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Great video! Just casting a vote for a walkthrough of the setup on this NAS from the start on a Mac (not just the backup portion). Very helpful!

This was great! I just set up my first Synology NAS. I appreciate how your video discussed 3 different ways to backup data on the NAS and how to restore data using each method. Please more Synology NAS videos. One that has more info about setting up the Synology Drive Server and other useful DSM packages would be awesome!

Yes - please do a more in depth NAS setup video. This is next on my list of data management to-do’s.

Your videos always have an amazingly simple and beautiful style and flow. I can’t wait to see your channel absolutely blow up one day.

I have two folders in Synology. One for Time Machine one for syncing. With sync folder I don’t keep different versions because I have those in Time Machine backup folder. Sync folder is only for the latest and up to date version so I can access to them with my other devices. For instance I can edit a file on Synology with my iPad then I automatically find the updated version when I switch to iMac and resume there.

This is great thank you for sharing - I feel much clearer on how I’m going to setup my NAS! Thank you

Perfectly explained. Gladly More of it. Thanks

Havent been here for awile, its good to be back

I love it. Thanks for helping me with a "facilitated need" (as they say in marketing).

Thanks for creating this video! It helped me!

Thanks for bringing this up Jerry! Storing to a NAS using TM is definitely the way to go. I've never had issues in doing so. I suggest using the utility TimeMachineEditor which changes the hour scheduling Apple employs to something more to your taste...for example daily backups only. Just make sure that the TM folder storage allocation you set up is DSM is going to be enough for your needs. Now, Synology Drive I use as well....but only for the entire NAS backup setup on a schedule. Together, works just fine for my needs.

Been using an older machine for 4 years now. For a small office mostly with word processing and PDFs it’s excelent (real time backup). So i have multiple backups on multiple devices including synology (2 bays) using the Drive from Synology. Never tried TimeMachine. Great video. (edit) Btw good luck with your channel, found it about 2 months ago (was looking for M1 videos) and watched almost half of your videos, i think the 12,2k subscribers mark will soon be larger.

Hi Jerry, thanks for the great video! I've been using synology drive with my PC for a while now and I was able to use it in similar way as Google drive or OneDrive, where I can have files backed up on the cloud and delete the local files to free up space. I cannot find the same function on Mac. Do you have a way to do that on your Mac setup? Thanks! Kevin

the steps at 3:29 saved me a huge headache. Thank you!!

Thank you so much for all this hard work. I have a question, I had backed up by files using TM and after they were backed up, I decided to delete as much as I could from my computer because I wanted to regain some space on my computer, but after doing so and emptying my trash can, I went back to my external hard drive but I noticed that many of the folders I have deleted on my computer, became like "ghost" files, with a little thing to restore the files but it didn't work. My question is, can I delete files from my computer and after doing so, will I lose everything or will my files remain backed up on my external hard drive? And, are these files had, lost forever? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Jerry! Thank you for exposing Synology to me!!! I now believe that Synology is the.Macintosh of the NAS world. You had asked in the video if there are any features we would like to have you do a video on. I would love to see the “Jerry take” on Synologys Audio Station. Thank you for all you do! Do you have a Patreon set up?

Hi Jerry. Great video! This is very helpful and going with a NAS seems to be where I am heading. I have a question. I have a 16" M1 MacBook Pro that I use for all my work including photography. How do you handle having a LR catalogue that has photos on the internal storage of the MacBook Pro as well as an external hard drive? I sometimes have to access and edit photos from the external drive as well. In other words, is there a solution to use Time Machine to backup the internal 1TB drive and an external 2TB SSD to the Synology?

I would love to see a video with all synology setup possibilities. can i even host a website with synology? like a company app? and can i put my keepassxc db there? if yes, how do i do that?

Great video! for various Mac willing to use Time Machine with this NAS, do we have to create folders for each one on the NAS? or they all can use the same Time Machine folder?

Hey Jerry, I just got an m1 mac and the battery has been running out much faster then expected even when just running Apple apps. Did this happen to you? I’ve read forums saying the battery life at the start was running out much faster but after a few charge cycles it started performing. Thanks and keep up the good videos!

Would you advise to place your FinalCut Pro library to the NAS while keeping the program on the mac machine?

Great video. I have a question I know it was done some time ago but I will try to ask anyway. You said about the time machine you can backup several computers into your NAS. I seen lot of videos how to including yours but you are the first I noticed said about backing up Time Machine several computers, that is my case, I own 3 laptops that most of these times are connected to the network and to the NAS, I was able to configured one but the other 2 are not able, one I hook Ed external HD and is how is backing up I which I can have all together . Can you explain if posssible? Any chance you created a video doing it? Do you have a link how? Thank you… good job!

Nice walk through, thanks.. Any experience with using a disk station/NAS as location of MacOS Photos archives file?

I am really thinking of going this route. This was hands down the best presentation of this system I have seen... thank you!. Can I transfer existing time machine backups from my existing external drive to this NAS or do have to start fresh on the NAS?

Hi, Jerry. I recognised that you’re using your Intel based MacBook Pro 16” for this video. Did you setup Time Machine on an M1 Mac via Synology? and does it work on M1 if I setup a Synology Virtual Machine?

Can you please comment on the correct files to *exclude* if using Synology Drive Client as scheduled backup? In particular the ~/Library/username folder contains a TON of cache and other files that are in a constant state of change, and have little value with file based backup.

Excellent video

Thanks for this. I might try the Drive backup as TimeMachine has not been working for me. I have multiple file shares set up on my Synology using SMB and they are mapped in Finder. They stay there and work just fine as the computer sleeps and wakes, though don't auto mount upon reboot. On the Synology I also set it up to provide multiple TimeMachine shares for our various Macs in the house. When I enable TimeMachine on this computer that has the other shares, it will disconnect those shares as soon as TimeMachine starts making them unavailable. If I reconnect a share, then TimeMachine disconnects and fails. Over time, the disconnected shares and failure to connect will lead to the Synology NAS dropping off Finder and the only way to get it back is to reboot the Mac. If TimeMachine is not enabled, none of this is a problem. Originally, my TimeMachine was running on a different Synology account to my other shares. I thought that macOS might not be able to handle running two accounts to the same target NAS so I changed my credentials to be the same for both file shares and TimeMachine. However this problem of disconnection and losing the NAS remains. It still seems as if macOS treats the TimeMachine credentials as a completely separate connections to the shares in Finder (even if they are the same) and it can still only manage one connection at a time, so it will disconnect the Finder shares when TM is running and vis-versa. I'm at my wits end with this and currently my TimeMachine is switched off so I have no backup. Looks like Drive might be the way to go..

should we use UPS with NAS, any suggestions for the UPS?

Using SMB and Timemachine will only work on the local network right? (without opening ports and port forwarding, which I don’t want to do) I know you can use Synology Drive remotely using QuickConnect, but it doesn’t do a full “bare metal” backup of the whole machine - just the data in the folders you pick at setup.

HI great video info on the synology i have a question . I have ds214 play 2x bay drive & i would like to connect to on my home network just to sync my photos from the 2x phones 2 different users. Also if possible i have 2x portable drives with photos i would like the same files across the 2x drives and nas mirrored . What will be the best practice constantly drag and dropping between drives is very annoying and at times can miss files . I hope i explained it clearly thanks.

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Hi! Does saving a file on Synology Drive on my Mac Desktop also take up space on my iCloud?

I am interested in setting up a NAS. I may need to see a video that is a little more specific!

Thanks Jerry. Using TM over a network, resulting in created sparsebundles created several corrupted sparsebundles over time. We backed up 4 macs and ran the configuration some years and experienced those problems at least 2 times. Our opinion: Not acceptable in a data critical or pro environment. To be mentioned: Backup over WIFI… we suspect this was increasing the likelyhood of this error.

Are all features seen in this video also available in DS223?

Hmmm I've been trying to figure out how to connect my synology to my macbook pro via the USBC-C to ethernet adapter, and I can't get the find.synology to work, or the assistant to work. I can still view files, I just can't change the OS or check drive health etc.

Can we use nas for editing Can we make project files in it and can we store footage in it and import it in the editing software?

I use a Synology to store all my files on, my question is what’s the best way to back up the Synology (externally to just adding a 2nd drive into the enclosure)

I desperately need help saving/storing Final Cut libraries on my Synology NAS. Do you have any leads on help with this?

Hello, we want a NAS drive to be able to backup and save from all our apple products. and we want to be able to see everything from anyone of our devices. can this do that? we have a my cloud home now and i didn't know how or if that could do that so we have two computers with different logins and we can not see each other stuff.

The issue I found using Synology Drive was with some file naming conventions. It just won't back up files starting with a '.'. You can ignore these by setting the backup rules but not all your files will be saved. Time Machine doesn't have this problem and backs up everything.

Okay the movie comment made me laugh.... :) I'm a little torn as to whether or not to go NAS or try to find a reliable large cloud backup? Just on the question of reliability - which do you think is better?

how would we set up for multiple family members back up via Time Machine on the same NAS ?

Hey Jerry... I've been using a OWC 4 bay enclosure in RAID 5 since 2016 and I'm about to UPDATE to new hardware. I have a M1 Mac Mini, iPhone, Windows "beast' gaming PC, and have ordering a M1 MacBook Air (to arrived in a few days). My question to you, knowing what I owned, would you suggest upgrading the RAID 5 to a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure directly to the Mac Mini OR get a 4 bay NAS and hook up to my network? (btw I have ZERO experience with a NAS). My thinking is to go NAS (figure it out) thus in theory all the information will be available wherever I am (if a understand a NAS correctly). Your thoughts and thanks.

Great video! I may have missed it, or maybe it is in a different video, but can you walk through how to set up several computers to backup using TM to a Synology? At our home, each family member has their own computer and I'd like to backup all of them to Synology. Also, is TM the best software for regular behind the scenes backup? If this is in the video already, please let me know where! Thanks!

I need more information I’m so stinking lost going from my Mac to a Synology, stuff was installed on my old MacBook Pro now I have an M1 and I can’t access any of my Synology stuff on my new MacBook M1

Thank you for this good video however for an IT nerd it some place it is a little too fast of step missing which make me more confused on a proper setting. I will love to have a more step by step videos on how to set up a DS200J I dont seems to be able to download all my photos ( it took months and not completed and kind of stay a 5000 to go for ever !) I may have not set my nas properly and desperately need a step by step for a non IT smart guy . thanks

Great Vid! I'm new to the idea of NAS and glad I came across your vid! Thanks! With a 4 bay unit, if I'm using Time Machine, can I assign a separate drive for each of my two Macs? Then can I use a 3rd drive to sync a folder to share data between my two Macs?

Thanks for the vid! I have DS1618+, been using it for years with no issues with PCs. Just purchased Mac Studio with Monterey 12.3.1 and it keeps dropping or locking up. I've updated everything I can think of. Mac help desk can't help and Synology seemed clueless when I called. Any suggestions on how to fix?

Yeah, but how to select hidden folder (from Mac to sync with Drive)?

Hey I’ve been watching a few of your other videos about the m1 and I recently purchased a m1 air. I have the Samsung ur55 monitor too so I’m wondering is it possible now to get 4k 60hz? And if so how? Thanks!

What do you have to do if you have multiple Macs and want to use Synology as Time Machine device for each Mac?

Can we access the files when we are not on the same network as the NAS? Like when I'm at my office, can i still access my NAS and download/upload files?

The best way to backup is the 3-2-1 rule! Three backups of your data. Two different formats. One offsits location.

FYI I've had the sparse image fail at a crucial time and I had no backups. Cost me thousands in data retrieval (the purgeable time machine image wasn't recoverable, I had an external that was wiped) and I still lost data. Really do no recommend Time Machine on a NAS

I have a Synology NAS that I use to back up an external drive and my documents folder on my IMAC. I'm now migrating all data to a new Mac Studio. Do you have any tips for migrating the NAS back up to the new computer? I would prefer to not start from scratch.

Whilst the backup is relatively quick and painless, the restore is far from quick (we're talking a good day), so much so, that I reverted to using a portable HDD to backup as the restore is way quicker.

Search for "synology drive server" shows lots but no synology drive server?

Can someone tell me why when I did a full backup of my macbook. It Shows Macintosh HD 137.36 GB Available /Capacity 250GB and my backup drive says 1.9 TB Available / 2 TB Capacity..It seems as though the backup drive has about 13GB less than is on the hard drive ??

Timemachine through NAS will always be corrupted somehow after a period of time as you mentioned in the video... I had this issue many times and eventually gave up on time machine through NAS...

I have another way to store your data and just map a network drive to your Mac. From there you can backup your NAS to other solutions. In my case I backup to a USB Raid enclosure and to Google Drive

Isn't the Homes folder setup by DSM? and the Home folder for each user, when you create a User in DSM, regardless if you install Drive? Installing Drive then creates the Drive Folder in the user's Home folder! Also, it's a probs a good idea to set a Folder Usage Quota Limit for the TM folder on the NAS? probs about 3-4x size of your Mac Drive, otherwise you run the risk of storage creep.

How do you get to control panel?

Thanks for the video... This looks too confusing for me.

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I setup Timemachine on my M1 Macbbok Air to connect to a shared folder on my Synology. It works fine, but I noticed the Mac randomly crashes. I stopped the TimeMachine backups and no more crashes. I think taking the Mac away from home, connecting to another network and then coming back home caused issues with TimeMachine. I never had a crash if the Mac stayed home for a few days. Anybody else have that problem?

i cannot use synology as time machine back up disks. my mac updates to big sur

But it doesn’t work with files in my googledrive pls help

Can I backup my iPhones and iPads to my Synology 8 bay NAS? I’d rather back these devices up to my NAS than via the cloud…

since upgrading to Big Sur get Error 112 and fails

Any security issues with Synology?

Can tell nobody here has tried to restore from a TM stored on synology. If you haven't tested your backup, you have no backup.

Does a new open mac really smell like cinnamon? Hahahaha just curious lol

I need your help

You didn't mention using multiple mac's trying to use time machine.

I just found out the hard way that Time Machine does NOT back up Photos App library files. So your entire photo library that you thought was safe is NOT.

Don’t buy a symbology Nas. It keeps disconnecting from the Mac unless if you are willing to disable sleep from the nas and have it spinning the drives 24/7 and listen to it dying slowly.

I use Google drive and Google photos for the cloud. In June 2021 Google will charge $2. a month for 100gb of cloud storage (of which I will pay for and think is a good deal). After June 2021 Google photos will no longer have free unlimited cloud photo storage. I used to pay the .99 cents a month for the Apple iCloud 50gb storage but I never go over my free 5gb of iCloud storage so I stopped paying the .99 cents a month to Apple. I like Google's implementation of user interface for cloud storage. I don't like Apple's approach to user interface with iCloud storage. For my non cloud storage back up at home I have two external USB 3.0 docks with SATA SSD's in each dock. I manually copy and paste my data and content to the two external SSD's. I don't do my external SSD's in RAID. I want a NAS home storage but I can not afford one right now as all my money goes to paying off my 2019 iMac that I bought in 2020.

I have a Synology DS120j. It's a heap of junk. The transfer speed is dire. And when you transfer a large number of files it at some point is guaranteed to stop transferring and you have absolutely no idea as to which files have been transferred and which not so invariably you need to start the process again but in chunks which is a pain to manage. As for retrieving files equally painful with all the same issues. My advice steer clear of this particular model. Furthermore, their website is all glitzy about the software applications but when it come sot implementing them it's horrendous. Instructions that are confusing and as for getting the right settings virtually no advice on that. Sure heaps off functionality that a Synology expert would find invaluable but even for someone who has been in hi tech and computing for 40 years I cannot believe they have the gall to promote it as user friendly. It's user vicious.

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Time Machine is awful. Why not use Synology Active Backup For Business?