Questions tagged [nas]
Network Attached Storage is storage which is not directly connected to a computer, but instead is accessible by being part of the network.
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AFP client for MacOS to connect to AFP server to duplicate and share data with other users
I have been in struggle to set a system where I would be able to duplicate and share data with other users.
Under SMB, I had a QSync client being used in MacOS, but seems like it cannot handle ...
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AppleScript to rename subfolders
I have a file structure for photos which is Year >Date, then within each date folder I have RAW images plus a folder named 'jpg', which contains jpg copies of the RAW files.
I need to move the jpg ...
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backups.backupdb seems empty
I use a NAS (WD mycloud ex2) to backup my computer with time machine. Usually it works (more or less), but I am dealing now with a quite big issue. Now, I can mount the sparse.bundle file, but ...
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OS X / macOS doesn't connect to NAS
I have problems getting a Mac-Mini to connect to our QNAP NAS over Wifi. It once worked. As it's my wife's Mac and she doesn't care about backups or whatsoever, I don't know since when it actually ...
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Sparse bundle on NAS - can't open “Resource temporarily unavailable”
I just got a new Lacie NAS with their NAS OS 4. After making an initial Time Machine backup to this device I wanted to mount the resulting (encrypted) disk image but when doing so I just received an ...
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Folder disappear from NAS only in Finder
I'm using a Lenovo ix4-300d has my backup system for my archives and it work pretty well. The only downside right now (and it's not even them fault) is that some folder has disappeared from my Finder ...
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Mounting an AFP network volume eventually freezes my Yosemite System
Ever since I upgraded to 10.10.2 shortly after boot my whole system becomes unusable. Any app that interacts with the volume freezes up such as Finder. Killing the Finder process does not fix the ...
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Music app that integrates well with Synology NAS
I'm looking for music software that will work well integrating with a large (~1TB) music collection on a Synology device.
Requirements:
Fast searching
Fast connection
adapts happily to NAS being ...
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Mac preventing loading Java site
I am trying to administer my Western Digital MyBookLife home network drive, using the Java based admin console provided by WD. The console is a web application served up from the drive itself.
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Mavericks Time Machine is stuck in the middle of backing up, other times stop unexpectedly
After upgrade to Mavericks I fail to complete a single backup with Time Machine. Tried it both for third-party NAS (QNAP TS-210) having a Time Machine service, and for a simple external HDD enclosure (...
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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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How to connect to a NAS share using a different user name?
I have an iMac running OSX 10.6.8 that automounts a NAS share from a D-Link DNS-320 2-bay Network Attached Storage. On the NAS, both users "user1" and "user2" are members of group "group1".
My user ...
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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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MacOS/OSX loses connection to shared NAS drive
I am using El Capitan (latest version) on a Mac Mini and have setup a shared drive to my Synology NAS. The connection uses SMB (have also tried AFP).
Problem: after a period of time (hours / days) ...
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Bash script to back up files
I am new to bash, so I'm a bit lost with this script I made to backup some directories from the local machine into a NAS. The NAS will contain only a certain number of backed up files, so before ...
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Mac Mini with OS X Server v. a dedicated NAS [closed]
I'm debating on whether or not to get a Mac Mini, install OS X Server, run it headless, with storage attached v. Thunderbolt and use that for network access of photos v. a stand alone dedicated ...
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NAS recommendation [closed]
I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a 4-bay NAS with AFP/TimeMachine support and the ability for me to install s3cmd (a utility for simple S3 syncing).
The reason I ask is simple: just having a ...
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Accessing a NAS device from Python code on Mac-OS [closed]
I have a NAS device that appears in Finder under the Shared devices so I can read and write to it just like any folder on my OSX drive with no need to provide authentication. How can I read and write ...
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Synology NAS (DS218+) and Full Disk Encryption (FileVault2)?
I’m wondering, if there is a way to enable Whole Disk Encryption on a Synology NAS (in my case DS218+).
Every topic regarding encryption on a Synology NAS addresses “Folder Encryption” rather than ...
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Mount sparse bundle with a WD My Cloud EX2 NAS
I use Time Machine with a NAS. It works well and it mounts a disk image when doing backup or when I enter Time Machine.
When the disk image is mounted, I can access all the directories of my backups.
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Reformat / resize an external hard drive removed from a NAS
I have a 3TB hard drive that I removed from a NAS that is only showing as 800MB on my Mac.
Have tried Disk Utility (and terminal diskutil) but the hard drive keeps showing at the wrong size.
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iTunes can not find music anymore after changing IP address of NAS
I have a problem with finding my music again in iTunes after the IP address was changed of my NAS where all my music resides.
After switching internet providers, I changed the layout of my home ...
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How do I have two copies of iTunes using the same library?
I recently bought a MacBook Pro and I already have lots of media on my iMac. I don’t want to eat up the HD space on the MacBook Pro, but I also want to be able to use iTunes on my MacBook Pro with all ...
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How do I do Time Machine backups for multiple computers?
I have 4 Macs that need TimeMachine backups; they all run Snow Leopard, and it's unlikely that they will be upgraded to Lion/Mountain Lion anytime soon.
Currently, they are all backed up to a bunch ...
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Why does a network volume have a “-1” at the end after upgrading to Lion?
I have a USB hard drive attached to an Airport Extreme called "Webb Family Network Storage."
After upgrading to Lion, about 50% of the time, this volume will mount with a "-1" on the end, showing up ...
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Disable Time Machine Auto Cleaning
According to Apple, Time Machine removes all but one backup for every month, all but one backup for every week of the last month, and all but one backup for every day of the last week.
I have plenty ...
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Will Time Machine backup an iTunes library that's stored on a network share?
I store my iTunes library on a Synology NAS and access it from an SMB share. The library is larger the SSD in my Macbook, so I cannot store it locally.
Does Time Machine back a library that is on a ...
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IOS LAN SAMBA share access
A Western Digital MyCloud NAS is pinned on a LAN: is there any native IOS 12.X functionality that enables users to discover LAN-SAMBA resources and browse them (like OSX Finder)?
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Is it feasible to transition from external USB to NAS for data drive?
I have a basic 1Tb external drive plugged into the back of my 2012 MacMini. It works but is ugly.
I've been considering for a while getting either a NAS, or just plugging a USB drive into the back of ...
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Airport Extreme - USB Disk as network disk for Windows and Mac, what format?
I want to share a USB disk via Airport Extreme as a network disk for our Mac and Windows environment. To read and write on the disk, I've set it up as FAT32 (max 4GB files) and I can connect with it ...
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Spotlight not working with Netgear ReadyNAS
I am unable to search AFP shares on a netgear NAS device using spotlight. Spotlight reverts to the default local hard drive. "Shared" is not user selectable. The NAS is using the latest Netgear OS V6. ...
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File Path on my NAS changing on Reboot
Hey guys thanks in advance I can't find help for this anywhere outside of an old thread mentioning mDNSresponder causing the problem needing to be replaced with DiscoveryD.
They only recommend ...
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Unable to connect Time Machine to WD MyCloud EX2 on Sierra
I updated to Sierra yesterday and now my Time Machine backups to my WD MyCloud EX2 NAS aren't working any more. Scheduled backups get stuck in "Looking for backup disk..." in Time Machine preferences. ...
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NAS Mounted as AFP mounts an SMB connection by itself
I've been running into trouble recently with a NAS device, Seagate 5TB storage system with a Linux back-end. Whenever I connect to the device with an AFP connection, the drive connects with no issues, ...
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hdiutil compact failed - internal error
I am trying to compact a TimeMachine sparsebundle (to reclaim space) using
sudo hdiutil compact /Volumes/TimeMachine/MyMac.sparsebundle
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hdiutil: compact ...
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Trouble moving tons of files from OS X server attached RAID to NAS
I am trying to move many thousands of files to a Synology NAS.
Thanks to excellent posts here and superuser, I have been using rsync a lot. But in this case, I'm getting a very high failure rate due ...
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Finder copies files in two steps and does it as a transaction
I need to organize thousands of files between different locations and there is an unpleasant issue with file copying from a local computer to a NAS. The problem is that Finder copies large bunch of ...
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Synology NAS - automatic mount in finder and permanent connection
I've recently buy Synology DS215j and for almost everything it works fine. But I have two problems with this and Mac OS X.
First I must always first mount this NAS server in finder before using. ...
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iTunes locks up (library on NAS)
iTunes continually locks up on me. I have my library set to an external NAS, and I only launch iTunes when connected to this NAS. Any ideas why iTunes locks up - is it related to the library not ...
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How to free space on Time Machine on a Netgear NAS?
I have obsolete time machine backup file in Netgear NAS with another one. I cannot so just format or erase whole disk. I just need to delete the non-used file from taking disk space. I am running 10.6....
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Setting up CrashPlan with NAS drive attached to Airport Extreme?
I have one of the new (well it's not so new anymore) Airport Extremes with ac wireless. I am using Crashplan to back up my data online, but I also want a more local backup -- so I would like to hook ...
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Single DHCP server using Airport Express as primary router and Time Time Capsule in bridge mode
I use an Airport Express as primary router - i.e. attached to the modem - and a Time Capsule for back up but also as secondary router in bridge mode to extend the wireless network beyond the reach of ...
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How does access control work on Mac OS X
I would like to have user access rules on a central Music folder. In other words, I am the owner and editor and the kids can only copy downs music but certainly not change anything (like my tags). How ...
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Send Wake-On-Lan packets from Mac to Nas for TimeMachine backups
I have a NAS box that is "Wake On Lan" enabled. I'm struggling to find a way for to utilise this with my TimeMachine backups from my Mac (Mountain Lion).
My intention is that may Mac will wake the ...
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Is it possible to store “on my mac” local folders on a network device?
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System info:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz
Memory: 16 GB
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Network: GB ...
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iPhoto '09 referenced library - modified files are saved locally?
I've been trying to organise my photos better on a NAS (QNAP) that is exposed as an AFP share. I've copied all the JPEGs into an organised structure on the NAS volume manually. I'd like the files on ...
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How to backup NAS using Time Machine
I just purchased a new Iomega NAS IX2-200 4TB. I need to regularly backup this NAS. Time Machine would be the best option. How do I setup so the Time Machine will backup this NAS to my external Hard ...
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How can I make Time Machine work with my Netgear WNDR3700 router?
The story is this:
I just upgraded to Mac OS Lion and as it turns out it won't work with my Samba share in the way Snow Leopard used to, for TimeMachine backups. After a bit of Googling I found that ...
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Use time machine with different MacOS versions and a NAS
I'm going to buy a NAS to back-up different pcs (~15) with Apple time-machine but I'm facing different doubth regarding compatibilities, and possible issues. I will include informations regarding ...
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Really strange behavior creating a directory on SMB NAS share
I am setting up a Synology DS918+ for backing up a new iMac Pro with an Drobo 5D3 attached to it.
I was working on backing up my Photos library from the Drobo using ChronoSync. ChronoSync was ...
