Guide
A Synology Photos alternative with your NAS as home
You already bought the storage. AdMindra turns it into a library: the phone saves there, everything is tidied and shared, and the NAS only has to do what it is good at, storing.
How it works
The NAS shares an ordinary network folder. A computer at home with AdMindra uses that folder as the library's home. The phone finds the computer on your home network and saves to it, and the computer writes to the NAS.
That means no Docker, no packages to update on the NAS and no ports to open in your router.
Set it up
- Create a shared folder on the NAS, for example AdMindra.
- Create a user of its own that may only read and write in that folder.
- Turn on SMB (minimum SMB2, maximum SMB3) and give the NAS a fixed IP address in your router.
- Map the folder as a network drive on the computer, with Reconnect at sign-in.
- Open AdMindra and choose the NAS as the library's home.
Tip: connect the computer to the router with a cable if you can. Then each photo crosses Wi-Fi only once.
What you get
- Your phone's photos saved to the NAS over your home network.
- Cleanup across the whole library: copies, bursts, screenshots and large videos.
- Share links that are beautiful to open and that you stay in control of.
- Import from Google Photos and iCloud.
When Synology Photos fits better
If you want everything to run on the NAS with no computer switched on, Synology Photos is a good choice. With AdMindra, the computer needs to be on while the phone saves to the NAS, or AdMindra Cloud works as an inbox until the computer is on again.