#Synology drive for windows install#
To use Synology Drive, install the Synology Drive Server package on the NAS from the Package Center app. Click connect using different credentials. Not my actual naming convention for security. Click the 3 dot settings menu and select 'map network drive'. Set Up a Synology Drive Server on the NAS. Here are my steps: Open file explorer and click on This PC. I have noticed that when I do this it triggers a full sync on the photo & music folder.Ĭan anyone else who has Synology Drive for Windows and uses iTunes for desktop, and has a sync folder where they had chose the option to "free local space" confirm if they see the same behavior? Eventually I think I will have to get in contact with Synology Support, but just need to rule out that this would happen for all instances and not just my setup. Then you can download the Synology Drive Client for Windows to help you sync two or more folders to Synology. I use iTunes desktop app and I plug in my phone to the computer just to make a iTunes backup of the phone. With a recent Synology Drive update things have been reeking havoc. As you can see, you need to drag and drop PC folders into the Synology Drive folder manually. Synology sync local folders to NAS using a handy freeware. Drag and drop PC folders into the Synology Drive folder, and they will be synced to the Synology NAS automatically.
#Synology drive for windows how to#
It also had a mobile counterpart, Synology DS Cloud, used to synchronize. How to create mapping drives for Synology NAS - Windows Click Tools > Map Network Drive Select a Drive letter, like Y: or Z. Navigate to the Synology Drive folder in Windows File Explorer. When you view an item on the computer it will download and then you can view. This application allows you to synchronize files between the Synology NAS and your PC. Syncing has been working fine and usually on some of the bigger sized folders (photos & music) I would have right clicked on those folders and chose an option call "Free up local space." This works well because then the data exists on the nas but can be viewed on the computer. Navigate to ComputerHKEYCURRENTUSERSOFTWAREClassesCLSID. Instructions: Open Regedit with Admin mode.
However, AOMEI Backupper is superior to Synology Drive in. It navigates just like your local hard drive from Window Explorer.
I currently have Synology Drive sync tasks for my window pc desktop, documents, photo, video, music, download folders. Instead, this document is intended to help you connect your Windows computer to a Shared Folder on your Synology NAS in the form of a Mapped Drive. Both Synology Drive Client and free AOMEI Backupper can help to sync local folders with Synology NAS. I'm looking for other Synology Drive on Windows users' input on this matter.
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