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

How to backup your Mac with Time Machine and Synology NAS in four easy steps.
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The DS220j is a budget entry-level Synology NAS that is perfect for storing Time Machine backups. Watch our hands-on unboxing of the D220j along with our full Time Machine to Synology tutorial.
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0:00 Introduction
0:18 DS220j unboxing
1:33 Step 1: Set up Time Machine Shared Folder
2:36 Step 2: Set up Time Machine users
4:04 Step 3: Establish Time Machine backup location
4:54 Step 4: Configure Time Machine on your Mac
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[@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!

[@egestroem]

Yes , More on eero and plex setup Synology

[@omariryder8434]

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[@ericjoziah5085]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@durona]

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

[@deancostopoulos9218]

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

[@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.

[@RobinDupuy]

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

[@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!

[@MrJeffpeck]

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

[@MartinPersaud79]

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

[@kenguru2005]

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

[@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.

[@pepi1677]

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

[@accidentalfarmer1370]

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

[@mikesullivan5394]

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

[@rudyatgmail7839]

This is especially helpful for the DS220j. More advanced models allow quota limits across accounts but the DS220j doesn't support BTRFS and you limit volume size by user. Creating a separate user for Time Machine allows you to control Time Machine volume size without limiting your normal user accounts.

[@theweightofarms]

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

[@OLJackson]

LOVE IT.Ordering a synology ds223 myself

[@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!!!!

[@howardbaldwin1226]

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

[@MrWinger1951]

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

[@SADefenceNews]

Excellent! easy to follow and complete. thank you

[@BLM4ife]

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

[@rswaz]

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

[@ApicalTrades]

Thanks. Yet another amazing video. Highly appreciated.

[@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.

[@watsontcbc]

great help - simple enough so even I can understand!

[@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!

[@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 !

[@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.

[@Vegeta77]

Super easy to follow. Thank you!

[@anthonyk1020]

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

[@EricHoffmann]

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

[@rudrarajuramakrishnaraju9374]

Thanks for the Setup Video. It is helpful

[@TipplerMario]

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

[@AliDymock]

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

[@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?

[@rayk62]

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

[@AA5SA]

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

[@AA5SA]

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

[@chrisgarland-garlandcompan9145]

this was a perfect tutorial! thank you!

[@vinceninausz945]

That was easy peasy. Thx :)

[@sherb111]

Just what I needed- perfect!

[@its_a_jpthing7867]

Thanks for that, nice and easy, well explained.

[@Oneking2]

LIFE SAVER!! Thank You Jeff!!

[@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.

[@Zone1242]

Great video - many thanks.

[@Mopsie]

Awesome tutorial

[@jayrock4ya]

I have a terra master f4-210, thanks you helped me peace it together!!!!!

[@Cheatcoe]

Might set this up for my dad; so he can finally get rid of his drobos!

[@618GOLDENRATIO]

Thank You this was very helpful

[@colestevens3712]

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

[@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.

[@TheTisman]

Very helpful!!!

[@avinashbharti9794]

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

[@carlric]

Excelent! Subscribed

[@MadMonk72]

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

[@ashpole20]

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

[@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

[@VE7QRZ]

Thanks a lot for this one

[@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.

[@qa3242]

Thank you, thank you, 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?

[@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.

[@subsequentmusic]

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

[@dennisl.7613]

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.

[@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+

[@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 ;)

[@nathanpforr]

If anyone gets an error with the new DSM, that says can't authenticate user/password. Go into shared folders >edit>advanced shared permissions, and at the bottom there's a advanced share permissions Botton, in there I had to give TimeMachine R/W access. After that it worked no problem. This was a great video but this was the only snag I had

[@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 :)

[@holographsoap]

I'd love to hear more about the Eero. :-)

[@mikeoxlong4043]

Yes more nas content please

[@MrIanWebb]

Yes please on the Eero coverage!

[@Sandor3497]

Please give us some more NAS content🙏🏼

[@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!

[@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.

[@IbnFergus]

Great! I’d love to see videos on Plex

[@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.

[@hkonsen]

Thanks

[@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?

[@jonathanthainguyen]

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

[@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...

[@deanbrandon3615]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@luizantoniodemoraes7086]

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

[@dollophead294]

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

[@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.

[@00bikeboy]

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

[@johndrichardson2talks733]

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

[@brentsmithline3423]

This was a great clip. Have used Time Machine for years to two USB 3 devices for years. Has always severed me well. One of the reason I would use the Synology NAS device would be it would give me more options for storage, and it location in my house.

[@AntonSavov]

important, if you are using Synology Shared folder for time machine as described in the video, then disable the recycle bin in the shared folder settings as described in the link otherwise space fills up quite quickly: community.synology.com/enu/forum/17/post/117216

[@firstnamelastname2111]

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

[@MJDross]

Would love to see a Plex server video too Jeff.

[@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?

[@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?

[@relax-vf4zg]

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

[@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?