Synology NAS - Synology DRIVE "working & installation"
With this blog entry we show you how we work with our Synology Drive.
The NAS offers many ways to simplify your daily professional and personal life in terms of the way you work.
We have been using the Synology Drive tool for years.
It works like a dropbox etc., but your data is in your own cloud.
Synology Drive unites different file portals on Synology NAS and allows a much simplified file management through the cross-platform synchronization of files. Drive also provides seamless sharing capabilities for optimal office collaboration.
In addition, it is very easy and quick to install.
First we start with the Synology Drive installation on the NAS.
Now the single devices, like Smartphones, MAC's, PC's etc. you want to work with have to be provided with a client. You can find this client in the App Stores of Android and Apple. The PC software is available on the Synology download page at the following link
https://www.synology.com/de-de/support/download
In this case we show you how to install Synology Drive on an Apple iPad. The PC or MAC installation is just as easy. For Android users, the Synology Drive is available from the Play Store.
We’ve created a series of blog posts for Synology.
Click through them if you are interested:
The Synology Knowledge Base is always a great help. You can directly access the Synology support page via the following link
https://www.synology.com/de-de/support
In the next blog entry we will show you another applications we work with on Synology.
In collaboration with Synology Deutschland and Honds IT GmbH.
Synology NAS - how to setup a "new user"
In this blog entry we focus on the “user setup”. With Synology NAS's flexible user management options, you can create user accounts for individual family members or employees of a company. By creating users, you can set and manage permissions for everyone, such as shared folder access permissions, storage and shared folder quotas, and bandwidth restrictions.
We show you how to easily create and manage a new user in a few steps.
We’ve created a series of blog posts for Synology.
Click through them if you are interested:
The Synology Knowledge Base is always a great help. You can directly access the Synology support page via the following link
https://www.synology.com/de-de/support
In the next blog we will show you which applications we work with on Synology.
In collaboration with Synology Deutschland and Honds IT GmbH.
Roadtrip Morocco - Part 1
It is the 29.11.2018 - 10 o’clock. We start our roadtrip to Morocco. It takes us from Cologne through Luxembourg, France, Spain to Portugal / Lisbon. We want to stay there for a few days with Anita we’ve met a few years ago during our first big time on the road in Europe.
It was the best thing we could have done and so we took her with us after the layoff and headed to Tarifa. The ferry from Tarifa to Tangier is the fastest, it separates Africa from the European continent for only 39 km. Without any plans of how the ferry’s there work we’ve been lucky enough to catch the last one and got to Tangier about 22 o'clock after a long day of driving and around 700km.
We had arrived in Africa! To be honest, it’s been kind of strange. A new continent, it was night, everything looked, smelled and sounded so different to what we have been used to. Yet, there was this big excitement all around.
Late at night we’ve ate something, talked for quite a while and decided to make our next move to Chefchaouen the next day. And oh my days, we haven’t thought of the traffic we would encounter the next day. Maybe that just got stuck in our minds because it was our first coming in touch with the moroccan driving culture, but for us driving in Tangier was the worst thing ever so far. And it was really not that bad through whole Morocco afterwards. Like already said, maybe it just felt so hardcore, it just was the first real day of driving kinda blind through that big city. The streets were very crowded. Not just with cars, but with scooters, people walking across the street, bikers’ and donkeys all over the place.
However, after a good amount of time we arrived in Chefchaouen - the blue city. Totally different world. In Chefchaouen there is a relaxed, reserved atmosphere. Maybe this is also due to the numerous surrounding cannabis plantations (there must be some. We’ve heard about it. And you’ve got that special scent all over the city). At least nobody forced us to buy a carpet there.
We stayed there for two days to calm down and to get more familiar with the mood of the country and to explore the city.
more from Morocco in Part II
and pictures from Chefchaouen
After that we went to Fès. It is the oldest of the four royal cities of the country (also Marrakech, Meknès and Rabat) and, according to the Qarawiyin University, it was the spiritual centre of the region.
The next stop was Ouzoud, there are also the Quzoud Waterfalls. They are only 150km northeast of Marrakech and a real tourist shortage.
We stopped there on a camping site (as we always have to charge all of the batteries and devices), probably one of the most beautiful ones in Morocco. It belonged to a Dutch couple who sold the place a while back. Stayed for a couple of days to catch up with some work and to edit the first stack of photos. Marcus made some very nice dishes for us and we thought about opening a cooking blog for him anytime soon (honestly, he’s very good at it and the food is always the best, signed Christof).
Keen on finally seeing some Moroccan mountains we decided to head on a trek from Ouzoud to Skoura through the Atlas and its been incredible. Although it just took us 8 hours for only 350km, it’s been an awesome ride.
It was right before sunset when we arrived in Skoura, not far from Ouarzazate (nicknamed the door of the desert) which is the film-making city of Morocco. Movies such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and parts of the TV series Game of Thrones were shot there. Also, there is the largest solar thermal power plant in the world.
So, 10 days in Morocco we had to be in Marrakesh to bring our friend to the airport, because she had to catch her flight back to Lisbon to celebrate Christmas with her family.
Synology NAS - how to create a "shared folder"
After showing you how to set up a Synology NAS in the first blog we're going to create a shared folder in this one. The shared folder is the basis to work with the Synology NAS. Without a shared folder it is not possible to save files and folders.
Data stored in the shared folders can remain private or be shared with specific users or user groups, depending on the customizable access rights. In addition, shared folders can be encrypted during creation to provide an additional layer of protection.
Here is how you create a shared folder step by step:
Congratulations, youve created yourself a shared folder! Now you can start working with you NAS.
We’ve created a series of blog posts for Synology.
Click through them if you are interested:
The Synology Knowledge Base is always a great help. You can directly access the Synology support page via the following link
https://www.synology.com/de-de/support
In the next blog entry we will show you how to create a user on your system.
In collaboration with Synology Deutschland and Honds IT GmbH.