How to setup photo structure after switch from Windows?

Hi Colleagues,
Have changed all computers at home from Windows into Mac. As a result have new Air and Pro Retina plus NAS system by Qnap.
WIth windows was having a regular photo file structure that was stored on NAS. This "library" has approximately 100GB and is manually structured in folders that represent events. So far was downloading pics to Win computer, making some adjustments, cleaning and only then moving them to NAS.
Now what is the best practice to organize such files with Mac and iPhoto provided that I would like to have access to this database from both MAC's. How to go forward with current taken pics? Where to import them, store, etc?
Look forward for your advices.
Adam

Picasa - you mean the google app and storage?
Was using it for sharing pics, but it had limited space.
There is a Picasa photo manager for the Mac - it is from Google but it is not th eonline version (although it integrates to that) - it is local to your mac - You will have to seperately research its abilities and if it will meed your needs
NAS gave me same options so was not utilizing picasa for a long time.
OK - but you can not use your NAS for their iPhoto library so people are suggesting alternatives
Regarding file structure need to explore if I can change it on NAS.
You can not - a NAS is not a disk drive - it is a headless computer and it has its own file system that can not be changed -
You either need to change what you want to do and use iPhoto the way it works or change the software you use to a system that will work with your NAS
Once again You can not use either iPhoto nor Aperture with their libraries on a NAS
You could use Aperture in a referenced mode with the original photos on the NAS and all of the edits, changes, etc on your mac
You can use other programs - Picassa is a potential - and a Digital Asset Manager (DAM) discussion site will have others - there are soem that work fine with a NAS
LN

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