#Backup mac to synology time machine smb software#

Also, there are no special elements that need to be configured on the NAS side (apart from the account and shared folder), as oppose to TM backup that does require more steps and has a dedicated section to make those changes.

#Backup mac to synology time machine smb software#

The reason for this topic is focused on macOS alone is that most Windows backup software is 3rd party and almost 99% of them work using a pure SMB protocol communication with your NAS when it comes to transferring the backup. Why only macOS? What about Windows backup? Let's see how can you make this happen with Synology NAS, are there any limitations, and how well does it work. Using external drives as well as NAS units as backup devices is no mystery, in fact, it is so common nowadays that all vendors support it. Synology has supported TM for a better part of the decade (and longer), and it makes sense that you want to put your Mac data on a device that a) has a lot more storage than your computer, and b) is running a redundant setup away from the device you are trying to back up in the first place.

A while back Apple also had a lineup of devices that could support it (Time Capsule), but in the past years decided to drop the development, as there are plenty of vendors that support TM protocol, so implementing it is not that big of a deal. TM is a built-in macOS backup app that allows you to run backups of your Mac computer. Now, if you are a Mac user you must have heard about Time Machine right?

In this article, I would like to talk a bit about backup, your desktop backup that is.