Steve, I’ve been considering getting a NAS for quite a while. Can these be connected directly to my Wi-Fi router via an ethernet cable? Or are they strictly USB? Dave Carlson Woodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and Musician
On Sep 4, 2025, at 3:50 PM, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: If you want a 4TB drive, just buy one. No NAS required. If you really want a NAS, it's a simple matter of buying one of the choices from synology.com (you don't actually have to buy it from them) that are two bays, then get yourself another 4TB drive and mirror them. That way, if one drive goes bad, the other will be automatically mirroring it and save your bacon. That's the whole purpose of network-attached storage. The Synology cabinets all have the same Web interface and are pretty much guided setups. If you like, I or someone else on this list can help you go shopping for a cabinet you'll actually like and use. Synology is not the only company that makes these things. Western Digital does also. I have a friend who has one and likes it very much. Two bays, he's happy as a clam. The setup was equally as simple and pretty much made for folks new to network-pattached storage solutions. I just don't remember the specific model, but they shouldn't be hard to find. On 9/2/2025 4:23 PM, 'Andrew' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Grateful for your response. A 4 TB NAS drive would do for me. How about > accessibility and how do I go about setting it up? I’m not so very technical > nor do I have a lot of computer coding knowledge. > > Andrew > >> On 2 Sep 2025, at 12:25, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Andrew, >> >> I have been using an external USB drive on a USB hub for years and years and >> more years than I can count. It all just works. You get a new drive, >> connected to your USB hub, connect that to your Mac, and away you go. >> >> You want a NAS? Synology makes a lot of really good and reasonably >> accessible ones, from the small – 2 to 4 bays – to the ridiculous – eight >> bays. How much storage do you want? I have 96 TB, which, after turning on >> RAID6, gives me 64 TB. I am ecstatic about how much storage I have. I will >> never run out. I can keep backups for almost ever! How big is big enough? >> Only you know. >> >>> On Sep 2, 2025, at 5:23 AM, 'Andrew' via MacVisionaries >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> So Apple is stopping support for AFP protocol for time machine backups. I >>> have two questions: >>> 1. Can Timemachine backup to a usb external drive attached to a third party >>> router, and if yes, how I would go about configuring this? >>> 2. Can anyone recommend an external NAS device that’s accessible? >>> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> Andrew > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/26345a53-9279-4918-b80e-2b3d9bc48aab%40noisynotes.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/69B372A3-96BC-4C07-B029-CFA05DACF1F7%40gmail.com.
