Keeping the operating system of your Synology NAS up to date is only half of the smooth home server experience: the other half is keeping all your application packages up to date, too. Let’s look at how to manually update your packages as well as how to automate the process.
In our guide to getting started with your Synology NAS, we showed you how to update the core operating system—now it’s time to take a look at keeping your application packages updated too. Because the Synology platform is so much more than simple network-attached-storage, keeping your apps updated is critical in ensuring a smooth and bug free experience.
Manually Updating Your Synology Packages
To get started with the update process, simply navigate to the web-based interface for your Synology NAS. On the default desktop, you’ll see the Package Center shortcut (if there are packages in need of update you’ll see, like in the screenshot below, a red indicator displaying the number of them). If you’ve done a little desktop rearranging, you can always find the shortcut for the Package Center by clicking on the Start Menu-like button in the upper corner to access your full application list.
Inside the Package Center, you’ll default to the “Installed” view, showing all your installed packages with any packages in need of updates, if applicable, displayed at the top of the list in the “Attention required” section, seen below.
There are three ways to approach manually updating your packages. You can…
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