Pages and Synology NAS

A pages document is saved as a folder on my NAS en cannot be opened on my ipad

Apple changed the file format in the latest versions of the iWork Apps and most 3rd party software is not recogniozing the compressed bundle as a bundle. Instead they see them as folder full of files.
Apple has removed over 90 features from Pages 5.
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
Peter

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ITunes 11.1.3 on Mavericks and Synology NAS

Mavericks, iTunes 11.1.3 and Synology NAS... it now seems iTunes is not anymore able to play or import files to the library if they're placed on the NAS... if I click on any file, it won't play and I have to force quit iTunes application.
anyone experienced the same issue? is there any fix?

I have the same problem.
Finder sees my Synology NAS, but iTunes cannot seem to access the music. The NAS shows up in the sidebar, but I just keep getting the spinning wheel (or whatever it's called).
Can anyone suggest a fix?
I should note that I have no issues with accessing the NAS through Finder - so it looks to be an iTunes issue.

Aperture and Synology NAS 212j

Hi everyone. I just bought a Synology NAS (2x2tb HD) which I plan to use with all my media (music-photos-videos) so I can access it through a mac mini server, connected to my living room tv. Concerning my photos, I have them all in a Macbook Pro (400Gb library) working with aperture 3, all managed files stored within the Aperture Library on the MacBook.
What I was planning to do is, while keeping my macbook as it is, (with all photos and aperture library stored in it, as a back-up), create a new aperture library on my mac mini and point it to the masters file located at the NAS.
I already placed a copy of all my masters in the NAS and I can actually access all these pictures once the NAS DiskStation is mounted on my wired network.
I then tried to copy all the folders and files inside the aperture library icon (except the masters), and paste them on the Mac Mini's Photo folder so that I could launch Aperture (option click) and chose to open that library.
The problem is that I get an error message: "There was an error opening the database for the library '/volume/photo/vacationeurope2012.aplibrary".
The solution I am looking for is how to keep my library and masters on my macbook and, at the same time, create a "copy" of that same library, where the library database would be stored in the mac mini and all the files (masters+projects) on the NAS.
I am now trying something new, which is to transfer the copy I have on a external HD of the whole 400Gb Aperture library and place it the MacMini. I'd then open aperture and make it relocate the masters, pointing them to the Synology DiskStation.
Any other ideas would be greatly apreciated!!
Thanks
Gustavo

Hi Gustavo,
Be careful with what you place on your NAS because it is not HFS+ formated, and that means that some of the information that Mac OSx needs can't be stored on other file systems.
I currently own a QNAP NAS and I also wanted to move my iPhoto, iTunes, etc Libraries onto the NAS, but before I did so I looked it up a little bit and it seems to not be that good idea unless you purchase, of course, yet another Apple product: Time Capsule or Airport Extreme.
On the other hand, I would also like to stream videos to iPads and iPhones in my household. For that, you really need a powerful CPU. State-of-Art 2-bay NASes feature Atom processors and they choke on large files...
I may start looking into migrating my current setup and go for a Mac Mini (with enough horsepower for video transcoding) with a Time Capsule attached to it.
Man, Apple works flawlessly and I do love them, but they are sooo incompatible with every single other thing out there...

New AppleTV and Synology (NAS)

Hi,
Will I be able to feed content to the new AppleTV from my Synology DS210J NAS? It has an "iTunes service"...
I wouldn't be happy if I had to turn on my monstrous gaming computer in the bedroom every time I wanted to listen to music in the living room.
Thanks,
Jon

jonlanghoff wrote:
Will I be able to feed content to the new AppleTV from my Synology DS210J NAS? It has an "iTunes service"...
Not directly. Apple TV requires either a synched or streamed sever to respond with a 4 digit code upon initial link-up. The NAS's use the mt-daap/FireFly media server which does not have the capability to respond with a 4 digit code response. Besides, iTunes 10 broke the ability of most NAS mt-daap/FireFly servers to share thru iTunes.
I've never tried streaming iTunes 9.21 shared library audio/visual files from a NAS. I'll have to try that when I get a chance.
BTW, the mt-daap/FireFly server s/w hasn't been updated in two years, and it's speculated on the 'Net that the developer has stopped the development. However, I new guy is furthering the development under the generic name of "forked-daapd". But, it will be up to the NAS compa benies to fix their units, not Apple. (Another discussion.) Guess I won't updating to iTunes 10 for awhile.

IMovie cannot see projects and events on Synology NAS

I am using their 3.1 firmware. Which I believe is the latest.
And I have the latest Lion OS on my MB Pro.
I realized today that iMovie does not see the hard drive the way it used to in Snow Leopard.
I have read other threads here where people were using ReadyNAS and everything started working after Lion OS upgrade.
But that is not the case for me.
Anybody any ideas as to what to do?
Thanks!

I am using:
- Synology NAS with DSM 4.0,
- iMove '11
- Lion OS 10.7.3
iMovie cannot see my library on the NAS either.

Synology NAS and iTunes

Hey everybody,
I know there's a lot written about this already, but it's pretty overwhelming and hard to find the answer.
I would like to have a music library on my Synology NAS that is synced with a local copy on my MBP. Why? I would like to have access to my library on the go even in the absence of an internet connection.
BUT, I would also like my family to have access to all the music at home while I'm away. I'd also like a Sonos system to play our library without my MBP needing to be on.
Is this possible? How would I do this? Can I have a local library that is always in sync with one on the NAS?
So confusing!
I really appreciate any help you can offer.
James

I have the same problem.
Finder sees my Synology NAS, but iTunes cannot seem to access the music. The NAS shows up in the sidebar, but I just keep getting the spinning wheel (or whatever it's called).
Can anyone suggest a fix?
I should note that I have no issues with accessing the NAS through Finder - so it looks to be an iTunes issue.

BT Home Hub 3 and Synology Diskstation DS212J NAS ...

After a recent move I've been trying to set up my NAS again with my new BT broadband (having previously been with Sky). Upon connecting everything up properly, the NAS doesn't show up on the list of connected devices on the router. Even when plugging the NAS into my laptop and trying to connect, I still cannot access it.
I've read other posts about needing to set a static IP address and forward the ports for the NAS. I've set the ports up but because I cannot access the NAS I'm unable to assign it a static IP address and don't really know what else to do.
Please help, it's driving me bonkers! I've tried everything I can think of.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

What make of router does Sky supply? Is it a netgear? It's possible that the Nas already had a fixed address on a different range to the bt hub (192.168.0.* rather than 192.168.1.*) In which case the 2 devices won't communicate. There are a couple of things you could try. Do you still have the old router? Power it up and connect a pc to it with ethernet and then do an ipconfig on the command prompt (Press windows key and r, enter cmd or command, then hit enter, will bring up the command prompt, then type ipconfig and hit enter).
Then look for the ethernet adapter, local area connection. Look underneath that heading for the lines IP address/IPv4 address and default gateway. If the default gateway for that router isn't 192.168.1.254 then the nas won't be seeing the router if it has a static ip already assigned. You could at that point attach the nas, see if you can access it and then set it's tcp/ip settings to dhcp, which should then get it to connect to the hub. From there you can set up a fixed internal address.
Rather than change the details on the Nas, you could always change the DHCP range on your hub, although someone else would be better walking you through that as I am not completely au fait with exactly how it is done on the home hubs.
What you could also try is disconnect everything apart from one pc and the nas from the hub, open command prompt again and enter the following command:
FOR /L %i IN (1,1,254) DO ping -n 1 192.168.1.%i
That command will ping all of the ip addresses on the range 192.168.1.1 to .1.254. Watch the screen. Hopefully you will get 2 responses, one from your pc and one from your nas. Make a note of the ip addresses you get a response from. You should be able to match one to your pc and you can then check out any others that respond by entering the ip address in your web browser.
I appreciate it is quite a long post, but hopefully at least one of these will help you get access to your Nas again.

Time machine to synology NAS so slow.

Hi all,
I have an iMac with a Synology NAS running DSM 4.3. Before Mavericks it worked perfectly fast. After Mavericks it is taking about 10 hours to back up 600MB. After reading some posts I have found that apple changed the communication protocol in Mavericks but I cant find a fix for this problem. When I connect to my synology's admin page it shows my backup user as connected via AFP. Please help.... Any thoughts?
Thanks
Ray

All,
I also notice that spotlight is taking forever. Right now it is 2 days in with an estimated 2 more until completion. I think this may have something to do with it. I used Mavericks recovery and re-installed, i fixed disk permissions, I dont know where to turn. Any help????
Thanks in advance.
Ray

ITunes Match on a Synology Nas - many exclamation marks in the first row

Hi,
I transfared my entire iTunes Libary of roughly 26.000 Songs (1.000 plus bought on iTunes) to my Synology NAS. Now when I start iTunes on my MacBook via WiFi it takes quite some time to be ready to play. Each time I open the Library on my NAS iTunes iTunes Match updates.
iTunes looks like it's hung up, but it's just increadibly slow working in the background. Afert around 15 to 30 Minutes it's throu with it, however it shows on many songs an exclamation mark in the very first row where there's no title to it and in the column with the cloude symbole on top.
When trying to play on of these songs it says: "The Title "Nothing Changes" cannot be played, because iTunes cannot find the original. Do you want to search for it?" Then I say: "cancel", double click on the same file again a a few seconds later the cloude icon switches from exclamation mark to the download symbole and I can play the song.
Why is iTunes Match searching each time for changes in the library, even when opening iTunes three times a day... Can I determine how often iTunes Match should update the Library?
Thanks for help!
Daniel
Cologne, Germany

Is the NAS mounted when you open iTunes? If not, then of course iTunes can't find the music files.

How do I connect my Synology NAS to my AirPort Extreme base station?

I'm considering replacing an Apple AirPort Extreme base station with my current 5 year old router. I would appreciate if someone could tell me how the AirPort Extreme differs from any regular router. I do not have any OS X devices, but I have a lot of iOS devices. If my understanding is correct, I can set up the AirPort from an iOS device.
Also, I need to know how I would connect my Synology NAS system to the AirPort Extreme network via an Ethernet cable. I would need to be able to acces the files on the NAS through Windows clients. My Synology NAS currently has a web interface....would I still be able to access that web interface with the AirPort?
Thanks for all your help in advance as I am VERY new with networking devices.

I would appreciate if someone could tell me how the AirPort Extreme differs from any regular router.
The AirPort Extreme is a combination router, wireless access point, and Ethernet switch. It also provides both external USB hard drive and printer sharing. So, it is not much different than most other routers on the market today. The one main difference is how you administer it. Unlike most other routers that employ a web-based administration interface, the AirPorts use a dedicated utility, called the AirPort Utility.
I do not have any OS X devices, but I have a lot of iOS devices. If my understanding is correct, I can set up the AirPort from an iOS device.
Yes. There are versions of the AirPort Utility for OS X, Windows, or iOS devices.
Also, I need to know how I would connect my Synology NAS system to the AirPort Extreme network via an Ethernet cable. I would need to be able to acces the files on the NAS through Windows clients. My Synology NAS currently has a web interface....would I still be able to access that web interface with the AirPort?
Your Synology NAS would connect to the AirPort Extreme pretty much the same as for any other manufacturer's routers. That is, you would connect it to one of the available LAN (opposing arrows) ports on the Extreme. You would still use the same web-based interface as before.
Note: When connected to an Ethernet port, the NAS would still function as usual. The AirPort Extreme would not provide any file sharing functionality when connected in this manner. All file sharing features would be the responsibility of the NAS device.

Location is not available to mapped network drive in Windows 8 using Synology NAS

Original Thread:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-files/location-is-not-available-to-mapped-network-drive/ca7eac5c-0e3d-494b-b488-e245978e4db9
I have recently upgraded to Windows 8.1 standard edition. I have come across a problem when using the option for mapped network drives. Under Windows 7 I would normally map a network drive (Synology NAS) and I could access all files, copy and paste, install
apps, and link media, all from within the mapped network drive. However, under Windows 8.1 I have come across a couple of problems.
1. When I try to copy a file from my "Mapped Network Drive" to the C:\Drive (OS Boot Drive), I get the following error,
"E:\ is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted, and then try again. if the location is on a network, make sure you're connected to the network or internet, and then try again. If the
location still can't be found, it might have been moved or deleted."
However, if I copy a file from the "NETWORK/Network Location" the file copies just fine with no problems. And, If I also copy a file from a "Added Network Location" the file also copies just fine with no problems. And, if I copy a file from
my "Mapped Network Drive" to my D:\Drive (non OS Drive), the file copies just fine with no problems.
2. When I try to install apps from my "Mapped Network Drive" they will sometimes install and sometimes not (I am also choosing the option to run the programs as Administrator). Again if I try to install using either the "NETWORK/Network Location"
or an "Added Network Location" the apps install just fine with no problems.
3. When I link media (music or videos) from my "Mapped Network Drive" they will work but once I reboot they no longer work as if they have lost the file path or link of the original source location.
4. When I use FireFox (browser) and I set my default download dir to my "Mapped Network Drive" it will work once originally set it but after I reboot, it no longer works. However, again if I set the default download dir to either the "NETWORK/Network
Location" or an "Added Network Location" the default download dir works fine even after reboot.
While I am able to access my network drive using any of the three options, "Mapped Network Drive", "NETWORK/Network Location", and "Added Network Location" but only "NETWORK/Network Location", and "Added Network
Location"appear to be reliable. Tbh I would prefer to be able to use my "Mapped Network Drive" in Windows 8 as I have been able to under Windows 7.
More info:
I currently have UAC set to "Never Notify".
I also have Windows 8.1 installed on three different systems and all of them give me the same exact problems. One of the systems is a completely clean install with no 3rd party apps installed.
Just so its clear I am able to access the "Mapped Network Drive" but unfortunately this method of access appears to be unreliable in Windows 8 but in Windows 7 it works flawlessly.
If I map a network drive from another pc running windows 7 or 8, I can access and use the mapped drive with no problems. This problem appears to be related to the Synology NAS devices and I have researched the Synology forums but only found one thread about
the problem, here:
http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=76687
I have searched several forums and attempted to pick the brains of my local computer shops for any incite on this problem but I have been unable to find a solution/fix.
Any help resolving this is greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Based on your description, we can temporarily disable the firewall to see whether the issue persists.
For this issue seems related to the Synology NAS devices, in order to get professional help regarding the product, we can contact the vendor support to see whether the issue
can be fixed.
Best regards,
Frank Shen

Windows 8.1 to Synology NAS (DS2413+) - SMB 20MB/s but HTTP 100MB/s?!

Hello all,
Using the normal Windows 8.1 file sharing (SMB) on a high-end laptop with a mapped drive to a shared folder on my new Synology NAS (DS2413+), I get approximately 20MB/s speed... which is so slow the NAS is pretty much useless in my office as we need to
move terabytes of data and don't have much time to do it. If I transfer the exact same file from the same laptop using the Synology's web interface "File Station" (HTTP), the speed is approximately 100MB/s! We can live with 100MB/s. File Station
is really not an option for us though because we need the Windows file sharing stuff like mapped drive letters.
The laptop is plugged directly into the NAS with a network cable... there is no switch involved. I can replicate this behavior consistently - 20MB/s using Windows file sharing (SMB) and 100MB/s using File Station (HTTP.) I've tried everything I can think of
on the laptop after a couple days of troubleshooting and could really use some help. Hopefully someone else has run into this and solved it?
Some of the troubleshooting stuff I've done includes deleting the network adapter on the Windows 8.1 laptop and reinstalling it, to make sure I hadn't screwed up any default settings... nothing changed with the speeds, but I think that's a moot point because
transferring files is 5x faster with HTTP than SMB, so the network connection itself is fine. I have also enabled SMB2 on the NAS and confirmed with the PowerShell cmdlet "Get-SmbConnection" that SMB2 is being used.

Hi Mysticron,
As we have issue in use SMB, please take the following steps to fix this issue:
1. Deploy High-speed Networking Features
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4872
2. Enable Receive Window Auto-Tuning
3. Disable SMB Signing
For more information about SMB, please refer to the following article.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7bd9978c-69b4-42bf-90cd-fc7541ccb663/forum-faq-troubleshooting-network-file-copy-slowness?forum=winserverPN
Hope it will be helpful.
Best regards,
Fangzhou CHEN
Fangzhou CHEN
TechNet Community Support

Time Capsule vs Synology NAS

Hey everyone,
So my current set up at the moment is a Mac Mini with a 3TB external hard drive hooked up for my iTunes library and a 1TB external hard drive used for Time Machine backups for the Mac Mini and 2 Macbook Pros.
I can't decide which would be better to use a Time Capsule or a Synology NAS for the following:
My iTunes library to share to my Apple TV, and other iDevices.
Time Machine backups for all 3 computers and 2 iPhones and 2 iPads
And possibly a file sharing location for use with OS X Server.
And Caching location for app downloads used with OS X Server
What device do you think would be better to use.

Is your mini running OSX server now??
If you plan to install a computer running Server, then I would work out that setup..
This is a "don't quote me" but when you use a server.. you don't want the files to be on network drives.
ie using a server and using network drives (either TC or Synology) means you have competing requirements.
Server should have local disks so it has full control over permissions etc.
Synology in particular is designed as a server replacement.. you don't use a small server plus a synology. You can use TC but only as TM backup location and router.
For your bullet points.
My iTunes library to share to my Apple TV, and other iDevices.
The Synology would be better.. but you still will need a computer running. Home serving of iTunes must be done via a computer.. therefore your library is located in the wrong place. The built in iTunes in the synology.. is really ??? Sorry cannot say much until I get it setup and running.. !!
Time Machine backups for all 3 computers and 2 iPhones and 2 iPads
Any will do as TM target. iOS devices backup to iTunes or iCloud.. There is no TM for iOS. And it will need a real iTunes.. not synology itunes.
And possibly a file sharing location for use with OS X Server.
And Caching location for app downloads used with OS X Server
You are using the Synology as dumb storage. A USB drive plugged into the OS X Server computer will be faster, cheaper and more reliable. You are effectively buying two servers and bypassing on of them to simply use its hard disk.. pointless.

Maximum number of pages and links in an InDesign Document

We have an InDesign document that is 79 pages, and contains about 700 image links and 700 text links. The links in total are about 7GB (most text documents are 2-6K; images could be anywhere from 1 to 50MB). the InDesign document is 220MB.
If we house the package of the InDesign Document and the links on a local machine, it takes our machine about 2 minutes to load the file for editing. If the packaged is housed on a NAS drive (BUFFALO TERASTATION using Gigabit), it takes 16 minutes to load.
I'm wondering if there is a set of "best practices" that suggests a limit to the size of the package, and if you exceed that limit, you should expect poor performance? (Like should we limit our documents to 10 pages and 1GB of links?)
Are we asking for trouble by having documents and links this large? or is there some network or settings or performance issues on our network and on our MACs that I should be looking at first?
Thanks for any comments or assistance.

To answer in a simpler way:
Page number limit per document: 9999 pages
Link limit: your computer configuration (processor, ram, etc) determines it.
Remember, if u run very large documents, you need to upgrade your configuration accordly. If you not have enough available resources to run a job fast, its clear the computer/network needs an upgrade. There are models of HP computers that can reach 128gb of ram memory, and they are not server, they are workstations.
the other way is to avoid extra image data on links (large images in size, far from the output size) and work with the exact size you need, because this extra size can be the cause of the extra processing time.
"We "strive" to do the editing in PS, but often we have a PS file that we want to keep at 4x4 (for future or other purposes), but will place it in InDesign as 2x2 -- so we edit it in InDesign. Should we be creating a new 2x2 file for this one-time purpose?"
Thats the idea, (extra size = extra processing = extra time) X number of you images.

HT4352 Hi, my media is stored on a synology NAS, can Apple TV access the movie folder there?

Hi,
My media is stored on a synology NAS. I use a Samsung Smart tv and stream media content form the NAS to the tv. The annoying thing is I cannot rewind /forward movies, which seems an unsolvable problem. This is why I consider purchasing an Apple TV. My question now is, can Apple TV be linked with my NAS so that I can stream movies form there to the tv via the apple box?
Many thanks for your replies

no it don't support nas
it only support a computer running itunes with a shared itunes lib
that computer could store it's media on the nas but the appletv only see the computer

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