotely on any device that I have, and share them securely with the people I trust.
I don’t really edit them all that much, but I would like to share and view them regularly. These were cumbersome as most photos I have been taken with a phone or a regular DSLR camera. Previously, I’ve hosted my images locally in SharePoint, in a file share, or Adobe Lightroom. It’s just that I feel weird to give all of my data (for free) to Google, and on top of that, I pay them. It’s not that I think someone at Google is actually viewing my images. These include photos of my kids, my family, and the places I’ve been. But I’m slightly worried that they index, crawl, analyze and crunch the hell out of my photos. Why does it matter, though? I don’t really care that I pay about 24 € a year for Google to store and maintain my photos. With DSM 7.0, you get Synology Photos, their photo management solution. When Synology, the NAS and network gear maker, announced their new DSM 7.0 operating system, I realized I finally had a way to move away from Google Photos. I’ve paid the 1.99 €/month fee to ensure I have enough storage capacity in Google Photos, and currently, I have about 50 GB of photos in original resolution stored there.
Err, no, wait – that’s what the image metadata is telling me, but actually, my earliest photos stored in Google’s cloud are from 2009. Thanks for reading my blog! If you have any questions or need a second opinion with anything Microsoft Azure, security or Power Platform related, don't hesitate to contact me.
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