We need something for backing up the Apple Photos app on Mac
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Thanks! Could you please also create a video how to backup / transfer Synology Photos to a new / different NAS? I am interested in what is actually possible to tranfer and what needs to be re-done (face/video tags/etc..). Thanks a lot
Thanks! Been thinking just about this for the past few months as my 2 TB Google account fills up to capacity and won't accept any more photos/videos. Hoping that the metadata will be included in the backups shortly as well. 👍🏻
Moving photos from google was rough for me and I had ~300GB. Most things got compressed and a date/time was an issue on some files. Would never go back to a cloud provider for storing personal media. Photos on Synology is definitely less feature rich, but it’s solid. Good luck.
Great content man! Watching a lot of your videos to get a ssd for ps5. I was planning to get the firecuda but considering the black Friday offers on 980 pro, I might get that as well. Any recommendations?
Hey, so far I've found 2 major issues with this app: 1. After sync I've noticed that the NAS folder has x2 files (and size) of the original. After I've checked the folder app created a folder called .latest with exactly the same size, folder structure, and file.. My Gphotos size is 12GB and 4800 files, and my NAS synced folder is 24GB and 9600 files. Now I removed one album from Gphotos and ran QNAP MARS again. It synced pretty fast but created another (3rd) copy with folder name .date-time with the exact same file copy. So visually I can see (and open) the same picture in 3 places, each picture takes space, have own path, etc.... BUT if you do a file search - it finds only 2 copies! P.s. versioning option is turned off 2. You can not adjust how synchronization works. Let's say you tuned sync to run once a month, and after all photos got pulled from Gphotos to your NAS, then you select all photos in google and delete them to free up some space. The next time to will run QNAP MARS all those deleted photos will be erased on your NAS too! Currently, i can't find a solution on how to use gphotos as automatic temp storage and periodically dump content to a local NAS.
Thanks for above description, just proves that MARS isn't something I'm looking for... Trying to find solution to keep say last 24 months of photos on Google Photos and have everything else automatically backed up to QNAP nas and removed from Google Photos... Or some alternative that would basically back up photos from mobile phones in my household directly to NAS with gallery application on the phones that would work in similar manner as Google Photos.
@@Sebby_75 found out that MARS sync cuts some metadata! You can take a picture with a phone, sync it to Gphotos, then sync with MARS, then compare all 3 files. P.s. I'm uploading to gphoto full (original files w/o space saving mode)
For #2, what if you create different folders (#1, #2, ...) as a destinationfolder? ,whenever you find out Gphoto is full, remove auto backup to #1 folder and empty Gphoto and start auto backup to #2 foldder.. Just a quick idea popped up in my head.
@@Sebby_75 I have been searching for a solution to the requirements you summarized here exactly. Haven't had any luck so far to have something automated.
Number 1. I was wondering this also, but did you actually check the used space on NAS level? I assume these hidden directories are only linked directories, i.e. not really taking three times the space.
I'm guessing this is using the google photos api, does this mean it wouldn't always be the full resolution/quality images, which google only seem to deliver if using their take-out website/service?
So when I've backed up to the nas can I then delete the backed up photos from Google photos to clear up space? This would then mean I can rely on the 5gb data free storage from Google?
If I delete photo from Google photos on my phone. The MARS program will remove this photo in the next scheduled sync? I would like it to keep the photos on the NAS. Is this possible? Basically make room by deleting photos from Google after sync occurs on NAS.
I have tried MARS. Did a manual one time backup but when i started to remove photos from google photo they still deleted from the qnap. Luckily i saw it the same day and could restore from waste bin in google. Hade to disconnect the link between google photo and the nas for it not to happen again.
Can't wait for the hippy version - iPhone to Synology!
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What if I need a kind of "mirror" operation to constantly update NAS Google Photos folder but ONLY that way and NOT way around, so I can then DELETE the actual Google Photos because I have them in the NAS?
I did a quick comparison between using Takeout and the MARS and unfortunetly seems the MARS syncs lower quality files. Videos are downgraded to 1080p from 4K and pictures also are higher compression. Anyone else verify the differences ?
It does seem the MARS app doesn't like external drives attached to the NAS. I have a TR-004 expansion unit connected to one of my QNAP NAS's that I'd like to use but no way to designate it as the destination. It only sees Datavol1, n o attached storage. So close!
WARNING! MARS sync cuts some metadata!!! For example GPS. It also gets slightly reduced-quality files, my ~5 mb photos from a smartphone lost about 200kb if compared to Google Takeout version. So with Qnap mars you are losing data and quality!
Oh I found the reason. QTSHero App doesn't have the GPhoto while my other QNAP on QTS only have it. MARS app version on QTS is higher than the QTSHero app. I installed the QTS app to my QTSHero and it works. Thanks.
it creates multiple copies of photos, messing with files ownership (backup job created by a non-admin user, files created with admin rights, why the user has no access to files?!). it is not what i expected - simply backup of google photos. the mess which it is doing is not worth it, google process is still more reliable and in fact simply.
+1 for a tutorial on synology 🙏🏻
Maybe this is an opportunity to buy a more interesting NAS solution from QNAP 😉
We need something for backing up the Apple Photos app on Mac
Thanks! Could you please also create a video how to backup / transfer Synology Photos to a new / different NAS? I am interested in what is actually possible to tranfer and what needs to be re-done (face/video tags/etc..).
Thanks a lot
For backup purposes, your video is awesome. However I am looking for a one-way synchronization option: Google Photos -> QNAP NAS. Is it possible?
Thanks! Been thinking just about this for the past few months as my 2 TB Google account fills up to capacity and won't accept any more photos/videos. Hoping that the metadata will be included in the backups shortly as well. 👍🏻
Moving photos from google was rough for me and I had ~300GB. Most things got compressed and a date/time was an issue on some files. Would never go back to a cloud provider for storing personal media. Photos on Synology is definitely less feature rich, but it’s solid. Good luck.
Great content man! Watching a lot of your videos to get a ssd for ps5. I was planning to get the firecuda but considering the black Friday offers on 980 pro, I might get that as well. Any recommendations?
I was about to buy the ds920+ when this came out. Hmm. Thinking hard to get a qnap but not sure if qmaggie is any much better then synology photos
Great video, this app is exactly what I need.
Did anybody found a trick to import the Meta tag from the Json?
Hey, so far I've found 2 major issues with this app:
1. After sync I've noticed that the NAS folder has x2 files (and size) of the original. After I've checked the folder app created a folder called .latest with exactly the same size, folder structure, and file.. My Gphotos size is 12GB and 4800 files, and my NAS synced folder is 24GB and 9600 files.
Now I removed one album from Gphotos and ran QNAP MARS again. It synced pretty fast but created another (3rd) copy with folder name .date-time with the exact same file copy. So visually I can see (and open) the same picture in 3 places, each picture takes space, have own path, etc.... BUT if you do a file search - it finds only 2 copies!
P.s. versioning option is turned off
2. You can not adjust how synchronization works. Let's say you tuned sync to run once a month, and after all photos got pulled from Gphotos to your NAS, then you select all photos in google and delete them to free up some space. The next time to will run QNAP MARS all those deleted photos will be erased on your NAS too! Currently, i can't find a solution on how to use gphotos as automatic temp storage and periodically dump content to a local NAS.
Thanks for above description, just proves that MARS isn't something I'm looking for...
Trying to find solution to keep say last 24 months of photos on Google Photos and have everything else automatically backed up to QNAP nas and removed from Google Photos... Or some alternative that would basically back up photos from mobile phones in my household directly to NAS with gallery application on the phones that would work in similar manner as Google Photos.
@@Sebby_75 found out that MARS sync cuts some metadata! You can take a picture with a phone, sync it to Gphotos, then sync with MARS, then compare all 3 files.
P.s. I'm uploading to gphoto full (original files w/o space saving mode)
For #2, what if you create different folders (#1, #2, ...) as a destinationfolder? ,whenever you find out Gphoto is full, remove auto backup to #1 folder and empty Gphoto and start auto backup to #2 foldder.. Just a quick idea popped up in my head.
@@Sebby_75 I have been searching for a solution to the requirements you summarized here exactly. Haven't had any luck so far to have something automated.
Number 1. I was wondering this also, but did you actually check the used space on NAS level? I assume these hidden directories are only linked directories, i.e. not really taking three times the space.
I'm guessing this is using the google photos api, does this mean it wouldn't always be the full resolution/quality images, which google only seem to deliver if using their take-out website/service?
Correct, not full res photos or videos
Hi , Thank you for your videos , I learn alot from them , Is there a way to do the opposite ? Sync to Google Photos form NAS
So when I've backed up to the nas can I then delete the backed up photos from Google photos to clear up space? This would then mean I can rely on the 5gb data free storage from Google?
If I delete photo from Google photos on my phone. The MARS program will remove this photo in the next scheduled sync? I would like it to keep the photos on the NAS. Is this possible? Basically make room by deleting photos from Google after sync occurs on NAS.
I have tried MARS. Did a manual one time backup but when i started to remove photos from google photo they still deleted from the qnap. Luckily i saw it the same day and could restore from waste bin in google. Hade to disconnect the link between google photo and the nas for it not to happen again.
Can't wait for the hippy version - iPhone to Synology!
What if I need a kind of "mirror" operation to constantly update NAS Google Photos folder but ONLY that way and NOT way around, so I can then DELETE the actual Google Photos because I have them in the NAS?
Just a caveat with this ... Google Photos backup is only available when running MARS on QTS, not on QuTS (as advised by Qnap Support)
is this still the case?
I did a quick comparison between using Takeout and the MARS and unfortunetly seems the MARS syncs lower quality files. Videos are downgraded to 1080p from 4K and pictures also are higher compression. Anyone else verify the differences ?
Yes, apparently that's because of google service limitations. Video's are 1080p max, and 30 fps max. :/
@@Wouter_van_Aken @nascompares then, unfortunately, this is not a complete backup as the title suggested
It does seem the MARS app doesn't like external drives attached to the NAS. I have a TR-004 expansion unit connected to one of my QNAP NAS's that I'd like to use but no way to designate it as the destination. It only sees Datavol1, n o attached storage. So close!
Is there a way to do this on a Synology NAS?
Would like to know this as well. I followed the previous guide using google takeout
Also keen to know if there is something similar for Synology
I have installed MARS on my QuTS hero and I only get the Wordpress option not google photos. I guess that means it's not ready for my platform yet...
Can I backup videos from the Google photos.
Thank you. This should be very useful.
WARNING! MARS sync cuts some metadata!!! For example GPS. It also gets slightly reduced-quality files, my ~5 mb photos from a smartphone lost about 200kb if compared to Google Takeout version.
So with Qnap mars you are losing data and quality!
Is this possible for Apple photos?
This only backs up Albums not the root, kind of useless unless I am missing something.
Hi, i just have WordPress and no Google Photos 😞
Same here. What seems to be the problem?
Oh I found the reason. QTSHero App doesn't have the GPhoto while my other QNAP on QTS only have it. MARS app version on QTS is higher than the QTSHero app. I installed the QTS app to my QTSHero and it works. Thanks.
@@Knightrel So, there is no way on QUTS to do this at all?
Some reason I cant find the application in qnaps apps. Maybe it's because I have an old TS-220
i cant also find it in my apps. I am using TS-231. did you find a way to download it on your QNAP?
it creates multiple copies of photos, messing with files ownership (backup job created by a non-admin user, files created with admin rights, why the user has no access to files?!). it is not what i expected - simply backup of google photos. the mess which it is doing is not worth it, google process is still more reliable and in fact simply.