network attached storage is not directly connected to a computer, but instead is accessible by being part of the network
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How to manage remote music library but at the same time have some music still on the MacBook (preferably in sync)?
How can I keep my whole music library on my NAS and comfortably access it and manage it there and at the same time have a music selection locally stored on my MacBook that I can manage while away and ...
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What is a good HFS+ NAS or network HDD
I am wondering what would be a good, if any, NAS i can find with HFS+. My reason for wanting this is that I need the metainformation in the files to stay intact as I am dealing with a lot of OpenMeta ...
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Copying 85000 files…(takes literally for ever)
So I have these 85000 files (totally 2.5gb) that I wish to copy from my Mac to my ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID] with RAIDiator 4.1.10 [1.00a043]
It's a bunch of Matlab files.
Anyway, it's like it cannot be ...
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Sharing large library of Photos and Videos (currently in iPhoto) in different macs at home
currently I have iPhoto on my mac (mountain lion). the library is more than 350 GB (and growing fast). It is only on my computer, but my wife wants to have acces to the pictures too, not only ...
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Transfer iPhone 5 photo library on to a Network Storage Device
I'm running out of space on my iPhone and would like to transfer my iPhone photos to a NAS and then delete them. I like to view my pictures from NAS via an app.
Can somebody recommend a good NAS and ...
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Permission Problems for copied files from NAS
I access my Synology NAS via AFP and can open/edit all of my files directly on it. But when I copy a file to my desktop I can't open it. Finder tells me I don't have appropriate permissions.
When I ...
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OSX partitions wiped by NAS RAID
So I messed up when I thought it would be a good idea to stick some hard drives into my NAS. It's now changed the partition table to a RAID0 one and my data has vanished. What are my best chances of ...
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How do i add music from a NAS to an iPhone?
I have a Nas system setup, i can play music through itunes with it but i can not add songs off my nas to a playlist in itunes or copy songs over to my iPhone. am i missing something here or does apple ...
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Why does Finder interact so slowly with NAS?
I have a Synology NAS D213+.
When I want to connect the NAS to my Mac, Finder mounts a new volume which behaves like a normal partition.
But it interacts so slowly - I click on a folder, and it ...
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Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to
I'm getting some strange behaviour from Time Machine since upgrading to ML and since I started using the Iomega home Cloud Edition NAS.
So I already had a helluva time getting the first backup to ...
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Huge time machine backup on NAS needs to be compacted
I am backing up to a QNAP NAS latest firmware using their Time Machine functionality which works great. I run VMware Fusion and learned that it isn't a good idea to backup the VM's. My TM backup for ...
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NAS Shortcut won't stay in Favorites bar
In the past I had my network drive as a favorite in all Finder windows. Nowadays it doesn't work well.
When I connect manually CMD + K and type afp://192.168.178.28 the NAS root will be directly ...
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Why is the connection to my NAS really slow/unstable via local network IP but not via dyndns-IP?
I'm having a problem to connect my Macbook Air to my NAS. The NAS has Debian installed and can be reached by any other computer in the network.
I can find the NAS on Finder. The NAS is listed in the ...
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iTunes Can No Longer Save Media to NAS
I've run iTunes for years with a remote iTunes Media folder and a local iTunes Library file. While I can still play my media, I can no longer add files to the repository; iTunes can delete media ...
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TimeMachine fails about once a month on Western Digital NAS
Using Time Machine (Lion 10.7.3)
[ EDIT: or 10.7.2 see my comment below ]
with an Airport Extreme and Western Digital MyBookLive NAS seems to work well but then fails about once a month with the ...
