Display Preferences
The Display Preferences tab provides options to edit date and time format as well as the appearance of your desktop. To view this tab, click the person icon at the upper-right of the desktop and select Personal.
Modifying Date & Time Format
The following account settings can be edited:
- Date format: Specify the date format depending on your preference and geographic location.
- Time format: Specify the time to be displayed in 12-hour or 24-hour format.
After modifying account settings, click Save to save changes.
Modifying Desktop
You may customize the style of the main menu, the size of desktop icon, the color of text, and your desktop wallpaper.
To change the style of the main menu:
- Select either Fullscreen or Drop-down from the drop-down menu.
- Click Save.
To change the size of your desktop icons:
- Select either Normal (64x64) or Classic (48x48) from the drop-down menu.
- Click Save.
To change the color of the text of your desktop:
- Select the desired color from the drop-down menu to change the color of the text of your DSM desktop.
- Click Save.
To upload a customized image that will be used as your desktop wallpaper:
- Tick Customize wallpaper, and then click Select image:
- If you want to use an image stored on your computer, go to My Images on the left panel, and click Upload to select an image from your computer.
- If you want to use an image that was previously used, go to My Images on the left panel, and select the desired image from My Previous Images, and click Select.
- If you want to use the default wallpaper provided by Synology, go to Default Wallpaper on the left panel, select the desired image, and then click Select.
- If you want to use an image stored on your Synology NAS, click on the shared folder on the left panel to select the image, and then click Select.
- Choose from the drop-down menu to decide how the background image is arranged on your DSM desktop.
- Click Save.