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mrmpitts
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Nov 17, 2017

EXTERNAL DRIVE BACK UP - MAC Ready NAS

Hello,   I run both mac and PC, and used to have folders on my external drives backing up to my ReadyNAS.  For some reason, it stopped working, have attempted to set up new ones, but I can now no l...
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mrmpitts
Aspirant
Nov 23, 2017

Hello, 

Yes I think I tried the share route, but will test that again as I'm sure that's the way I did it before.  If not will try the other options.  Would you recommend using a third party app alltogether then? I'm running mac, so would that freefilesync be ok? I'd rather pay for something if it's more secure/reliable

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 23, 2017
mrmpitts wrote:

so would that freefilesync be ok? I'd rather pay for something if it's more secure/reliable

I don't use it, but some other posters here have recommended it.  Perhaps some other mac users will chime in with their thoughts.

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