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Does anyone have experience with building a NAS for their Mac? (sh.itjust.works)
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I’m really looking into building a NAS for my Mac. I got the 256gb MacBook Air and currently back up the machine using a nvme drive over type c but having to plug it in to access video files and backup every couple days is not ideal. With how cheap physical storage is now, a NAS seems like a good solution. Does anyone have a NAS at home and can share the software and hardware needed to make it run smoothly?

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[-] SomeRandomAnon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I did notice that it wasn’t sleeping properly, so I just SSH in and kill the offending process as needed. The issue only comes back following a restart, but otherwise the HDD works great. The disk is asleep unless I am actively backing up or using it.

I also have an offline external SSD I use as a redundant backup to be safe.

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