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I have spent a long time at Synology Photos, along with my family. We have tags and albums. Is there a good way to migrate? I'm even open to migrating manually (album by album) if I could trust the process.

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Can you ELI5, where is immich-go installed? On my new Immich server (unraid), on my Synology? On an intermediate device?

Shouldn't matter, as long as the device running immich-go can access your photos (locally or over a network share) and the web api of your immich instance.

Madness it would be best to put Immich on my Synology for the transfer, then move to Unraid?

I don't see how this would be easier as it later adds an extra step, where you have to move immich from your Synology to Unraid. However, if you have to deal with a slow or unreliable network between those two hosts, it could make sense.

I'm trying to change 2 things - moving photos from Synology Photos to Immich and also moving the while operation from Synology to Unraid, but maybe it's a 2 step process?

Yes, do yourself a favour and split these tasks. Migrate your photos to immich first, shut down Synology Photos and test that everything works as expected, then go on with your remaining migration to Unraid.