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
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.
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
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".
Using MacOS and Windows I am convinced that this problem is 100% apple. But then, there are issues with filehandling on MacOS that have remained outstanding since Snow Leopard.
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.
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?
Apple doesn’t like NAS… actually they hate any sharing. They hate > 1 user on a Mac. Apple needs a dedicated NAS and I’m surprised they haven’t released one.
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.
damn. what happens? I just set it up. do you use time machine encryption? what network protocol are you using to connect to the nas? is the shared folder on synology encrypted? I was happy how easily I got this working a few days ago. Was not envisioning TM backups deteriorating. 😳
@BanzoUnchainedTime machine works on my ds220j.. biggest issue for me is that doesn’t delete old backups as advertised and Synology nags on the disk usage. I was able to restore an old file a couple of times so it does work. For me, the plus is that as soon as my youngest daughter (26) connects to the network, her MacBook backs up. She doesn’t spend a lot of time at home and she’s doing a lot of work on it.
I've used Synology with the DS Audio and iTunes (Apple Music) for some time now. But lately I have problems streaming music to my Apple TV. I can only do it via DNLA. It is not via the Apple Ecosystem. What is the best way?
Can you use stand English instead of jargon? I’m not interested in the tech of computers, I just want the back up my stuff. Watching this is very frustrating.
Don't buy a synology nas they take away functionality after a while. just build your own. so you own it yourself. and yes you can choose to not update the nas but than its not safe... is synology going backrupt or something? why the enshittification... my next Nas/server won't be a synology thats for sure.
The search function is awful as a Mac user. Apart from ridiculously slow speed, the NAS only wants DOS legal file and folder names. This is so out of date, many of you Apple folk will have to idea what this means. It’s not good. Ever use a “/“? Not acceptable for the NAS
Just curious what you mean? I’ve been using synology for years and don’t recall anything getting removed, at least not that I was using. So I’m curious what they removed that you used?
@@Steve-qn8gnThey would suddenly remove a certain app or feature then you have to dig hard to find alternative when the replacement is not as good. Video Station is gone suddenly for instance. Photo Station that I’ve been using for years was suddenly killed and the replacement Synology Photos is comparatively speaking a pain to configure.
Syncing Photos from iCloud to the Synology NAS is an absolute disaster - I cannot believe how utterly awful the software / user experience is. The process is incredibly slow and requires the iPhone to be left unlocked! I bought a Synology mainly to backup my iCloud photos and selected it because the software is supposedly better than their competitors. I wish I had gone with my gut instinct and simply setup a Rapsberry PI as a NAS. The entire team that delivered the iCloud photos syncing software should be fired - pretty sure I could a better job with a few BASH/ZSH scripts.
THIS is exactly the content I would love to keep seeing please!
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
That's disappointing then. Maybe good idea to switch to a Mac mini + ssd external drive + drive as an alternative? What do you think?
What about ( H.265 ) will it be re-supported ?
as a mac user great and much needed video and explanations
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.
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
You didn't talk about how to transfer photos from iCloud into Synology without losing meta data.
Synology photos starts at 15:50
Great content, I was looking for this kind of training for days!
This is great, wish you all would update Note Station and the iPadOS App to be better. More like other providers.
Any new model should come with thunderbolt and 10Gbe port standard now if synology want to keep premium home user status.
this is great , very simple .. keep them coming
I want play this HEVC video thru DS Video with NAS on DSM 7.2.2. How can i do that? ;-)
Is there a way to import Apple photos library directly to to Synology Photo ?
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".
Using MacOS and Windows I am convinced that this problem is 100% apple. But then, there are issues with filehandling on MacOS that have remained outstanding since Snow Leopard.
@@LickorishAllsortsI loved Snow Leopard. Can you give specifics?
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.
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?
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.
What is the Synology and MacOs version? No more problems since synology 7.1 and not too old MacOs
@ MacOS 14 and DSM is on latest. Maybe it has been resolved now but don’t want to bother with changing it back again.
@@Htbaa No problem on my side but eventually, files names not supported by smb (space before or after le name by ex)
Next christmas, ask for a comma 😉. Still, the content gave me some new insights, thanks.
Dj120 no longer works on Macs when updating the firmware. Please fix it.
So would you recommend just doing TimeMachine, or a complete drive active backup? Or both?
Does Synology Photos have a duplicate feature?
You don't support Apple file formats. Next NAS will not be Synology
I feel the same
Apple doesn’t like NAS… actually they hate any sharing. They hate > 1 user on a Mac. Apple needs a dedicated NAS and I’m surprised they haven’t released one.
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.
damn. what happens? I just set it up.
do you use time machine encryption?
what network protocol are you using to connect to the nas?
is the shared folder on synology encrypted?
I was happy how easily I got this working a few days ago. Was not envisioning TM backups deteriorating. 😳
@BanzoUnchainedTime machine works on my ds220j.. biggest issue for me is that doesn’t delete old backups as advertised and Synology nags on the disk usage. I was able to restore an old file a couple of times so it does work. For me, the plus is that as soon as my youngest daughter (26) connects to the network, her MacBook backs up. She doesn’t spend a lot of time at home and she’s doing a lot of work on it.
I've used Synology with the DS Audio and iTunes (Apple Music) for some time now. But lately I have problems streaming music to my Apple TV. I can only do it via DNLA. It is not via the Apple Ecosystem.
What is the best way?
nice vid
Could you add Synology Photos for Mac?
Lack of ds file thumbnails with video station removed stinks…
CS406 works ootb with PM6100 MacOS 7.5.5. and AFP. Thx guys!
But when are you going to release a new DS with 10 gbe and a modern processor which is capable of transcoding? THAT is what your customers want.
Can someone link a video where they are explaining the steps
Thank you. Extremely timely for me.
I prever a little bit slower talking.
Synology Photos for iPhone app constantly stops backup up. I need to open it from time to time to force it to continue.
Android works better.
Can you use stand English instead of jargon? I’m not interested in the tech of computers, I just want the back up my stuff. Watching this is very frustrating.
Please slow down.
This video would be vastly more useful if you bothered to provide a table of contents/time-code for the sections.
Nobody knows when you decide to drop the ball. Like you did with Video Station and codecs. Unreliable company.
Just let people use newer 3rd party hdds and they will buy your product
Video Station gone today, Synology Photos gone tomorrow…
Don't buy a synology nas they take away functionality after a while. just build your own. so you own it yourself. and yes you can choose to not update the nas but than its not safe... is synology going backrupt or something? why the enshittification... my next Nas/server won't be a synology thats for sure.
what did they take away?
Harry is you?
The search function is awful as a Mac user. Apart from ridiculously slow speed, the NAS only wants DOS legal file and folder names. This is so out of date, many of you Apple folk will have to idea what this means. It’s not good. Ever use a “/“? Not acceptable for the NAS
No thanks, knowing synology it will have a short EOL or they will just remove the feature with an update.
Just curious what you mean? I’ve been using synology for years and don’t recall anything getting removed, at least not that I was using. So I’m curious what they removed that you used?
@@Steve-qn8gnThey would suddenly remove a certain app or feature then you have to dig hard to find alternative when the replacement is not as good. Video Station is gone suddenly for instance. Photo Station that I’ve been using for years was suddenly killed and the replacement Synology Photos is comparatively speaking a pain to configure.
@@Steve-qn8gnthe last DSM update removed a bunch of stuff
@SirDVV like what?
@@Steve-qn8gn video station that generates thumbnails and heic /hevc pic format gone with the latest update
Synology edits nas anti-arritola and anti-lana's a expo technology 2024-25's pavilion
The macOS backup software is so bad that it requires kernel extension. That’s unheard of. Shame
Synology Drive? Ha!
Syncing Photos from iCloud to the Synology NAS is an absolute disaster - I cannot believe how utterly awful the software / user experience is. The process is incredibly slow and requires the iPhone to be left unlocked! I bought a Synology mainly to backup my iCloud photos and selected it because the software is supposedly better than their competitors. I wish I had gone with my gut instinct and simply setup a Rapsberry PI as a NAS. The entire team that delivered the iCloud photos syncing software should be fired - pretty sure I could a better job with a few BASH/ZSH scripts.
Is he a cousin of Miley Cyrus or what?