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Ya RC was released about 20 days ago, and it went final the 29th, still have to manually update it since it won’t get pushed out for awhile. Everything went smooth on my end. Only problem I had was with Plex and they implemented some new stricter permissions.
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I've been running 7 since I got mine, so I've only had the Plex beta. I saw that now that it's RC most apps are not beta, but Plex media server still appears to be for the moment. Meanwhile I finally setup the Synology Drive server and setup a client on my PC to back up items that aren't synced to OneDrive already - though the fact I got Windows 11 pushed to my machine is more the reason for that than anything else.

 
Don't use the Plex media server from Synology, it's so outdated. Grab the copy from Plex themselves. Here:

Select the NAS - Synology 918 package from the drop down, then select the Intel 64bit DSM 6.0 or newer package. Never use Synology's.

https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/

 
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Have you played with the new Synology Photos yet @ndboarder ?
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Yes, that was the reason I ran DSM 7 beta when I got my device, I wanted to use their Photos Mobile app to backup photos from phones. Mostly have just done the little bit of setup for it and uploaded photos from phones.

 
Yes, that was the reason I ran DSM 7 beta when I got my device, I wanted to use their Photos Mobile app to backup photos from phones. Mostly have just done the little bit of setup for it and uploaded photos from phones.
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How does the mobile backup work on your iPhone? This is one feature that I would be interested in. Does it upload them remotely? or do you have to be connected on your local internet? Does it do it automatically, or do you have to open the app?

 
It will backup remotely to the best of my knowledge. I don't remember any setting that would change that behavior, but it does have the WiFi only option so you can choose whether to upload over cellular connection or not. As for opening the app, it is the same as every other non-Apple app on your phone and the app must be running on the phone to do anything. It doesn't need to be "open" - as in actually on the screen when you look at it, but the app must be at least open in the background. If you completely close/kill the apps on your phone all the time and do so with their app it won't be able to upload in the background. I know I always bring up the open apps and close them all out. I try to remember to just leave OneDrive and PhotosMobile running so they can do their jobs, but I still typically end up having to remember to launch both of them every few days.

It would sure be nice if Apple would give 3rd parties some true background task capability that users could choose to allow and not have to remember/think about which apps to close and which to leave open in the background

 
Thanks for the info, I might have to try it then.

It would sure be nice if Apple would give 3rd parties some true background task capability that users could choose to allow and not have to remember/think about which apps to close and which to leave open in the background
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This is an excellent idea!

 
Have you tried multiple users yet, like you and your wife's phone backing up with dual accounts?
 
I am going to install this tonight and try it out, look like it uses your Synology quick connect to log in with correct?
 
Yes - have multiple users setup. You can configure (per user) whether they backup to a shared location or keep separate. Also, yes it uses the quick connect address to reach your device.
 
I've had a fun little afternoon at work. Got our work Synology NAS all setup. I am currently transferring data through the front USB at the moment. But I did setup Synology's Active Backup for Business. I haven't played around with it before, but it offers a nice central storage for all your PC backups and act's like Apple's Time Machine in a way. Pretty sweet.

actively_protect_01.webp

https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/active_backup_business

 
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Dropping in a new 4tb Iron Wolf tonight. One wonderful thing about SHR is how easy it is to keep stepping up.

 
Well, I have finally completed my Synology NAS with all Ironwolf drives now. It has taken me some time, but just got done adding the last one to it. It is currently in the repair state.

 
My 1621 says I'm up-to-date at a 7.1 version.  I guess I don't know enough about 7.1 to know what that beta would offer me. 

 
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My 1621 says I'm up-to-date at a 7.1 version.  I guess I don't know enough about 7.1 to know what that beta would offer me. 
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The page says beta but the RC is out on the downloads page. The page I linked just showed some of the changes. Mostly fast performance, and some new protection against crypto viruses. I updated at work and all went smoothly. I might do mine later, I am sure if you wait a week or two the final will be out.

Here is the link, will have to click 7.2 tab at top, it should say RC next to it.

Download Center - DS1621+ | Synology Inc.

 
I'll just let mine auto-update when it rolls down.  It's fairly well secured and as long as the backups configured are happening and working from phones for photos, it doesn't much matter.  It's a very set it and forget it solution for my uses

 
Added another 256mb SSD to my cache on my Synology, now I have both read/write cache enabled.

 
I see Synology has come out with a sort of cloud backup but to your local computer. It looks like you have to buy their hardware though. It's a shame they just didn't release it as software to work with any drive or NAS.

BeeDrive | Your personal backup hub

Whether it is school or work projects, vacation photos, or just to free up storage space on your phone, BeeDrive gathers all your data scattered across different devices.
bee.synology.com bee.synology.com
 
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