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Does anyone have experience with building a NAS for their Mac? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LappingDog@sh.itjust.works to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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I’m really looking into building a NAS for my Mac. I got the 256gb MacBook Air and currently back up the machine using a nvme drive over type c but having to plug it in to access video files and backup every couple days is not ideal. With how cheap physical storage is now, a NAS seems like a good solution. Does anyone have a NAS at home and can share the software and hardware needed to make it run smoothly?

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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I use a Synology DS920+ And have been very happy with it. I have time machine running for several MacBooks. I also use it as a Jellyfin server.

The Synology setup is easy and it is smooth to add new drives. Just remember to add the smallest drives first. If you have two 4 tb drives setup, don’t buy a 2tb drive to add more space, but going up to an 8 is no problem.