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I'm using a DS718+ and I setup the Time Machine options. I have an Mac Mini w/ Apple M2, an iMac Retina, Late 2015 running Monterey and a VitrualBox VM installed as Mac Mini 2018 running Catalina. On the two real machines Time Machine backs up fine. But on the Catalina VM the backup fails with...

I’m looking a a folder of files on my Synology which DSM says is 2.85 TB. I have the same folder mounted on my Mac. According to ‘Get info’ its 3.14 TB. Which is correct?

Hello. This is my first post on this forum, hope I posted in the right section. I'm running SRM version 1.3.1-9346 (Update 14). I've got a few mostly security related questions. 1. Where in SRM do I view the mac address of my router? A comment on /r/synology said you can find it in Control...

There had been a lot of posts lately concerning remote access to the NAS when hosting Pi-Hole on the NAS with an 'entry' via a custom domain and Cloudflare. It all worked well for me via Cloudflare using a CNAME DNS record to point at my QuickConnect ID on the NAS then using a reverse proxy to...

Suggestions needed. I have two iMacs backing up to a Synology NAS DS225. One machine is backing up perfectly daily. The other stopped March 8. Running Mac OS Tahoe 26.4 Beta on the one machine which stopped working. Everything is visible - I got the could not back up to "disc" etc. with "The...

I've given up running JellyFin on the NAS as it (as well as Plex) just eat too much CPU / Memory. An easy solution is to set up JellyFin on my Old Mac Mini. It works well, but the problem is getting access to it from the real world. I'm following this guide. The Orbi router has been set to...

I recently added a DX517 expansion unit to my DS918+ while simultaneously upgrading my home WiFi mesh to use Google WiFi Pros. Since then, I've been unable to get reliable DDNS connections to my nas, and it looks like it's due to a MAC address conflict that I can't resolve. Checking the Control...

Hello all, I am new here. I posted this on the official Synology forum with no answer so far, so taking the liberty to post this here too. I am a longtime Windows user that has recently given Mac a try (not meant to be the subject of this discussion) to benefit from the higher efficiency of...

Hello, I have been merrily uploading multiple photos at once from my Mac Mini by highlighting them and then pressing the upload button - until this morning when following the same procedure only the first highlighted photo uploads. I have tried restarting the photos app but without success. Has...

UPDATE: Have seen the failure on a third Mac. This posting from the SuperDuper folks points to a macOS bug: Shirt Pocket Watch - You’re a Mean One Please consider this preliminary - I am still troubleshooting. ABB backup jobs for two Macs here have started failing coincident with those systems...

Not sure if this is the right place for this question/rant, but here goes. Last week I took delivery of a Mac Mini M4 Pro model to replace my aging 2017 iMac Pro. Moving from Intel to Apple Silicon posed its own challenges but those I've been able to fix. However, Active Backup for Business is a...

Hello, I'm experiencing an issue where Finder on macOS sometimes crashes when opening image files (PNGs, JPEGs, PDFs, TIFFs) stored on my Synology NAS over SMB. The problem is intermittent but disruptive. This is happening to multiple users across many OSX versions on a variety of machines...

I access DSM from Safari on a Mac. How do I switch between windows in DSM? I found the Keyboard shortcut info: but I don't know how to issue Alt-W on the Mac Keyboard: Opt-W (which would be the normal equivalent) does not work. Any idea how to switch between windows in DSM via Keyboard on a...

I am a total newbie to a NAS. But I have wiped the disk and started over and about to do it again before I decide to send this thing back and use google workspace. Now I have a spreadsheet on the drive using synology office.... it will not open from the Finder on Mac, I have to go to DSM to open...

I had ABB backing up one Mac as a test. Seemed to work for a bit. Then nothing but failure reports and no hint of what the problem was or how to fix it. So in the spirit of "have you tried turning it off..." I deleted the task and started again. But I can't. I can't add the Mac back to the...

Presume there is something simple on my end causing disparities or preventing deeper shortcuts from staying put. Thank you anyone w/insight or experience n this matter. GOAL • Maintain side-bard shortcuts to deep link directories from Synology (symlinks tried but no improvement) • Custom icons...

As the threat of data loss, data breach, and ransomware attacks keep IT admins up at night, as a PC or Mac user, are you doing your due diligence and safeguarding your endpoint data? It’s important to regularly back up files, folders, and other data stored on your device to ensure peace of mind...

Please can anybody tell me what app I would need on my iphone to view my Mac folders that have been backed up to my NAS?

Just setting up my NAS. I set up a shared folder called "Media". Then I set up SMB. When I mount the NAS in finder using SMB I can see the "Homes" folder and the "Home" folder but not the Media folder. I've checked the permissions and they are all read write for me. Any suggestions?

I'm trying ABB on my DS918+ with DSM 7.1.1. I can start it manually but it does not start at the scheduled time. I want to backup two Macbooks. Is there a trick to this? Thanks.