

I used EXT4 both for better compatibility and because I won’t be using it anywhere else other than the Synology. But we need to open Control Panel > External Devices and format the drive, in case it’s not ready for use.

After that, if the drive was correctly recognised by the system, it will appear in the menu bar’s eject quick menu. The first thing is to connect an external USB drive to the NAS, both of which support USB 3.0. A while ago I decided to setup my TimeMachine backup of my MacBook Pro to an external USB drive, essentially to save space on the main Synology volume and also to decrease those disk’s activity, and here’s how I did it.
