Mac File Service

At Control Panel > File Services > Win/Mac/NFS, you can enable Mac file service to make DiskStation a Mac file server (AFP server).

To enable Mac file service:

  1. Tick Enable Mac file service to make DiskStation a Mac file server (AFP server).
  2. Set a Time Machine backup folder if necessary. (See the section below for more information.)
  3. Click Apply.

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Enabling Transfer Logging

Checking this option enables logging of file access operations, including creating, deleting, reading, writing, moving, and renaming files or folders via AFP, also known as Apple Filing Protocol.

Advanced Settings

Apply default UNIX permissions:

Enabling this option applies the default UNIX permissions when uploading or creating files and folders. Applied permissions are the same as permissions applied by the UNIX command umask. When this option is enabled, UNIX permissions are 644 for files and 755 for folders. When this option is disabled, UNIX permissions are 666 for files and 777 for folders. The default umask value is 022.

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Enabling this option might cause inconsistent permission issues between different protocols. To avoid inconsistencies, we suggest leaving this option disabled.

Immediately release resources after disconnect:

Enabling this option immediately releases resources when the AFP server connection unexpectedly disconnects. If you receive "Volume in use" error messages while using Time Machine, please enable this option.

To enable Bonjour printer broadcast:

Tick Enable Bonjour Printer Broadcast to allow Mac clients to browse and locate the printer connected to DiskStation.

To search file contents via Finder:

After folders are fully indexed and then mounted on your Mac computer, you can use Finder to search for contents of the contained files.

  1. Go to Control Panel > Indexing Service > File Indexing > Indexed Folder List > Create to index specific folders and contained files by filetype.
  2. Click OK to perform indexing.
  3. Mount the indexed folders to your Mac computer.
  4. On your Mac computer, click the desired mounted folder on the left panel of Finder, and use Finder to search contents of the contained files.

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