Having 32TB of storage inside this little guy is admittedly a bit of an overkill for Time Machine, but I plan to do a lot more *cough* Plex *cough* with it.Įstablishing a Time Machine backup with a Synology NAS is extremely simple and can be broken up into four key steps. First, you’ll need to create a Time Machine shared folder on your storage volume. Secondly, create a corresponding Time Machine user. Next, set up a Time Machine backup storage location, and lastly, configure Time Machine on your Mac to use your Synology NAS. #SYNOLOGY CLOUD STATION BACKUP TOO SLOW MAC# Note: This tutorial assumes that you’ve already established a Volume on your Synology NAS. Step 1: Open File Station → Create → Create New Shared Folder to establish a new shared folder to house your Time Machine backup. Step 2: On the basic information page of Share Folder Creation Wizard, insert a name into the Name field. I usually choose a name like “Time Machine.” You’ll also need to use the Location field to select a volume. Step 3: Click the Next button on the Encryption page. Step 4: Click Apply on the Confirm settings page. Step 1: Open Control Panel → User → Create to open the User Creation Wizard. Step 2: Fill out the Name field with “Time Machine” (without quotes) and enter and confirm a desired password. Step 3: Click next on the join groups page. Step 4: On the assign shared folders permissions page, click the checkbox next to the Time Machine shared folder for Read/Write. Step 5: On the user quota setting page you can designate the amount of space on the volume you’d like to reserve for Time Machine backups. A good rule of thumb is to set the quota at four times the amount of storage space on your Mac. Since I have only 256GB of flash storage on my iMac, I’ll give my Time Machine backup 1TB of storage. Step 6: Click Next on the assign application permissions folder page. Step 7: Click Next on the user speed limit setting page. Assign Time Machine backup protocol and location Step 8: Click Apply on the Confirm settings page. Step 1: Open Control Panel → File Services and ensure that Enable SMB service is enabled. Step 2: Click the Advanced tab and check the box next to Enable Bonjour Time Machine broadcast via SMB. Click Apple, and click Yes on the Bonjour Time Machine broadcast via SMB notification. Step 3: Click the Set Time Machine Folders button → and click the box next to the Time Machine shared folder.
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