Complete Guide on Backing Up a Mac to a Synology NAS using Time Machine

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This video is your complete guide on backing up a MacOS system to a Synology NAS using Time Machine.

The guide covers:
- Setting up a user on a Synology NAS that will be used for Time Machine backups.
- Setting up shared folders on a Synology NAS using a btrfs and ext4 volume, discussing the differences between the two volume types.
- Configure the SMB file service for use with Time Machine.
- Configure a Mac system to use the shared folders created on the Synology NAS.

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Thank you so much for presenting this very concise and informative video. My drives are setup for EXT4 and I had trouble finding a video that addressed this particular format. With your video explaining both BTRFS and EXT4 it helps everyone. Thanks again for sharing your time and experience.

flyme-zb

Hi, i did everything as you showed in the video and time machine was working but when i installed parallel with window 11 and time machine stopped working can you help me.

КръстьоСтанев-бк

Hello, I do everything as you show in the video, but time machine fails to start. What is the problem, maybe I using somona.

КръстьоСтанев-бк

Thank you for the video. I have 3 macs at home to backup. Do I create a separate volume for each or can all the sparce bundles (I think I said that right) reside in one volume. Do I create a separate user for each or can a single "macuser" work for all the macs? Thank you.

jeff

I was able to connect my M1 MAcBook Air to my Synology NAS at home and do automatic Time Machine backups. However, the Mac seems to crash often. I disabled Timemachine and the crashing stopped. I take my Mac to class everyday and connect to the school’s WiFi. Can changing networks often like that mess up Timemachine when it looks for the SMB share?

notreallyme

Excellent tutorial !
Could you give us some infos on the restoration after using Time Machine ?
Sorry for my poor English - Cheers from France -

biscalolo

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