

NOTE: We will use the share “Name” of “TimeMachineBackups”, your name can/will be different. Enter the “Name”, “Description”, and “Location” of your Share.On your Synology NAS, open the Synology Control Panel and click on "Shared Folder”.STEP 1 - Create a Time Machine backup share on your Synology NAS If you need to stop in the middle, complete steps 1-9 first, then proceed with the remaining steps at a later time. Please follow the steps in order and leave yourself enough time to complete them. NOTE: The set-up process below is 16 steps. A Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account and the login credentials for that account.A user account on the Synology NAS device that has the ability to download, install, and configure the Cloud Sync package.A Synology NAS device with at least DSM 6.0 installed.Working knowledge of the Time Machine backup service on your Mac.A Mac computer with MacOS 10.9 and above.This guide assumes you have the following: A second companion Guide, " How to restore your Time Machine backup from B2" explains how to Restore your Time Machine data from Backblaze B2. This guide focuses on the Backup process. This document will show you how to set up your configuration so the files on your Mac can be automatically backed up locally to your Synology NAS, and then synced off-site to your Backblaze B2 account. This guide outlines how to store your Time Machine backup on your Synology NAS device and have that backup automatically sync to Backblaze B2 Cloud storage.
