Setting up permissions for shared folders is as easy as checking a few boxes.Once you’ve set up the drive, it should appear in the Finder’s list of shared devices (at least under Leopard). You can connect the device directly to your router, to a switch or hub, or even to the Ethernet port of the latest AirPort Express. Whichever NAS device you choose, you connect it via Ethernet (most, but not all, are equipped with Gigabit Ethernet). The Synology is compatible with both Mac and Windows, can use external USB or eSATA disks, automatically backs up to an external disk, can work as an iTunes server, and is accessible via FTP. For the purposes of this column, I chose Synology’s Disk Station DS107+ and bought a 500GB hard disk to go with it-which provided enough room to back up four Macs and serve up a moderately sized iTunes library.
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