There are also mobile and desktop apps that help provide easy access and extra functionality to your Synology Drive, and the desktop version is available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Unlike the traditional File Station, Drive streamlines the view and removes a layer of complexity for most users by not showing every file on the NAS but rather just your own Drive.
You can see the folders you have access to, and then standards like recent files, and the ever popular Recycle Bin. When you install it on your Synology NAS device, you won't really see much other than a file manager. It's installed automatically as a dependency when you install the Moments or Office apps that I'll talk about below.
DriveĪt the core of all of the updates is Synology Drive, which acts like a combination of Dropbox and File Explorer. Let's take a look at all three of these new features. Both Moments and Office build upon Drive, utilizing its functionality for the backend storage. The last new application, Office, is a browser-based productivity suite (think: Google Docs). The second, Moments, is used to help organize your photos automatically (think: Google Photos running in your house). It streamlines the process of syncing data across multiple devices so that your files are always available on the NAS. The first, Drive, is a rewrite of Synology's Cloud Station Suite. In addition to simply storing data, modern NAS devices (like the recently reviewed Synology DS1517+) offer many other compelling features, like Plex, databases, web servers, logging stations, and more.Įarlier this week, Synology announced three new applications that install on DSM, the operating system that powers their NAS devices. The most common reason to purchase a NAS device for your home is to keep control of your data, rather than handing it over to a third party like Google or Amazon to store and process for you.
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