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Best Nas For Mac 2013
Posted:adminMay 10, 2018 - NAS roundup: Best network attached storage options for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users. Seagate Personal Cloud. Promise Apollo Cloud 2. Synology Diskstation DS218j. TerraMaster F2-220. Buffalo TeraStation 1200D.
Advertisement With my head held low with shame, I publicly admitted last week that Yes - I'm a digital hoarder - and my hard drive was so full I had to buy a 4TB NAS. Movies, music, photos, eBooks, stock footage -- I just know I'll get around to.
My once blazingly fast Mac is now left with just 100GB of a 1TB drive left. I’ve already shifted all my downloads onto a NAS, but now I’m left with a legacy of nearly 20,000 photos and MP3s, which together add up to at least 200GB of space. I’m hoping to upgrade to an SSD, but at this rate it’s looking quite difficult. Today, I’ll see whether it’s possible to shift these completely off to a network drive – my Synology NAS should be perfect for this, but you can also use an external hard drive if you lack network storage. Before we begin: Backup I can’t promise this is going to work for you and not completely screw up your libraries – so before you even attempt this today, do a backup of your drive. If you have setup and working you shouldn’t lose any data, but it’s often easier when you’ve made a huge error to just clone your Mac back to how it was before.
If you’re not already backing up, now would be a great time to get started with the As the developer here at MakeUseOf and as someone who earns their entire income from working online, it's fair to say my computer and data are quite important. They’re set up perfectly for productivity with. I’d also suggest not shifting your iTunes and iPhoto libraries to a network unless your NAS device has backup capabilities itself – the Synology DS413j I’ll be using has a hybrid RAID with one disk redundancy, so I’m trusting it not lose all my data. Locate Libraries and Check Size Your iTunes library can found under Music > iTunes.
Right click the folder and give it a moment to count the file sizes – mine totalled nearly 125GB – but bear in mind this will include any downloaded apps for your iOS devices too. Buy microsoft office for mac. Don’t manually edit anything within the folder structure – always let the native apps manage these libraries. The iPhoto/Aperture library – now unified – can be found in your Mac’s Pictures folder. This folder is a little special – you can’t “open” it to view the underlying structure (well you can, but just don’t, mmmkay?). Click on the folder once and the total size should be shown on the right information panel. Moving iPhoto Library Assuming you want to keep using iPhoto or Aperture as your photo management solution, you’ll be moving the entire iPhoto Library “file” as is.
Make sure iPhoto and Aperture are closed, make an appropriate shared folder if you haven’t already, then simply drag and drop the library to your NAS or external drive. Once it’s complete, you can double click to open the library in iPhoto ’08 or later and it will remember the location for future. For older versions, hold down the option key while launching iPhoto to open the library selection dialog, then navigate and choose your newly moved library. No more changes needed for iPhoto, you’re all set – provided your NAS is present and functional on your network or the external drive you used is connected, iPhoto should function as normal.
Note: Scott got in touch to tell us he had problems with this causing data loss – the issue arises because the iPhoto library must be stored on an HFS+ formatted volume. His solution was to create a sparse bundle disk image and place that on the NAS storage instead – instructions on how to do that. Moving iTunes Library There’s a number of ways to go about moving the iTunes library. • The simplest way is simply to move the entire library content and let iTunes manage as before.
This is what we’ll be doing today, so as to keep all that juicy metadata and artwork intact. • You may also choose to only copy the raw files, then re-add them to a new iTunes library with the option to leave them in their original location (by default, iTunes will attempt to copy them back into it’s own library again, defeating the entire point of our exercise today). This would be best if you have other apps accessing your library and would like to maintain your own folder structure, but bear in mind you will lose all the metadata if you do this – play count, ratings etc. • Your NAS may also have it’s own iTunes server, which will create an iTunes compatible network share as well as extra features it might offer (like remote playback over the internet).
You will need to let your NAS handle the library though, and iTunes will merely stream it. Start by reorganising your library – especially if you’ve kept the same library for many years now and possibly even moved between operating systems. Choose File > Library > Organize > Re-Organize (not Consolidate) and allow it to sort out your files.
May 10, 2018 - NAS roundup: Best network attached storage options for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users. Seagate Personal Cloud. Promise Apollo Cloud 2. Synology Diskstation DS218j. TerraMaster F2-220. Buffalo TeraStation 1200D.
Advertisement With my head held low with shame, I publicly admitted last week that Yes - I\'m a digital hoarder - and my hard drive was so full I had to buy a 4TB NAS. Movies, music, photos, eBooks, stock footage -- I just know I\'ll get around to.
My once blazingly fast Mac is now left with just 100GB of a 1TB drive left. I’ve already shifted all my downloads onto a NAS, but now I’m left with a legacy of nearly 20,000 photos and MP3s, which together add up to at least 200GB of space. I’m hoping to upgrade to an SSD, but at this rate it’s looking quite difficult. Today, I’ll see whether it’s possible to shift these completely off to a network drive – my Synology NAS should be perfect for this, but you can also use an external hard drive if you lack network storage. Before we begin: Backup I can’t promise this is going to work for you and not completely screw up your libraries – so before you even attempt this today, do a backup of your drive. If you have setup and working you shouldn’t lose any data, but it’s often easier when you’ve made a huge error to just clone your Mac back to how it was before.
If you’re not already backing up, now would be a great time to get started with the As the developer here at MakeUseOf and as someone who earns their entire income from working online, it\'s fair to say my computer and data are quite important. They’re set up perfectly for productivity with. I’d also suggest not shifting your iTunes and iPhoto libraries to a network unless your NAS device has backup capabilities itself – the Synology DS413j I’ll be using has a hybrid RAID with one disk redundancy, so I’m trusting it not lose all my data. Locate Libraries and Check Size Your iTunes library can found under Music > iTunes.
Right click the folder and give it a moment to count the file sizes – mine totalled nearly 125GB – but bear in mind this will include any downloaded apps for your iOS devices too. Buy microsoft office for mac. Don’t manually edit anything within the folder structure – always let the native apps manage these libraries. The iPhoto/Aperture library – now unified – can be found in your Mac’s Pictures folder. This folder is a little special – you can’t “open” it to view the underlying structure (well you can, but just don’t, mmmkay?). Click on the folder once and the total size should be shown on the right information panel. Moving iPhoto Library Assuming you want to keep using iPhoto or Aperture as your photo management solution, you’ll be moving the entire iPhoto Library “file” as is.
Make sure iPhoto and Aperture are closed, make an appropriate shared folder if you haven’t already, then simply drag and drop the library to your NAS or external drive. Once it’s complete, you can double click to open the library in iPhoto ’08 or later and it will remember the location for future. For older versions, hold down the option key while launching iPhoto to open the library selection dialog, then navigate and choose your newly moved library. No more changes needed for iPhoto, you’re all set – provided your NAS is present and functional on your network or the external drive you used is connected, iPhoto should function as normal.
Note: Scott got in touch to tell us he had problems with this causing data loss – the issue arises because the iPhoto library must be stored on an HFS+ formatted volume. His solution was to create a sparse bundle disk image and place that on the NAS storage instead – instructions on how to do that. Moving iTunes Library There’s a number of ways to go about moving the iTunes library. • The simplest way is simply to move the entire library content and let iTunes manage as before.
This is what we’ll be doing today, so as to keep all that juicy metadata and artwork intact. • You may also choose to only copy the raw files, then re-add them to a new iTunes library with the option to leave them in their original location (by default, iTunes will attempt to copy them back into it’s own library again, defeating the entire point of our exercise today). This would be best if you have other apps accessing your library and would like to maintain your own folder structure, but bear in mind you will lose all the metadata if you do this – play count, ratings etc. • Your NAS may also have it’s own iTunes server, which will create an iTunes compatible network share as well as extra features it might offer (like remote playback over the internet).
You will need to let your NAS handle the library though, and iTunes will merely stream it. Start by reorganising your library – especially if you’ve kept the same library for many years now and possibly even moved between operating systems. Choose File > Library > Organize > Re-Organize (not Consolidate) and allow it to sort out your files.
...'>Best Nas For Mac 2013(25.01.2019)May 10, 2018 - NAS roundup: Best network attached storage options for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users. Seagate Personal Cloud. Promise Apollo Cloud 2. Synology Diskstation DS218j. TerraMaster F2-220. Buffalo TeraStation 1200D.
Advertisement With my head held low with shame, I publicly admitted last week that Yes - I\'m a digital hoarder - and my hard drive was so full I had to buy a 4TB NAS. Movies, music, photos, eBooks, stock footage -- I just know I\'ll get around to.
My once blazingly fast Mac is now left with just 100GB of a 1TB drive left. I’ve already shifted all my downloads onto a NAS, but now I’m left with a legacy of nearly 20,000 photos and MP3s, which together add up to at least 200GB of space. I’m hoping to upgrade to an SSD, but at this rate it’s looking quite difficult. Today, I’ll see whether it’s possible to shift these completely off to a network drive – my Synology NAS should be perfect for this, but you can also use an external hard drive if you lack network storage. Before we begin: Backup I can’t promise this is going to work for you and not completely screw up your libraries – so before you even attempt this today, do a backup of your drive. If you have setup and working you shouldn’t lose any data, but it’s often easier when you’ve made a huge error to just clone your Mac back to how it was before.
If you’re not already backing up, now would be a great time to get started with the As the developer here at MakeUseOf and as someone who earns their entire income from working online, it\'s fair to say my computer and data are quite important. They’re set up perfectly for productivity with. I’d also suggest not shifting your iTunes and iPhoto libraries to a network unless your NAS device has backup capabilities itself – the Synology DS413j I’ll be using has a hybrid RAID with one disk redundancy, so I’m trusting it not lose all my data. Locate Libraries and Check Size Your iTunes library can found under Music > iTunes.
Right click the folder and give it a moment to count the file sizes – mine totalled nearly 125GB – but bear in mind this will include any downloaded apps for your iOS devices too. Buy microsoft office for mac. Don’t manually edit anything within the folder structure – always let the native apps manage these libraries. The iPhoto/Aperture library – now unified – can be found in your Mac’s Pictures folder. This folder is a little special – you can’t “open” it to view the underlying structure (well you can, but just don’t, mmmkay?). Click on the folder once and the total size should be shown on the right information panel. Moving iPhoto Library Assuming you want to keep using iPhoto or Aperture as your photo management solution, you’ll be moving the entire iPhoto Library “file” as is.
Make sure iPhoto and Aperture are closed, make an appropriate shared folder if you haven’t already, then simply drag and drop the library to your NAS or external drive. Once it’s complete, you can double click to open the library in iPhoto ’08 or later and it will remember the location for future. For older versions, hold down the option key while launching iPhoto to open the library selection dialog, then navigate and choose your newly moved library. No more changes needed for iPhoto, you’re all set – provided your NAS is present and functional on your network or the external drive you used is connected, iPhoto should function as normal.
Note: Scott got in touch to tell us he had problems with this causing data loss – the issue arises because the iPhoto library must be stored on an HFS+ formatted volume. His solution was to create a sparse bundle disk image and place that on the NAS storage instead – instructions on how to do that. Moving iTunes Library There’s a number of ways to go about moving the iTunes library. • The simplest way is simply to move the entire library content and let iTunes manage as before.
This is what we’ll be doing today, so as to keep all that juicy metadata and artwork intact. • You may also choose to only copy the raw files, then re-add them to a new iTunes library with the option to leave them in their original location (by default, iTunes will attempt to copy them back into it’s own library again, defeating the entire point of our exercise today). This would be best if you have other apps accessing your library and would like to maintain your own folder structure, but bear in mind you will lose all the metadata if you do this – play count, ratings etc. • Your NAS may also have it’s own iTunes server, which will create an iTunes compatible network share as well as extra features it might offer (like remote playback over the internet).
You will need to let your NAS handle the library though, and iTunes will merely stream it. Start by reorganising your library – especially if you’ve kept the same library for many years now and possibly even moved between operating systems. Choose File > Library > Organize > Re-Organize (not Consolidate) and allow it to sort out your files.
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