#Nas for mac mini windows#

Lets keep all the useful things people do on Windows every day hidden behind keyboard shortcuts, assuming they even exist.Bugshot, its omitted and future features, and exploring NAS options: Synology vs. I will never understand Apples obsession with form (minimal UI elements) over function. But also because I'm absolutely sick of struggling to find files in the file requester, because you can't search (I primary use mouse only for this so if there is a keyboard shortcut to do it, still useless) and it orders the files completely differently to Windows and Linux. Mainly because 8GB RAM doesn't seem enough any more (no idea why the OS eats so much of it) so using the new Face Recovery would spend 15 minutes swapping. I've actually just moved back from my Mac Mini M1 8G to Windows for Topaz Gigapixel. Obviously there is merit if you DO need it, but its a frustrating performance penalty if you don't as it expects it to be there. MacOS just has some annoying ideas how how a NAS should work, such as forcing meta data on the NAS itself even if you don't want or need it. Even then, it performs worse than Windows though that wont necessarily be an issue. MacOS can access Windows shares, its the recommended method in fact, but it does have some annoying issues that can rear their head unless you're using a NAS OS optimised around Mac use.

#Nas for mac mini Pc#

Is it possible to share a single NAS between and PC and Mac? I'm worried if drive formatting issues would occur.ĭoes anyone have experience with working on and audio projects (Pro Tools, Ableton Live, or Logic) from a NAS and if so, is it stable?ĭrive formatting is largely irrelevant as the NAS itself deals with that and only exposes the drives over network protocols.

I would really like to have access to all of my data via the internet as a travel quite a bit and I'd rather have my own central storage versus using Drive or Dropbox which I currently do now. Regarding the video and photo editing, thus far I have just used a secondary internal or external drive to store projects and work from them. The performance is good, but I have hit bottlenecks a few times. I do currently work on my audio projects off of an external thunderbolt SSD (Crucial X8). I am aware of servers being used for large Virtual Instrument plugin samples to be streamed from, however I have been unable to find if storing an entire project on a NAS or external server would cause any issues. Also, I have a bit of a hard time finding if working on audio production projects directly off of a NAS is a good idea. I can't really find any great information for this. I've been trying to find if it's a valid idea to build or use a pre built NAS to work using both Mac and PC machines. The most popular Mac storage solutions seem to be OWC thunderbolt external options however, I'd like to just merge all of my storage to one central location.

I've looked at multiple different options however, I really would like to find a way to incorporate a NAS into my set up. My storage situation is lacking to put it simply.

#Nas for mac mini pro#

Fro audio production, I jump between Pro Tools, Ableton Live, and Logic Pro. I am moving all photo and video editing to my PC. I currently use an M1 Mac mini to work on my audio/music productions and have just upgraded my PC with a new video card. Hey everyone! I'm an audio engineer and producer and am also an amateur video and photo editor.