Any one using Librephotos to replace Apple Photos

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I already stopped using Apple photos and I am in the middle of removal the icloud storage of photos

I just bumped into this article and see that Librephotos has a lot of features in comparison to Synology Photos (currently using) and Photo Prism (considered previously)

Just wondering any experienced users of Librephotos can offer any advise whether I should change over from Synology Photos to Librephotos

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I’m trying to get away from Apple Photos. Librephotos is going on my list to look at, although I suspect it’s overkill for me. I’m also going to look at Monument Photos. I haven’t done anything since I need to coordinate with those I share albums with.

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According to the previously linked comparison (and the documentation), Librephotos does not have an iOS app. That is a show-stopper for me. And if they add it later, will it really be a high priority app given their current situation?

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Did you give this a try? Ideally, I want something that I can add to my machine but that will work with files on my Synology. We are adding photos there regularly via iOS and drag/drop on our/typically my machines.

I’m hoping to find (maybe it’s impossible?) an app that I can simply point to where pictures are stored on our family server and work with them there. I don’t mind storing some data on the machine and presume that might be inevitable, but want the pictures to stay where they are unless intentionally deleted.

Thanks!

Khalil

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I’ve used ACDSee to do this in the past, though I was using the cheapest Windows version, not the macOS version. I assume it’ll be the same.

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Expensive: PhotoMechanic.

Inexpensive: Neofinder.

For historical reasons I use both. And can recommend both.

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