Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

A Synology Geek Gab

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Synology’s DiskStations are a popular item amongst all of us here in the MGG Family, listeners and hosts all included! Listen today as guest Jeff Gamet makes a hasty return to join John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, and Pilot Pete to talk all things Synology and Network Attached Storage. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things along with the rest of the MGG Family.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 928 for Monday, May 16, 2022
  • 00:03:26 How Do Your Geeks Use Their Synology Diskstations?
    • Time Machine Backups
    • Hyper Backup
    • Synology Drive
    • Plex
    • Video Station
    • Media Server
    • Cloud Sync
    • Synology Photos
    • Synology Office
    • Synology VPN Server
    • Surveillance Station
    • From the live chat: SynoCommunity
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      • NAS Questions
        • 00:22:31 James-Best Drive Configuration for Synology
          • Synology Hybrid RAID
          • 00:29:12 Dee-What Size Replacement Drives for Synology DiskStation?
          • 00:31:45 What is a “4K Native” Hard Drive?
          • 00:34:35 Terry-Which 2-bay NAS do you recommend?
            • Jeff: DS220j ($187, currently-used) DS1520+
            • John: DS218play ($230) DS420+ ($500)
            • Dave: DS218play ($230) DS1520+ ($700, currently-used)
            • Your Geeks’ Picks Compared
            • RAID Calculator
            • Drive Selector
            • 00:50:50 David-New DiskStation, Which Steps First?
            • 00:55:56 Ari-Copy Files/Folders from Mac to Synology?
            • 01:02:13 Jeff-Easiest way to backup Synology?
            • NAS CSF
              • 01:06:35 Keith-CSF-AutoMounter backs up your NAS to Backblaze by Default
              • 01:08:47 GC-How to keep TIme Machine from Backing Up Network Shares
              • 01:10:51 CSF-VirtualHere Lets you use USB Devices across Network
              • 01:12:38 MGG 928 Outtro
                • Find Jeff Gamet on Twitter and Instagram
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