As my storage needs increased, and as I was preparing to write my book Take Control of Your Digital Storage, I realized I needed something more robust, like a NAS (network-attached storage) device. It has worked, mostly, but has always felt clumsily patched together. It was where all my music and movies were stored, but it also served as overflow storage and an occasional testbed for beta software. #1576: Work with image text using TextSniper and Photos Search, upgrade your home Wi-Fi, comparing MagSafe battery packsįor many years, I’ve used an old Mac mini connected to a large external hard disk as a general-purpose network server.

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