NAS

After I published my guide to backing up an iPhone to a NAS over Wi-Fi last year, quite a few people got in touch with bug reports, feature requests, and requests to open-source the project. My main commitments kept taking priority, so progress on this side project has been slow. But I’ve kept using it and making changes along the way. Wi-Fi backups, encrypted backups, and notifications have been fairly reliable in my own setup. I’ve also added backup inspection and restore features, though restoring and extracting backups are still experimental and need more work. Over China’s National Day holiday, I finally found some time to release the updated version and the source code. If you’d like to tinker with it too, you’re welcome to join in. Here’s a look at what’s changed over the past year, what you’ll need for a new installation, and what to watch out for when upgrading. Project: iOS Backup on GitHub ...

Recently, my home experienced a power outage. My Synology NAS shut down gracefully since it was connected to a UPS, but my Linux server, which wasn’t connected to the UPS, suffered a hard power loss. This can easily lead to data loss or, in severe cases, disk damage! That’s why I finally got around to configuring NUT, which I had been putting off for a while. This article shares how to use NUT to protect multiple devices with a single UPS. ...