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Luminary

Mar 20, 2016

Solved

Favorites in Mac Finder, Easy Hidden Folder Access, & itunes iphone photos

I've got my ReadyNAS pretty well setup.. 90% satisfied. HOWEVER.. there's 1 MAIN problem that I searched for and got a responce here for BEFORE I bought... but their instructions didn't work. Also...

Using with Mac OSX

mdgm-ntgr
Mar 22, 2016
From 6.5.0 Beta onwards local backup jobs in the web admin UI should work with SMB from your Mac. See ReadyNASOS 6.5.0-T338 (Beta 2)

Note if you want to try the beta please read the release notes carefully. There are special instructions that need to be followed if using ReadyCLOUD.

joe_wht

Luminary

Mar 20, 2016

1 of 3 fixed...

Adding NAS to Finder Favorites.

(1) Finder Pref: Show on Desktop: [ x ] Connected Servers

(2) with Finder open, shrink the finder so you can see the right side of desktop

(3) Drag the ReadyNAS connected server to the Finder Favorites

THEN.. you can open THAT NAS and pull over individual folders inside the NAS.

BrianL2
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 20, 2016
Hi joe_wht,

Have you used the SMB (CIFS) protocol to access the hidden share from your MAC computer? With regard to syncing your photos, try to use the ReadyCLOUD mobile app to sync your photos from your iPhone.

Hope this helps!

Kind regards,

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
- joe_wht
  Luminary
  Mar 21, 2016
  Thanks .... the SMB (CIFS) protocol worked ~Perfect ~
  .. I did setup the iphone software sync.. HOWEVER.. I was hoping to avoid data use.
  There's gotta be a way to get iTunes to sync ReadyNAS photos.
  .
  I've also been thinking.. If the iphone Cloud software syncs with itunes,
  how can I get ReadyNAS to sync those itunes folders on Mac.
  The NAS backup does not like syncing my mac individual folders.
  ( and I don't want ReadyNAS-Time Machine to sync the whole HD)
  - mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Mar 22, 2016
    From 6.5.0 Beta onwards local backup jobs in the web admin UI should work with SMB from your Mac. See ReadyNASOS 6.5.0-T338 (Beta 2)
    
    Note if you want to try the beta please read the release notes carefully. There are special instructions that need to be followed if using ReadyCLOUD.