COMPLETE Guide to Synology Drive - Create your OWN CLOUD

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@MirkoDeJaegher 4 ай бұрын

For our little business I was playing around with Sharepoint for some time now, but turned out the amout of Data we store is to much and would cost us a lot of cash in sharepoint. With the help of your videos, I now set up a NAS with a ton of storage that we access via Quickconnect to work remotely. THANK YOU!

@AndreaDUrzo-u6f 9 ай бұрын

Hi will, great video. I suggest you to explain that using 6690 port for the synology client, it usually doesn’t connect to the drive when you are on a public WiFi and you must set a vpn. It’s one of the main difference with GDrive or Dropbox

@shahinlink6473 9 ай бұрын

Yes, seems like no one bother with this problem any where on the internet that much. All influencer just using local network and showing how good it is. If you can not use it remotely what's the point.

@Kevin-oj2uo 4 ай бұрын

@@shahinlink6473 it is not safe to expose it directly to the internet. You are looking to get hacked. Also it is better in a way that you own your data and don't need to pay for extra storage.

@RussFryman 2 ай бұрын

Finally got around to getting this set up. I tried to do this a couple years ago when I first got my NAS, but hit some hiccups and never got it implemented. This time around it worked great and I'm back to my specific use case solution. Thanks.

@Yothlan 5 ай бұрын

One question: what about the Synology Photo "photo" home folder? I have both Drive and Photo installed (DSM 7.2) and the home/photo folder shows up in my Synology drive, which bothers me a bit. I don't mind it much but I see it as a waste of resource that both applications index the same folder, and it also questions what happens when you set up a backup task and you tick both Synology Drive and Synology Photo: will it backup the photo folder twice? I'm quite perplexed really, it doesn't feel wrong but it looks messy. Thanks for the great setup video as always!

@VegasEducation 9 ай бұрын

Is this how I would do it it I want a local folder that syncs between all the systems. I work off my desktop and my laptop. Sometimes my laptop has internet, sometimes it doesn't. I want a folder that is on my laptop that I can work from when I'm offline. When I bring the laptop home, I want the same folder to sync on my synology and my desktop. I also want it to backup to Google drive automatically

@marcorobbe9003 2 ай бұрын

Hey and thanks for all your great videos. At 19:40 you share your finder window on the screen. As I can see, not all your "On demand Drives" have the same name. Under Locations its called "Synology ..." and in your Favourites there is a "SpaceRex". How can you change the names. The greatest way would be to hang all NAS-Folders somewhere in the folder structure. But as I could found out, that only works with folders, that are completely synced (no on demand). Now all my on demand syncs start their name with "Synology Drive - " and only then my name is attached. (SynologyDrive - Family, SynologyDrive - MovieCollection, ... ) . This SynologyDrive at the beginning takes so much space and seeing that you renamed SynologyDrive to SpaceRex lets me hope, I can also rename it to something like SD to shorten the name. Is that possible? How?

@ckenisell 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. I am considering switching from Google Drive to Synology Drive after watching this. 1. The one feature that I really like about Google Drive is when using the web browser to view my files, I can open Office files in Google Docs or Google Sheets. Does Synology Drive have that kind of capability? 2. A feature I wish Google Drive has: When storing a photo (jpg or png), I would love to be able to get a web URL for that photo. I use a lot of online forums and I can't host my photos there. I have to upload to Flickr and use some web trickery to find the URL for each photo to embed into forums. Can Synology Drive be a solution for this? 3. How does the Android app work for this? If I am on my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, can I easily save files to the Drive from within other apps? For example, if I have a PDF and I'm in the Acrobat app, can I share that pdf to the NAS Drive from within Acrobat?

@schwiptsgaming4024 8 ай бұрын

Great video! I just got the DS224+ and I am using it for personal use, Plex Home Media, NFS, and also to replace all the cloud services I got spread out across over the years. I have zero experience in any of this and your video was clear and easy to follow. Do you have a video for automatically sync/ backup iPhone?

@little.wing. Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏 the quality and level of information on these videos on these topics is unparalleled. Please keep up the great work and I hope they bring you lots of business!

@drmajedmalak 9 ай бұрын

can you please show us how to install PACS in Synology system..

@mcsoo5291 9 ай бұрын

Is there a way that we could change the default cloud storage from Google Drive to Synology Drive? Such as Whatsapp storage and the default photos. what about replacing the icloud?

@MisterPikol 9 ай бұрын

love your vids, recently got a ds1515, as the new models are a bit too expensive for me, and I need more bays. also got an expansion for cheap. 10 bay, whoo !

@SpaceRexWill 9 ай бұрын

That DS1515 was actually a pretty solid performance beast!

@other6724 11 күн бұрын

How do you access the sync settings again?! Once I connected the NAS team folder to my local folder the settings are gone!

@Cervin_Suisse Ай бұрын

Hello there, than you for the enriching video. I tried to install Synology Drive client on a Mac running Sonoma 14.6 it refuses to install. Any known fix ? Thank you.

@bobr4024 16 күн бұрын

Can you recommend a video on how to set my NAS to work like a standard drive on my desktop in a windows environment? I’m not seeing any of the stuff you’re talking about in this case.

@allenbuyck7957 3 ай бұрын

Hey Will. I am running a DS920+ and then I use a Tailscale setup to backup that home NAS to my older DS214+ at a remote location. I am a photographer who keeps most of my stuff on the NAS but I do have document files, photos, videos on my PC that I sync to my NAS via SyncToy (I think it is no longer supported). That works but I would like to replace SyncToy and have my file folders on my PC sync to folders on my NAS on a schedule. I would be syncing my pictures, my documents and my videos folders to folders on my home NAS, and include those folders in my shared folder so it would backup to the remote NAS weekly. What is best, and easiest tool?? Active sync for Business? Synology Drive?? Other? Sorry if this is not clear.

@mahmut123456 9 ай бұрын

I installed the Windows client today and the only options I had were to sync or backup. I was looking for a solution to browse through Synology drives and leave the files there but it was not an option. The mobile app has that. I can just browse through my folders and team folders. Am I overseeing something?

@SpaceRexWill 9 ай бұрын

This would be an on demand sync

@nicktsonis7102 3 ай бұрын

Great Video @SpaceRexWill ! At 21:21 You say that backup task don't show in finder. Is there any other backup method you would recommend to backup an external ssd (editing from there) to the Nas every day and having the ability to see the files on the finder NAS as well? Thank you

@danilorodriguez4665 9 ай бұрын

Great video, I do have a question, I am missing a lot of thumbnails from Synology Drive indexing, is there a reason for this to happened? How can I get thumbnails generated?

@markwayner616 4 ай бұрын

@spacerexwill: recently my power and internet went out causing my small remote team to be unable to access my Synology Drive files. What is the workaround for this? Synology has a suite of C2 services, but I am a little confused by how to solve for this one

@wesc6755 9 ай бұрын

It really is a good system. Just a few things for feature parity would seal the deal completely for us. I would love the ability to host the Syn. Office/Drive apps on other servers instead of on the NAS itself. Toss them into a container anywhere and point them to the storage. I know they're relatively light, and I'm literally the one person in the multiverse that wants this. :) But we could isolate the storage network better that way. And I really want offline disconnected mode for all the PWAs, similar to Note Station. If you or anyone else smarter than me has done any work in those areas, you are hired.

@tobiaswagner91 6 ай бұрын

Do you know how to handle file locks in TeamsFolders? When two people are editing the same file, the last save overwrites the changes from the other user...

@elvisbarukcic7842 7 ай бұрын

Before I used DS cloud to daily backup all of my devices (new files added..old files kept) I used that on: Iphone MacBook Android phones Windows PC ....... And this worked like a charm... What would be the best alternative to that in 2024? So one app which would assure backuping of all my devices in a described way?

@moomaddie101 7 ай бұрын

What should I do if I don't see the "on demand sync" box to check?

@ChristopherRowe-pt4vj 7 ай бұрын

Would this be a better/faster/more secure solution to using something like Tailscale which also allows you to access a Synology volume remotely?

@EtienneOsendarp 7 ай бұрын

Hello, is it possible that you can work hybrid? so local on office you work directly on the synology nas share and outsite you work with synology drive? in the same share. is this a normal way to work or do you avoid that?

@Kon-Tiky 6 ай бұрын

Whether it possible to prevent Syno Drive for indexing all home folder? I have there music and photos managed by audio station and syno photos and don’t want to be indexed. Moreover I don’t want to download these folders locally by syno drive. Is it possible?

@cdaitch 2 ай бұрын

I'm a bit confused. I'm on a MBP, I've installed synology drive and have files on my NAS in "my drive" & also shared folders/files in the team folder. On my iphone and M4 iPad pro I can see all the above through synology drive, however on my laptop synology drive ONLY shows what I have in the home folder, is this a glitch, is there something I can do to show the team folder items or do I need to just use finder to connect directly to the NAS to work with those items?

@johndegroot3554 8 ай бұрын

What you explained, is this the same idea of de beedrive with 4tb? I now have the DS114, is this useble for this? Thanks

@流刃寺 9 ай бұрын

Quick question, what do you think about the DS918+?

@Wojtek-p6o Ай бұрын

Hello I have backed up (not synced) data on my PC using Synology Drive. I am trying to restore files using the Restore option. Unfortunately, this option does not work in the Synology Drive portal, Synology Drive Admin Console and File Station. I get a message that the file has been restored to its original location, but this does not happen. I have checked this on different PCs and on the second Synology NAS and the same symptom occurs everywhere. From the Synology Drive Client on the PC, the Restore option works without a problem. What could be the problem? Do you have the same or am I doing something incorrectly.

@DBR00 9 ай бұрын

I say it on almost every video I watch of yours. You have the absolute best beard ever! And excellent video content also! 😂😊

@ufo741 4 ай бұрын

I have a folder of approx 1 TB of critical files, mostly family photos and videos at my parent's house on their desktop HDD. I have DS423+ at my flat, different network and different town. I would like to set up backups so that whole folder is backed up to my Synology. Can this be solved by installing Synology Drive at their PC and have it back up to my Synology ?

@luckystrikehk 5 ай бұрын

I some help with Synology Drive, when I share my link to my client, the web interface is not the same as using Synology Drive mobile app, the photo is not in full screen, photos can't swap fingers just not the same with mobile app interface, what can I do for that?

@karansaraf87 5 ай бұрын

If I use Synology Drive to access remotely, can I also use Time Machine backup to backup to my NAS remotely from another country? Or will this not work?

@broken_bike 8 ай бұрын

As usual, great job presenting the information! I am looking at using Synology Drive on a file system that has been running for about 5 years. I'll admit to being a bit of a curmudgeon with a lot of things and I have, for a long time, maintained the opinion that you (or anyone) should just use mapped shares / mapped network drives. This doesn't work for mobile users at all, and DS File (for iOS is a bit clunky). Having had mapped network drives for a long time with my Synology, I have users where their folder structure starts in "/home/" (technically "/homes/user/") rather than "home/drive" (technically "/homes/user/drive". Initially, I thought that I would need to move all of the user content from "/home/" to "home/drive". Synology seems to have figured this out and offer the ability to "Convert" each users "home" folder. Converting is a one way trip, and Synology tells you so. It is not well documented, and a moot point for anyone starting off in a version post Synology Drive 3.1. I would love to see a blurb on the conversion and how users of older systems can deploy Drive!

@MortenEghj 9 ай бұрын

Not sure if I missed it or just did not get it :-). But how is the user administration controlled? e.g new user. This is for me always the confusion part of Synology.

@nezaralzien1288 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video, what is the difference between two-way sync and one-way upload in terms of deleting files from local computer?

@jonsedman3416 5 ай бұрын

I want to use my synology drive like drop box. I know how to share files but I want to drop videos that people can watch without downloading the file. How am I able to do this?

@yesmanhk 9 ай бұрын

have it install and now i know all of the feature, thank you. will you able to talk about the trust device on DSM 7 . how to add your home laptop as a trusted device on the account setting? thanks

@MrPatateHead 4 ай бұрын

I can't get the Synology Drive Client(Windows) to see my NAS with my Tailscale IP. Even though Hyper Backup works with it already. I already have outbound enabled. It works with Quickconnect but it's slower. Any idea what to do?

@phillroo7871 2 ай бұрын

G'day, I'm grasping at stars here maybe you can help or not. Is there a synology app that acts as a Docume t Management System (DMS) that you can checkout a file make changes then check back in and it saves as a version? Enjoy your vids your the reason I went out and bought the Synology NAS, thanks

@tontenkink3452 9 ай бұрын

Will I have a question. I have been using Synology Drive on my Windows 10 PC for a few years now to back-up to mine DS920+. I have the problem because I have a lot of subfolders that I go over 247 characters. As a result, many files are not backed up (more than 100.000 when I look into the logs). Do you have a suggestion for me which program I should use better for this? It's a lot of work to rearrange and rename everything. These folders have sometimes been in use for 20-25 years and have been copied from one computer to another.

@EduardoSantanaSeverino 5 ай бұрын

I think there is a limitation in Mac about using ICloud protocol that only works with files smaller than 2GB

@SpaceRexWill 5 ай бұрын

That is not the case

@titangrosso 8 ай бұрын

I am new to nas so i really appreciate all your videos. You are awesome explaining! Thanks so much. If you read this and can answer one question i have i would be grateful. DSM 7.2 comes with disk hibernate on with 20 min. Do you recommend disabling hibernation on disks? If not how much time do you use regularly? Also i will be running a plex server. Thanks in advance!

@벽돌아님 8 ай бұрын

Does anyone know how to get video thumbnails in Synology Drive on-demand folders?

@JeremyTaylorNZ 9 ай бұрын

Would be good to see the same thing but for TrueNAS Scale and NextCloud, including safe off-local-network access

@ttweed87 9 ай бұрын

Great refresher video! I have a question regarding the Synology Drive Client software ... if the server package is updated, several times it has happened to me where I have to re-download/install the Synology Drive Client for syncing to work again. I'm not sure if this is a problem with my setup or if it is truly an issue with the server/client software works. Is there a way to either push the Synology Drive Client to the client computers or notify the users they need to update their client software?

@artevirtu 8 ай бұрын

Hey SpaceRex! Question for you, I noticed after running my NAS for about a week or two that the power brick emits a high-pitch frequency. Is this normal? or should I reach out and try to get a replacement brick? The unit itself works fine, just worried that the cable will cause a failure in the future. Thanks!

@tedallen5002 9 ай бұрын

Are some of these packages (e.g. Synology Drive Sync Share, Sunology Drive Admin Console) only available on DSM 7.2? I have an older DS415+ running 7.1.1-42962 U-date 6, which I believe is the latest available for my unit (not supported in 7.2). Nevermind. I see them in the main menu, so they are there, I just don’t see them in the list of installed packages…

@SpaceRexWill 9 ай бұрын

So they are weird, Basically you install drive, and you get 3x packages!

@joggienl 9 ай бұрын

Great demo, do you know if you can use different office tools, like microsoft office, to work together via synology drive (now or in the future)? Or are there other options?

@brianhansen6906 9 ай бұрын

No options “work together” with synology office. I’ve been using synology office as my primary word processor app for 1.5 years running my own small business. When clients im working with send me a word document I have synology office convert it to a synology document, then I make my additions as needed and export it to a word document to send back to them. So far zero compatibility issues, although it’s not something I have to deal with often.

@Djiemeel 6 ай бұрын

So sorry I never Subscribed while I used some of you're video to upgrade my knowledge. Have subscribed now. Please keep informing me. Love the real and total explanation of the topics u visit/explain

@robertshowe2417 9 ай бұрын

I'm thinking of taking a job with synology and now after so many of your videos I am convinced I am making the right choice. Thank you so much for these. I'll continue to reference them as well. BUT I am curious if you see this, where would you focus with your deep dive to start? Thanks again.

@radeklukas 28 күн бұрын

Hello 👋... question 🤚... is it possible to access (read/write) the same folder via Samba/FTP (file protocols in general) and via cloud? My issue with other solutions (Nextcloud) is that if I would access the files using anything other than the cloud itself, it would go out of sync with the cloud's file database. Is this possible with Synology?

@SpaceRexWill 28 күн бұрын

Yes you can

@radeklukas 28 күн бұрын

@SpaceRexWill Damm it 😄... I really like the build it yourself free-ish and open source-ish way of Nextcloud. Do you know by any chance of a solution that is Synology feature-wise but Nextcloud philosophy-wise? I have a few RPi lying around and trying to find a use for them.

@sylvainalain6637 9 ай бұрын

I wish Synology drive was working on my setup. I left Synology drive sync my pc with my ds923+ and it crashed multiple times. Synology drive is not ready , the endless sync icon for days …. I’m not alone , I saw a lot of threads on Reddit about that too .

@ruben34 9 ай бұрын

It didn't really work for my use case. I have a folder that I created when I was in elementary school; it contains all my digital life, it is my master folder. It is at 300GB and contains 60,000 files. Since I recently bought a NAS (thanks a lot for the help in setting everything up 😀), I had some requirements for this folder: - I need to always have access to almost all the files, even when offline, so I tried Synology Drive. - I have some large files, like college lectures, databases, etc., that I don't always need to access and I don't want to fill up space on my laptop. I loved the on-demand sync for this. However, it kind of got buggy. While checking the logs in DSM, I noticed my user sometimes was deleting random files (that I hadn't even opened the folders they were located in) and other errors that I can't remember now, so I just returned to a previous snapshot (amazing feature!). Since I've had this folder forever, it really needs to be a solid system for me. I need to have confidence that there will be no errors. Another bug, or lack of feature, that I noticed was when I shared a public link with a password to a normal folder for a friend of mine to put pictures in. I activated the option to allow guests to edit the folder, but neither my friend, nor I, were able to upload files to the folder. I'm now looking into Nextcloud, although it was much harder to set up 😩. I'm still somewhat hesitant that something will break a year from now and I won't be able, or have the time, to solve it. I thought this info would be interesting to share. Thank you so much for all the content; it truly allowed me to solve my never-ending problem of quickly pulling up a photo, music, school project anywhere, and having a large storage space for all my family.

@jefawk9603 5 ай бұрын

10:49 "other than the fact that I can't type it works (great)" 🤣🤣

@MulabiTV 9 ай бұрын

Please forgive me, terribly new to NAS/Cloud setups (which is why I'm watching you)! Would this work without an actual Synology NAS? They are prohibitively expensive to me and I'm looking for software to create my own cloud outside of needing specific hardware.

@gt4rs429 9 ай бұрын

The way he's shown is just for Synology as this is one of their proprietary applications. I agree, Synology devices are expensive and you still have to buy drives which aren't exactly cheap either if you want more than a few terabytes of storage. But for me, I've found half the cost of a Synology is the ability to access all their apps and cloud services that allow things like SynologyDrive and Quick Connect to work. The fact that it's a onetime purchase and you don't have a monthly fee to use those cloud services and apps is one way to look at justifying the cost to yourself if needed 😅 Alternatively you could cost your own cloud services but it's generally more involved than this approach. You could look at OwnCloud or other open-source projects. I think Network Chuck also did a video on setting up your own cloud service you can find on KZbin. Just my two cents!😄

@SpaceRexWill 9 ай бұрын

Look at nextcloud

@MulabiTV 9 ай бұрын

@@SpaceRexWill Thank you for taking the time to reply. Really appreciate it, and I most certainly will!