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Email no longer exists on netgear database, INVALID LOGIN cant REG NAS S/N
they other day i was trying to upload my photos on my phone using readycloud and it just got stuck at waiting for device, i tried to login with my email i registered my account on readycloud.netgear...
ok i see, so once they discontinue the ios APP i wont beable to have my photos sync to my readyNAS folders. i was using it to sync from my phone to ReadyNAS then from my NAS i had google drive sync my folder on my NAS so i would have multiple backups PHONE>NAS>GOOGLEDRIVE.
im sure there are other IOS apps that can access my NAS out side the home network? yeah? like SMB? or FTP? what would be the best method for syncing my iphone photos to my NAS? hmmm
maybe the best solution would be to use google drive on my phone and manually add my photos there then have my ReadyNAS sync the googledrive photo folder to my NAS>?
or use google photos on the phone to upload there.. (i dont like google photos much tho) and you cant sync from google photos to google drive anymore.
Iphones are so limited, if i still had my Samsung i would have many other options via more versatile apps.
so even if i cant migrate my readycloud account with my registered NAS serial number over to a netgear account, will that hinder me down the road?
hectik17 wrote:
so even if i cant migrate my readycloud account with my registered NAS serial number over to a netgear account, will that hinder me down the road?
Registration only gets you access to support, which you won't get anyway.
You have an Ultra 6,which Netgear stopped manufacturing back in 2013 - so long out of support. On top of that, you converted it to OS-6 - which Netgear always said was unsupported. (still the best option - my own Pro 6 has been been converted).
If you are using the home folder in your readycloud account you will need to copy that data into a share (or maybe a home folder for a local account).
hectik17 wrote:
im sure there are other IOS apps that can access my NAS out side the home network? yeah? like SMB? or FTP? what would be the best method for syncing my iphone photos to my NAS? hmmm
Iphones are so limited, if i still had my Samsung i would have many other options via more versatile apps.
Resilio Sync will backup your photos from an iPhone when away from home - though I've only used that to back them up to a Windows PC, and haven't tried using the app on the NAS. FWIW, the apps aren't well maintained, so personally I don't use them.
For general remote access from your phone or PC, you can
- get a router with OpenVPN or a similar VPN, and install the needed (free) VPN client on the phone and/or PC.
- install ZeroTier on the NAS and similarly use the free client on the phone and/or PC
I use (1) myself, Sandshark uses (2) because it fits his usage better. If you are just wanting to access the NAS remotely from a phone or PC, either will work. Once the VPN is connected, you use the phone just as you would at home. The Files app will connect to the NAS, etc.
Alternatively, you could use FTPS (setting up the NAS to reject unencrypted FTP), and set up port forwarding in the router. FileZilla is a good free client for PC/Mac. I haven't used FTPS on my iphone (at least not recently), so I'm not sure if the Files app in iOS will work with it or not. But there are other clients you could use, including FileZilla Pro.
Don't use SMB over the internet with port forwarding though.
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