How To Connect Mac Library In Photos To Synology Moments

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Prepare your drive

You can export photos in the original file format in which they were imported into your Photos library. A Live Photo is exported as two separate files: a still image file and a video file. In the Photos app on your Mac, select the photos you want to export. Choose File Export Export Unmodified Original.

Longtime non-user of Photo Station (use Moments) but it should be that you add folders into these locations and Photo Station should see them (once indexed). Maybe you have to add an album first as set access permissions, then add your photo folder or subfolders into the album's folder.
My goal is to have a central photo repository that can be accessed by all the devices in my home, as well uses RAID. I tested the following scenario this evening, which seemed to work well, but am trying to understand if it will scale for my library of 30,000 images (and growing). I created a folder on my Synology 412+ called 'Photos'.

You can store your library on an external storage device, such as a USB or Thunderbolt drive formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled). However, you can't move your library to a disk that's used for Time Machine backups. Find out how to check the format of your external storage device.

To prevent data loss, Apple doesn't recommend storing photo libraries on external storage devices like SD cards and USB flash drives, or drives that are shared on a network.

Move your Photos library to an external storage device

Quit Photos.
In the Finder, go to the external drive where you want to store your library.
In another Finder window, find your library. The default location is Users > [username] > Pictures, and it's named Photos Library.
Drag your library to its new location on the external drive. If you see an error, select your external drive's icon in the Finder, then choose File > Get Info. If the information under Sharing & Permissions isn't visible, click the triangle button , then make sure the 'Ignore ownership on this volume' checkbox is selected. If it's not selected, click the lock button to unlock it, enter an administrator name and password, then select the checkbox.*
After the move is finished, double-click Photos Library in its new location to open it.
If you use iCloud Photo Library, designate this library as the System Photo Library.

Delete original library to save space

After you open your library from its new location and make sure that it works as expected, you can delete the library from its original location.

In a Finder window, go back to your Pictures folder (or whichever folder you copied your library from) and move Photos Library to the trash. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash to delete the library and reclaim disk space.

Open another Photos library

If you have multiple libraries, here's how to open a different one: