Import from old iPhoto Libraries on server?
Hello - first off, LOVE Immich so far. I've installed it on my Synology NAS, and I'm importing from a couple of phones via the mobile iOS apps. Beautiful. Pain-free.
I would like to leverage the organization and naming structure that Immich provides. Is there an elegant way to import photos from the same server into Immich such that I can delete the old folder/file structure?
Currently, I have two or three different iPhoto libraries already on my NAS. Is there a way to import them so that Immich organizes them into the master folder structure? I don't mind if it duplicates, and then I can delete the original itunes library structure. I just want my photos to be unified in one directory. Did I explain that properly?
Also, Just bought my personal license. Thank you so much!
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Successfully submitted, a tag has been added to inform contributors. :white_check_mark:My System Info:
Running a Synology DS1522+
Firmware: DSM 7.2.2-72806 Update 3
Current release
Immich: v1.132.3
yaml and .env file attached - standard set up within a docker container.
My iphoto library is in a different directory, and I would like to have Immich "import" it into the Immich file /folder naming convention
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Ahhhhh I didn’t see your reply at first. Thank you.
This is pretty intimidating to me, having no formal experience with terminals/programming. I’ll have to learn how to use the command line then! I’ll dig into this tomorrow.
If command line is intimidating, you can drag and drop a few folder at a time to the web to upload them
The web can handle upload 2-3000 at once