Synology Photos: An all-in-one tool to effectively manage your images 📍 |Macgeneration

After seven months of public beta test, diskstation manager 7.0 (DSM 7.0) is available since June 29 on most Synology NAS, bringing with it its share of new products and software, including Synology Photos.

With the latest version of NAS Synology operating systems (DSM 7.0), Synology offers a brand new photo management tool soberly named Synology Photos.Exclusive to DSM 7.0, this software associates the features of Synology AI moments with the organizational flexibility of Synology Station.

Synology photos, what is it?

When Synology announced for the first time the development of DSM 7.0 (almost 3 years ago now), one of the most important changes was the decision to consolidate the Synology Station Synology applications and existing moments in a single versatile tool: Synology Photos.

Throughout the overviews and revelations on the development of DSM 7.0, Synology Photos has regularly been highlighted, with constant improvements on its graphical interface, new features, filtering methods, etc..

Now that DSM 7.0 has officially arrived, many users who have gone from DSM 6.2 verse DSM 7.0 have migrated a photo station and moments to Synology photos automatically.If you are in this case, you can find the list of key differences just below.

New users, on the other hand, discover practical software, designed to centralize the management of their photos and their images in a portal and within their NAS Synology.

All the features of Synology Photos

Synology Photos is a tool for managing your photos that are both effective and simple to handle.You can browse your photos in chronological order or according to the structure of the files, carry out a filtering by properties, per hour, by date, by camera model, by objective and according to other parameters in order to displayinstantly the results.

You can also classify your photos in different albums Synology Photos by assigning them labels, but without duplicating the underlying files.The albums are grouped using facial recognition, geolocation, beacons, by file types and depending on the loading date.

You can let each account manage your own photo storage or activate the shared space function to allow collaboration.

Of course, it is possible to share your photos with other users or other people safely, while limiting access to files if necessary.It is for example possible to create sharing links (personalized, with available confidentiality parameters) and allow other users (or outside people) to display your photo albums easily, in any web browser.

And when you are at home or at the office, you can broadcast images and videos on your TV via Airplay or Chromecast, on the fly.

Image professionals will be delighted to learn that navigation within Synology Photos is particularly fluid.The display of images in Lightbox mode is three times faster in Synology Photos than in moments, and thanks to continuous loading, you can always navigate fluid in the chronology view, even when you load tens of thousands of photos per day.

And if your iPhone or Android smartphone regularly lacks storage space, you can activate mobile backup and synchronize all images of your Android or iOS device on your NAS Synology.Keep in mind that the photos displayed are cache and can be viewed even without internet connection.

Get started now with DSM 7.0 and Synology Photos

Whether you are a professional photographer or amateur creator, Synology Photos is delivered with all the tools you need to effectively manage your images.You will understand, many automated tools help you group, filter, organize and share your content, while keeping your memories in safety.

It is also a solid alternative to Google Photos or Amazon Photos since it will also adapt well to the needs of particular users, very often eager to recover storage space on their smartphones.

To download, install DSM 7.0 and you try at Synology Photos in stride, it's here.Take care to select your model well, which can be found in the configuration panel of your NAS in the "Info Center" section.The versions of packages that can be migrated are synology moments 1.3.0-0691 (or later) and photo station 6.8.0-3456 (or later).

If you discover the Synology and DSM NAS, you can try DSM 7.0 free at this address.

Then Synology Photos is also available on Android and iOS.