With the purchase of my new Mac Mini I’ve decided it’s a good time to transfer the bulk of my data over to a network attached storage device. It’s primary role is STORAGE and sharing with other computer. Think of it as being more like a filing cabinet or bookcase. NAS storage is that it is much slower than a hard drive. If you upgrade your computer you don’t have to transfer the data across, it will still be on your NAS. It’s a bit like an external thumb drive but it’s on the network so it’s always available from any computer. This is an external hard drive that sits outside of your computer and is accessed over the network.

Many businesses have a different approach to storage, they use what is called network attached storage (NAS). The 1 TB hard disk on the new Mac Mini costs an extra $1280. To make matters worse you cannot upgrade the SSD drives in the new Mac Mini. That’s a lot to pay for an SSD just for storing files. A 1 TB hard disk on a new Mac Mini costs an extra $1280. I just purchased a new Mac mini, but the particular SSD that Apple chose to use in the Mac mini is very expensive. Each time I do it’s a bit like moving house – lots of stuff moves with me that I probably don’t need but I’m not ready to throw it out yet. I upgrade my Mac computer about every 3 years. Apple don’t make an external storage solution but I found Synology have some great devices. This article is about how to get your large files off your main computer hard drive and onto some external network storage that is more reliable, longer-term, and doesn’t take up precious space on your laptop or desktop computer.

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