Q: mac mini vs NAS
Hi, I have a 2010 27" iMac with a terabyte of storage and it is almost full. It still runs great so I didn't want to upgrade it yet. Seventy-five percent of its storage is pictures and home videos. We also have a MacBook Air, 2 iPads, 4 iPhones and 3 apple TVs. My basic question is whether I should stay in the Apple family and go with a Mac Mini and put all the pics and video there, or whether I should set up a NAS with Synology or QNAP? I use Lightroom to catalog and edit my RAW photos. I use online backup through Crash Plan plus I back up my pictures in Flickr as well. I'm not the most "techy" person but not a complete newbie either (so if I went with NAS it would have to be user friendly). I like the idea of a NAS as the kids approach high school and will be adding more laptops etc but I'm nervous about compatibility issues with all my photos especially and what I've read about backing up Macs on a NAS and issues with HFS+ etc. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
VIN, iMac (27-inch Mid 2010)
Posted on Sep 2, 2016 5:58 PM