Synology for Apple Users | Synology SPOT

Join us as we explore the core utilities of Synology through the lens of Apple users. First, we'll investigate networking, file protocols, and on demand sync for MacOS. Next, we'll take a tour of backup options, including Synology Drive, Active Backup for Business, and the use of Synology as a destination for Time Machine. Finally, we will run through Synology Photos, our private cloud storage solution for photos. We hope to see you there!

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[juliette-mansour]

THIS is exactly the content I would love to keep seeing please!

[nawafb]

What about ( H.265 ) will it be re-supported ?

[ShervinShares]

19:03 I've had Synology Photos take up insane amounts of space on my iPhone to sync "all of my iCloud" photos. It's even forced my iPhone into an endless boot loop (that requires a forced factory reset) because of the Synology Photos app - this has happened to my iPhones that have the app multiple times this year.

still been almost a full year & i've been unable to fully backup my 1.8TB of photos/videos from my iCloud via my iPhone to Synology Photos

[alfonta]

as a mac user great and much needed video and explanations

[gummibando]

I have been using Time Machine to Syno NAS for years (since DSM 6 days). Bonjour service broadcast is especially useful for porable Macs, as the Time Machine target can be (re-)discovered automatically, e.g. when returning home, without any user interaction.
Is there a reason why _data checksum_ was not enabled when creating the shared folder for Time Machine?
My major gripe: many Synology macOS desktop utilities, incl. ABB Client and Drive Client, still have no native Apple Silicon support. Which is all the more surprising, as Synology's desktop apps are based on cross-platform development environments like Electron or Qt, where (slight over-simplification) architecture support is pretty much just a build setting.
Ergo: it would be great if native Apple Silicon support could be added to the respective desktop utilities. As well as if the Drive Client menu bar icon could be updated to actually adhere to macOS's menu bar icon design guidelines.

[bayardo]

You didn't talk about how to transfer photos from iCloud into Synology without losing meta data.

[elcaribbeannomad]

Great content, I was looking for this kind of training for days!

[sylvainalain]

No thanks, I’m stuck with dsm 7.2.1. I use heic and hevc format . Synology drop support of hevc and heic with dsm 7.2.2. Leave us alone and keep the codec. How expensive is that codec to start with ? I paid for a full solution and I bought a synology because of the software, not the hardware and you are dropping the ball. Qnap, Ugreen with Truenas or unraid are interesting now

[AndyGrayedout]

this is great, very simple .. keep them coming

[gerardsandoz]

Is there a way to import Apple photos library directly to to Synology Photo ?

[MoD_Master_Of_Disaster_]

Great info, but a backup is nothing if you haven’t done a restore test successfully.
Please create a video on ABB that includes file or even better a full system restore.

[Ultrajamz]

Any new model should come with thunderbolt and 10Gbe port standard now if synology want to keep premium home user status.

[saxxonpike]

SMB performance from my M1 Macbook to my Synology NAS is ass. Has been since day one. Windows machines have no issue. Support wasn't much help. Maybe they can focus on it as it's "the primary filesharing protocol".

[GetsOne]

Does Synology Photos have a duplicate feature?

[AABB-oihv]

I want play this HEVC video thru DS Video with NAS on DSM 7.2.2. How can i do that? ;-)

[macrepp]

Next christmas, ask for a comma 😉. Still, the content gave me some new insights, thanks.

[Htbaa]

I’ve had lots of issues using SMB with MacOS and my Synology NAS. Would often disconnect and take ages to reconnect. AFP works without issues for me.

[MichaelStrong]

After several attempts, I'm done trying to use my NAS as a Timemachine store. It appears to work for a time, then invariably deteriorates, and I have to stop using it.

[peerview]

Could you add Synology Photos for Mac?

[mvp_kryptonite]

Whoops, years ago I set the encryption option for my time machine destination. Not had any problems with it though in DSM6

Synology Photos does it offer the same features as iOS photos? Facial recognition, viewing by location, auto slideshow and short clip memories etc?