Shoehorn into fixed directory “you will need your albums to reside in pre-designated areas of your NAS storage (you cannot tell the app to ‘index from X location’ easily)” This is the reason I don’t use Photos. And this is what I was hoping would change in DSM 7. In fact this was the app […]
Synology Photos Upgrade from Moments & Photo Station – Should You Upgrade? When Synology first announced the development of DSM 7 (almost 3 years ago now), one of the biggest changes that was noticed was the move by Synology to consolidate their existing Synology Photo Station and Moments applications into a single, all-purpose tool – […]
I have a MacBook with a wd my cloud ex2 ultra with 8T. I have watched your video #2 on Plex setup and adding media (couldn’t find the #1 video) My issue is when I get to “browse for media folders” I am taken to my Plex HD where I have no media so far. […]
Review of The Synology DSM 7 Software and Services It’s been more than 3 years in development but finally, users are getting the chance to experience the full and official version of Diskstation Manager 7 (DSM 7) on their Synology NAS drives. Many users chose to invest their money and their data in a Synology […]
Best NAS for 4K PLEX transcoding The best NAS for Plex is definitely new 88X series such as TVS-h1288X. It comes with a Xeon CPU and also transcoding chip built-in. Normally you do not get Xeon with this multimedia chip. Qnap ts-h3088xu is a rack that also features a transcoding chip, but it is quite expensive. The […]
List of best PLEX Rackmount NAS with transcoding chip [ts-h3088xu-rp] CPU-Model =Intel® Xeon® W-1270 8-core 3.4 GHz processor (boost up to 5.0 GHz) [tvs-h1688x] CPU-Model =Intel® Xeon® W-1250 6-core 3.3 GHz processor (boost up to 4.7 GHz) [tvs-h1288x] CPU-Model =Intel® Xeon® W-1250 6-core 3.3 GHz processor (boost up to 4.7 GHz) [ts-2888x] CPU-Model =Intel® Xeon® […]
Beta Now Available for QNAP QTS 5.0 Released Most people who own a NAS drive, for business or for pleasure, will realise very early on that the software that these systems arrive with is more than just simple file/folder storage access. In particular, the QNAP QTS system software and services is one that has evolved […]
QNAP Releases QTS 5.0 Beta Upgraded Kernel, Improved Security, and AI-powered Drive Failure Prediction: Join the Beta Program now to Experience its Intelligent Features Taipei, Taiwan, July 2, 2021 – QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP) today released the QTS 5.0 Beta, the latest version of the acclaimed NAS operating system. QTS 5.0 has upgraded with Linux Kernel […]
Does my Synology NAS support DSM 7.0? The easiest way to find out is here: https://www.synology.com/en-uk/support/download If you find DSM7 on the list then it is supported. For the models below, you can only download the upgrade patch from Synology Download Center because you won’t receive notifications for this update on your DSM. 15-Series: RS815RP+, RS815+, RS815, […]
NAS for photographer on the move I am a photographer, I have traveled a lot in recent months, so I cannot edit all my photos from home. I’ve tried to edit my photos using USB drives (I even thought of buying a portable M.2 drive like the Adata SE770G 1TB), but the big problem with […]
Synology DSM 7.0 Now Available – 7 Reasons to Upgrade from DSM 6.2 As many of you might well have heard, after several long years of waiting, Synology DSM 7.0 (the NAS software, GUI and storage services platform from the brand) has finally been officially released. It’s been a long road and one that I […]
DSM 7 release date is Today DOWNLOAD HERE Launching DSM 7.0 and C2 cloud expansion Bellevue, Wa—June 23, 2021—Synology today announced the imminent release of DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0 and a massive expansion of the C2 platform with four new cloud services. Focusing on enhancing security, system management capabilities, and improving data collaboration, DSM 7.0 […]
Recommended 3 NAS Drives for Plex Media Server Under £500 The growth in popularity that Plex media server has enjoyed these last few years is genuinely outstanding. Multimedia has gone through several phases as the common household media technology in our homes has evolved, from local media boxes, to popular subscription-based streaming services and now […]
mount “personal photo staion” into moment greeting I am using DS420+ synology , and watched almost half videos in your youtube channel 🙂 the thing that I am stuck on , that whenever I add photo to ” personal photo station” because I have two users , its not indexing the photo to moment and […]
How Well Does Synology DSM 7.0 Run on Different NAS Drives It’s been a long road and we’ve waited close to 3 years since its initial reveal, but the release of the DSM 7 RC, the latest generation of Synology software and services, is here and Synology users new and old are getting ready to […]
Synology DSM vs QNAP QTS NAS Software & Hardware Comparison Welcome back to the final part of my Synology vs QNAP NAS comparison, where I go through the main differences between the two biggest brands in the world of NAS in 2021/2022. So far we have covered the brand’s rhetoric, the hardware, the graphical user […]
Synology DSM vs QNAP QTS NAS Software & Hardware Comparison We continue with our comparison of the two biggest brands in Network Attached Storage (NAS) and after comparing how each brand presents their platform, how they differ in releases and hardware, then finally the web-based GUI. Today we are going to cover how Synology and […]
DSM 6 vs 7 Version: 7.0-41882 Release Candidate (2021-06-01) Important note Before Update Before updating, your Synology NAS should be running DSM 6.2 or above versions. Reserve extra time to complete DSM 7.0 update. The DSM update takes 10 to 20 minutes, while package update may take more than an hour. The actual time depends on […]
Synology DSM vs QNAP QTS NAS Software & Hardware Comparison If you are looking at buying a new NAS drive (either as a first-time buyer or you can considering jumping from one brand to another), then the software that brands like Synology and QNAP include with your NAS purchase is always going to be an […]
Maybe, when you delete Plex, also make sure Plex user is deleted and all plex config files. This might be quite complicated. You would need to enable SSH. Download WINSCP. Go to /share/cached1/.qpkg folder to delete it. Maybe somehow your ISP is blocking PLEX relay server. You can give it a try.