× NETGEAR will be terminating ReadyCLOUD service by July 1st, 2023. For more details click here.
Orbi WiFi 7 RBE973
Reply

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

joe_wht
Luminary

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, 2 other issues that I don't care for.

ReadyNAS 214 in RAID5( all updated),  MacBook Pro OSX (all updated), Netgear Nighthawk R8500 Router.

(1)  I need a EASY ACCESS - Hidden Folder for my data documents $$$

----  Before I bought I was told I could hide it and then just type in the folder name in finder.

that doesn't bring it up.. ug..  then when I clicked on the ReadyNAS network name it tells me "the origianal item can't be found"

(2)  How can I create a Favorites listing in Finder for the folders in my ReadyNAS.  It wont let me make ANY external Favorites.

(3)  How to get iTunes to sync photos on my ReadyNAS

..

Yes.. i've googled all these.. and see other people have the same problems,  I cant seem to find a fix in google.

Model: RN214D43|ReadyNAS 214 Series 4- Bay (4x 3TB Desktop)
Message 1 of 6

Accepted Solutions
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired

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

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.

View solution in original post

Message 5 of 6

All Replies
joe_wht
Luminary

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

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.

Message 2 of 6
BrianL2
NETGEAR Employee Retired

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

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​

Message 3 of 6
joe_wht
Luminary

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

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)

Message 4 of 6
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired

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

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.

Message 5 of 6
joe_wht
Luminary

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

Thanks mdgm..  that worked for the backup with mac !!!

 

SO.. since iTunes cannot transfer Photos with NAS

copy/past :

(splitting photos / The network matters - latency over WiFi can be a big bottleneck as can the controller chip / lack of cache in less expensive NAS.)

I've also created a 2nd daily NAS backup just to transfer the  autoimport folder from my mac > NAS

..

thank you guys so much..

If you know of any web pages with  Tips / Tricks, usefull info for  my ReadyNAS, R8500 Nighthawk Router, 2012 MacBook Pro

please let me know !!   This is the first time I've used a fancy Network Storage & RAID..

Joe_Wht@MSN.com

 

Message 6 of 6
Top Contributors
Discussion stats
  • 5 replies
  • 2972 views
  • 2 kudos
  • 3 in conversation
Announcements