Getting Started with Your QNAP: First-Time QTS Setup
QTS 5.2 from unboxing to a working volume: Qfinder Pro, why storage pools and volumes are two separate steps, and the port-forwarding mistake that…
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Step-by-step how-tos, kept current as the software they cover changes.
Migrating from Plex to Jellyfin
Already running Plex and thinking about switching to Jellyfin? You don’t have to re-rip anything or move any media. Both point at the same…
Getting Started with Your Synology: Installing Jellyfin
Installing Jellyfin on DSM with Container Manager: a compose file that does not need host networking, a first-run wizard that never phones home, and…
Getting Started with Your Synology: Installing Plex
Installing Plex on DSM with Container Manager and a real compose file: claim tokens, why Plex wants host networking, and where hardware transcoding actually…
Getting Started with Your Synology: Choose Your Path, Plex or Jellyfin
Plex and Jellyfin are not two steps in the same build; they are two answers to the same question. What each one costs you,…
Getting Started with Your Synology: Backups and Snapshots
RAID is not a backup. Snapshot Replication and Hyper Backup solve two different failures, and an external drive left plugged in solves neither. Plus…
Getting Started with Your Synology: Docker/Container Manager vs. the Package Center
Package Center or Container Manager? One is the appliance path, the other is where the entire self-hosted ecosystem actually publishes. The choice shapes every…
Getting Started with Your Synology: First-Time DSM Setup
Getting a Synology NAS from box to daily driver: the DSM install wizard, an admin account worth the name, SHR storage, 2FA before anything…