Synology Time Machine Mac backups in 4 easy steps with budget DS220j!

[@jerrylaufer]

Thank you thank you for an excellent tutorial. I upgraded my 2019, 21 1/2 inch iMac to a 1 TB SSD and 36 GB of RAM. I have been running Time Machine. for a couple of years on a Synology DS220J NAS. After I completed the upgrade, I tried to restore the iMac with Migration Assistant and it could not find the NAS. after several hours of searching I found this video. During (4:37) the set up of Control Panel, File Services, Advanced I clicked on Set Time Machine Folders and found I did not have Time Machine selected. After I selected Time Machine, the complete restore with Migration Assistant ran without a hitch. I am so happy to have my computer working again.

[@jdcv17]

I think I'll be getting this one for my time machine backup. I've been meaning to purchase one ever since. It's great that there's already a tutorial available. I'll be watching this video again. Thanks!

[@durona]

2023 - some of the files look a tiny bit different, but this tutorial still works great! Thank you so much!

[@jaydoering5311]

Excellent video. You didn't skip all the steps that most other sites have. Consequently, I had no difficulty creating a folder for my TimeMachine backups. Thank you!

[@pattybruno01]

Thank you a million times! This is such a wonderful, wonderful step by step tutorial. Even I was able to get it done! Clear, concise, and easy to follow.

[@raffefra]

Thanks for this. I was losing sleep trying to figure this out but you ABC it perfectly for newbies like me. Brilliant

[@Mopsie]

Pretty much yeah!

[@deancostopoulos9218]

Can't thank you enough for this video. Couldn't be more complete in an easy to understand format. Subscribed!

[@robstaylor4234]

I want to know how to conect the nas directly to the computer and set it all up for transfer and faster speed. My stuff is very slow!

[@accidentalfarmer1370]

Thanks Jeff for this simple and step by step tutorial. Was very helpful.

[@MrJeffpeck]

I just wanted to say thanks for this video. It helped me get going quickly with my new NAS.

[@vilicles]

I’ve been using the previous version (DS218j) for about a year now after using physically connected disks and it’s so much more convenient! Would love more content like this!

[@pepi1677]

Thank you for this video, it was a great help in setting up my time machine back up.

[@mikesullivan5394]

This is a superb tutorial, easy setup following this video. 10/10

[@theweightofarms]

Thank you! Very helpful! Missed steps on Synology's help page that you're nice video helped me with :)

[@InternationalKarl]

May I ask why you gave it 1 Terrabyte of data if you only have a machine that is 256gigs? Also I am assuming since the NAS has way more storage than 1 Tbyte that you can drop and drag documents from your computer to the nas and work off of them or down load them as required?

[@howardbaldwin1226]

Synology equipment is excellent. I replaced an elderly Apple Time Capsule with the Time Machine features on their RT2600ac.

[@MartinPersaud79]

Really good job with this video - great pace and very easy to follow. Well done!

[@davidbeevor3971]

Hi Jeff, One of the best tutorials I've ever seen. Just ordered one of these, after my 20year old ReadyNAS has become redundant. it looks pretty straight forward, great presentation, looking forward to seeing more tutorials. I intend to use it as a DLNA video server for my TV too and also looking for the best ways to share my music via iTunes if possible.

[@rayk62]

I have the Eero Pro 3 pack. I would love to see your take on it though.

[@MrWinger1951]

I'm still using a Drobo FS (2013) with five bays and it is still operating flawlessly.

[@greg8446]

This is great. I have the same unit and I had been trying to see how to big a drive I could put in my Apple Time Machine. I have the DS200j with 24tb. Thanks to your video I can use that!!!!

[@watsontcbc]

great help - simple enough so even I can understand!

[@OLJackson]

LOVE IT.Ordering a synology ds223 myself

[@egestroem]

Yes , More on eero and plex setup Synology

[@omariryder8434]

Dont know if you guys gives a damn but if you're bored like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the latest movies on instaflixxer. Been streaming with my brother these days =)

[@ericjoziah5085]

@Omari Ryder yea, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for since november myself :D

[@RobinDupuy]

I was searching for a simple new way to use Time Machine wirelessly. Thank you so much🦋 Great videos as always!👍🏻

[@FrostyDog9186]

Why would you use SMB for Time Machine rather than AFP?

[@indiekiduk]

No one should, the SMB client version on the Mac does not work reliably for Time Machine it requires v4.8, Catalina is still only using v3. bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12380

[@FrostyDog9186]

@@indiekiduk not to mention the security concerns around the SMB client.

[@geoffreyjohnhizon8531]

Hi. Thank you for this video. Absolutely helpful. Maybe you can do one where you restore your mac from a Time Machine back-up in a Synology NAS?

[@ApicalTrades]

Thanks. Yet another amazing video. Highly appreciated.

[@DennisInVenice]

My first backup of my three Macs went flawlessly with SMB. Subsequent backups sometimes worked fine but later wouldn't work at all. A search found this is common and Time Machine backups on a NAS may be problematic. I ended up switching to AFP and it worked, but Apple doesn't support this and it is lower security. So, it looks like I may be going back to external drives.

[@RobinsonRDavid]

Excellent. I need to upgrade my TimeCapsule over the coming year. I’ve been so happy with TC’s wireless backup with TimeMachine, I was annoyed that Apple’s discontinued it. Enter Synology. I need to know all about using the DS220J with my MacBook Pro. I do graphics stuff w Adobe CC and will be expanding from mostly image files to creating more audio and video files thanks to KZbin, Zoom, and podcasts, and 2020 isolation.

[@MattHalpain]

Fun video demo/tutorial. A definite learning curve for me but I'm enthusiastic about this type of video content. Also yes, more on eero and plex Synology.

[@bobsykes]

It stinks that Apple dropped Time Capsule, where the set up was plug and play magic, so this video is really useful. Thanks!

[@deanbrandon3615]

Does this setup place identical data copies on both disks, ie a RAID 1 type situation?

[@ashpole20]

Please could you cover how you build a new Mac or an erased one, from that Synology Time Machine backup!

[@joelom]

Im running into an issue where I set the quota, but time machine ends up showing the entire drives size. It seems to not follow the quota. any suggestions?

[@kenguru2005]

Great content as always. Switching from TC to my bigger Synology for further backups.

[@jtorrs]

Great video. One question, can I backup up to 4 mac’s using the same partition? That is keeping aside the space needed in the partition.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Great video. I knew how to do this before and needed to do it again for my work macbook pro and needed a reminder. One note: you should show how to create a new volume. I personally like creating new volumes because I have multiple computers being backed up.

[@francoisgs1]

thank you very much I believe I have finally manage to back up my Time machine in my Nas 🙏. Will you have a step by step set up for DS200J nas I believe I did not do a great job there as it take for ever to download pictures and not too sure how to find info in my nas sorry you are dealing with an IT nerd ;)

[@jonathanthainguyen]

Would you recommend making a separate volume for time machine? Why or why not? thanks!

[@TipplerMario]

Got damn, can't thank you enough for making this setup such a breeze! Cheers!

[@anthonyk1020]

Wow. this video is a lifesaver and so well explained! Thank you so much!! :D

[@rswaz]

Very well done tutorial. Thank you and please keep them coming!

[@AliDymock]

Thank you for this, very clear instructions. I'd have been lost trying to figure this out on my own!

[@dakdur1126]

Mine doesn’t say, no settings were changes, it says the system will restart the network service and enable SMB3 Windows file service, Opportunistic Locking, SMB durable handles, and SMB2 Lease. Are you sure you want to continue?

[@rudrarajuramakrishnaraju9374]

Thanks for the Setup Video. It is helpful

[@00bikeboy]

Can you use the same unit to act as a Time Machine backups and a media server?

[@BLM4ife]

Please love content like this I’m new to everything and your channel helps me out so much please keep it coming thanks

[@01Conanino]

Grazie mille! ho un po di difficoltà con l'inglese, ma spieghi in modo molto chiaro si capisce bene. Da oggi ti seguirò e se avrò bisogno ti chiederò. Ciao

[@hkonsen]

Thanks

[@Graham_Wood]

This sets up a disk image as opposed to saving directories for each day. Have I done something wrong? It works.... But I'm not seeing what I used to see in Finder when I used a USB backup drive. Can you restore a Mac from a backup on a sparse bundled disk image?

[@adamr4198]

Question: To backup multiple Macs would each Mac have its own user/folder? For example “TimeMachineiMac” and “TimeMachineMacbookPro”. Or would/should each computer share the same user with different folders for each computer? I believe this is how my current external hard drive TM works. I’m not sure if it being a NAS makes a difference. Thanks for your help.

[@gopherwombat]

Can you back up multiple computers with access to the nas using the same time machine folder? Or do you recommend each computer have its own time machine shared folder? Thank you!

[@subsequentmusic]

Nice tutorial, thanks.. Any experience with using the disk station as location of MacOS Photos archives file?

[@MaTiCeK]

Do you need to setup multiple TimeMachine users on the Synology if you own multiple macs?

[@travelingtrex4897]

Love to see how you setup your NAS for your video workflow (Premier and Final cut). Video files are extremely big nowadays and mac SSD are extremely expensive.

[@Mathieu3424]

An absolut gem of a video, this a lot sir. I only found this kind of video but with previous version of DSM (and obviously organized differently ^^) Thx a lot for your hardworking !

[@firstnamelastname2111]

How did u format the NAS? I have the ds420j and the internal HDDs you can only format them ext4

[@CAMOBAP795]

Any reason why the separate user should be created? Should I create a separate user for each family member who uses a MacBook?

[@dakdur1126]

Does this integrate with the Files app on IPhone and Mac? I bought a WD my Home Cloud and it’s a huge let down! I can’t access any of my files from the hard drive on my iOS devices!

[@djvibedjservices]

Hey, I'm just starting to look into a NAS set up! Wondering if it's possible to direct both my MBP (500GB) as well as my External HD (2TB) to 2 separate Time machine shared folders? I'm assuming I need to set up one shared folder and call it "Time Machine MBP" and set up another shared folder and call it "Time Machine External HD" then carry forward with the same step you've laid out?? If that's not the case I would love to see a video on how to do so...

[@Tristan]

Lets say my Mac dies completely and I get a new one, how do I restore the data backed up in a NAS?

[@luizantoniodemoraes7086]

Qual o modelo do EERO que recomenda? - Which EERO model do you recommend?

[@jmchapman1]

Nice video! I would be interested to hear if it proves to work reliably in the medium to long term. I.e., whether it continues to back up reliably and whether you are able to restore from it. And whether the quota works - whether it starts deleting old backups when it reaches the limit or just fails from that point on.

[@the_jzapata]

Same here. I will be doing a similar process but I wonder what this is like months after Time Machine Backups.

[@Mopsie]

I’d love to see this too

[@relax-vf4zg]

what is the uses of esc key on ipad pro? what does it do?

[@Vegeta77]

Super easy to follow. Thank you!

[@luizantoniodemoraes7086]

Obrigado por dispor de seu tempo para nos ajudar..... esses mesmos passos que voce apresentou para um "Apple" posso utiliza-lo em um PC com W11? / Thank you for taking the time to help us..... these same steps you presented for an "Apple" can I use it on a PC with W11?

[@davidpacker4943]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you. Now when I undock my MacBook Pro from my docking station, I don't get the message that I disconnected my TM drive incorrectly. And I don't need both the NAS and the My Passport for Mac on my desk. Very great.

[@pep98]

Hi, i have a question. I bought a synology 920+ with 4 times 4 TB. I was adviced to use raid 5. And installed the whole system. Now i found out i only have 10.6 TB left, wich is too small for all my backups. Is it possible to take one 4TB out and replace it with a 8TB? Will i loose any data or programs? And will it "see" the new disk as a 8TB or will it see it as a 4TB?

[@JudasBytes]

can you have 2 users have access to the TimeMachine acct?

[@nounix]

do you know of any way to compare time machine backups? So like a list of differences between them where we can see which files have been added, deleted or modified between 2 or more backups on our external disk so we can quickly check the differences between all our backups and change back any files that were mistakenly changed before it's too late and the oldest backup gets replaced as time passes as we may not have even noticed a change (deletion, addition or modification) on certain files that we may not want to remain as such? That would be a VERY VERY useful tool!!

[@langsayo185]

Inbox appletoolz@insta

[@rathomson2394]

I bought this NAS about 4 months ago, with its brand reputation I expected it to work like a dream.... however in those 4 months the backups have got corrupted 3 times and I've had to start again! Does anyone have any answers for this?? My old TimeCapsule backed up for years and years without fail. Please help

[@joegibon]

Does anyone know if this can work wirelessly the way the time capsule did? Like just automatically connect to it and do periodic backups without me noticing? Or do I have to connect to the NAS manually every time and trigger the backup?

[@joaocarreira9493]

Did you try restoring it from the NAS? How long did it take? TM restores are slow, just wondering how it'd perform on this setup

[@houseofklimatika]

up!

[@Mopsie]

Awesome tutorial

[@sherb111]

Just what I needed- perfect!

[@shanehood5029]

it looks like you forgot tot tick the permissions for the user to access the TM back up folder you created....

[@CescoCDN]

Definitely more on NAS. Reading up on the new DS720+ but it’s the hard drive selection and compatibility, not to mention that whole CMR vs SMR fiasco, that ups my reticence in making the purchase.

[@Oneking2]

LIFE SAVER!! Thank You Jeff!!

[@ifom]

Why choose SMP over AFP?

[@vinceninausz945]

That was easy peasy. Thx :)

[@dollophead294]

How the heck is there only 50 comments?! there should be thousands

[@iGenX2]

Exactly What I was looking for, thank you Jeff :)

[@johndrichardson2talks733]

Hi Jeff. Can you make a video about "Your own private cloud"? I use a ds920+ nas. Thankls

[@MadMonk72]

Yes, please! More on Synology, Plex and private cloud.

[@Choobair]

Hi and thanks for the video, if I want to set up a time machine backup but for a mac that is not on the same local network than the NAS, is the procedure different? Thanks again :)

[@MesaVerde1982]

Hi Jeff, I have (2) WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM HD's from an old MacPro. Can I use these disks as long as I reformat using DiskStation. Synology strongly suggests NAS rated HDs.

[@avinashbharti9794]

Yes, more on Synology and how to set up Plex and private cloud.

[@denis-kravets]

Will this work from another country via Internet? Do I need to be in the same local network?

[@colestevens3712]

Great stuff love the info. Hey, what would you recommend for personal cloud storage?

[@Zone1242]

Great video - many thanks.

[@NeueKlasseGuy]

So why doesn't this video begin at the beginning? When I unboxed my NAS, installed 2 drives, plug it in and power it up I still had to install and configure DSM. That seems a pretty important step to leave out. :-(

[@fortyoneshades]

Probably because it's a tutorial on setting up Time Machine backups on a NAS. For set up of the actual NAS, there are a lot of separate videos on that.

[@adamphillips6747]

How loud is it?

[@rustyhammer6277]

Restove ot iMac and Plex setup thanks

[@lynetteblack7642]

Hey, thanks to the recommendation to me of @ magical hack on Instagram, I unlocked my iCloud in 30 minutes.

[@618GOLDENRATIO]

Thank You this was very helpful

[@Sandor3497]

Please give us some more NAS content🙏🏼

[@mikeoxlong4043]

Yes more nas content please

[@linkexv]

God bless you for this video, I have been trying to follow the Guide that's available on the Synology Website but they never mentioned there that you need to Enable the Bonjour under File Services, Thank you so much for this explanation. A+

[@chrisgarland-garlandcompan9145]

this was a perfect tutorial! thank you!

[@FrenchingAround]

Thanks! Question for another video: how do you store all your emails locally, so as to alleviate the strain of big data servers in the climate? How do you download all your emails to your computer ?

[@kierenkd]

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