Check Synology NAS reliability before moving photo work to a Mac mini
A macOS laptop in the house recently had trouble connecting to a Synology DS720+ NAS, which raises concern about moving photo editing from a Windows tower to a future . The intended setup is to keep using three units for backups and shared mapped drives.
Reports on Reddit describe macOS-to-Synology setups that can be flaky, including problems finding the NAS and reading or writing files. cannot edit images directly from the network in the intended , so the NAS would be for backup, not active editing.
The DS720+ has extra memory and is the newest NAS in the setup. Storage capacity is not the issue, but needing to buy a newer NAS would add unwanted cost to the switch.
Key points
- One macOS laptop had trouble connecting to a Synology DS720+ NAS.
- The planned switch depends on keeping three units for backup and shared drives.
- The concern is unreliable macOS access to Synology storage, including finding the NAS and reading or writing files.
- is not suitable here for editing photos directly from .
- A newer NAS may not be needed for capacity, but could become an extra cost if is poor.