#QSYNC VS SYNOLOGY DRIVE PASSWORD#
#QSYNC VS SYNOLOGY DRIVE WINDOWS#

Overall the new QTS 4.0 desktop interface is much easier to use than it’s predecessor. Grabbing an icon and dropping it on another will place both in the same folder. Applications icons are arranged on the desktop to provide quick access to important programs. The final area is the desktop area and works like a desktop in any other OS. When selected a window opens providing important information on the system and HDD statistics. In the lower right of the desktop is the Dashboard.

#QSYNC VS SYNOLOGY DRIVE PASSWORD#

These options allow adding a picture to the profile, changing the desktop wallpaper, changing the password and some other settings. The Options selection in this menu provides some additional configuration options too. This menu allows the administrator to customize specific settings, change their password, restart/shut down the NAS or log out of the account. Since I am logged in as the Administrator this area includes the Admin Control. The final icon is for Notifications and Alerts for recent system error and warning notifications. The user can select the connected device header to open the External Device page for relevant settings and operations or select the eject icon to eject the external device. The external device icon lists all external devices that are connected to the NAS via it’s USB or SATA ports. The background tasks icon allows the user to review and control all tasks running in the background (HDD SMART scanning, Antivirus scanning, file backup, etc). There are 3 icons: 1) Background task 2) External Device and 3) Notification and Alert. In the upper right of the desktop is the notification area.

#QSYNC VS SYNOLOGY DRIVE WINDOWS#

Any window that is open when the Show Desktop button is selected will be minimized and appear as a button in the toolbar across the top of the window (similar to Windows with applications in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen). Next to the Main Menu drop down is a Show Desktop button that can be used to minimize or restore all open windows and show the desktop. I have added the Plex Server application to my NAS as shown at the bottom of the Main Menu. The third part applications section are any of the programs that are installed using the App Center. The System Features and Settings section are applications that allow you to configure and change items on the NAS.

The QNAP applications are programs that come as part of QTS 4.0. The Main Menu is selected on the upper left and includes 3 parts: 1)QNAP Applications 2) System Features and Settings and 3) Third Party Applications. The desktop is comprised of the following sections:

When you log into a QNAP NAS running QTS 4.0 you are brought directly to the desktop. I will also cover one of the applications from QNAP called Qsync that can be used for file synchronization using the NAS as the central storage hub. In this article I am going to show the Desktop in more detail and highlight some of the functions that the desktop provides. In the QNAP TS-269L Review and News article I introduced you to the new QTS 4.0 desktop on the NAS.

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