With Finder on your Mac computer, you can directly access shared folders and files stored on your Synology NAS without the hassle of login to DSM every time.

Settings on Synology NAS

1. Sign in to DSM as an administrator.
2. Go to Control Panel > File Services > SMB (DSM 7.0) or SMB/AFP/NFS (DSM 6.2).
3. Tick Enable SMB service and click Apply to save your setting.
   Write down the SMB path displayed on this page. Here, we take "smb://TAKAO" for example.
   

Access your NAS from a Mac computer

1. Launch Finder on your Mac computer.
2. Click Go and select Connect to Server.
   
3. Enter "smb://" and the hostname or IP address of the Synology NAS. Here, we take "smb://TAKAO" for example. Click Connect to continue.
   
4. When you see a confirmation message, click Connect.
   
5. Enter your DSM username and password. Your user account must have adequate read/write privileges for the shared folders that you wish to access. Click Connect to continue.
   
6. Now you can see the Synology NAS listed under the Locations section of your Finder window.