Accessing Synology from anywhere - proper set up?

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Will,
Thanks for your video on 5 ways to access your NAS files. My main Q is which method should I use…I’m thinking TailScale or OpenVPN Server.

Let me talk about my use case. Currently using:

  • Windows computers
  • iPhone, but plan to move to Android
  • iPac

My priorities are:

  1. to get Joplin Notes writing to/reading from my NAS when I’m on my phone. I want to own my data and protect it. (I’m moving off of Evernote to Joplin Notes). I create multiple note almost every day, either from my computer or iPhone

  2. Photos - I’ve had my NAS set up for over a year and can’t seem to get any speed. I read somewhere that it can be because I’m using “quickconnect” which actually throttles your speed. I still haven’t gotten all of my photos to back up, and EVERYthing is slow on my NAS.

  3. Email - down the road, I’d like to host my own email on my NAS.

Thoughts as to best approach?