Notes:
• Names may contain up to 27 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). Multibyte characters are
supported. The first character should not be a symbol.
• When you click the Option 1 tab, you can enter the folder description. Descriptions may contain up to 75
alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and spaces. Multibyte characters are supported. The first
character should not be a space.
• You may create up to 400 shared folders. However, if there are a large number of created shared folders, folders
may take a longer time (up to 20 minutes) to access.
• If the names of shared folders accessed via FTP connections contain multibyte characters, configure the client
language in Management > Name/Time/Language to match the characters. If the setting and display language do
not match, the shared folder name will not be displayed correctly.
• The following characters are handled differently by macOS and Windows devices. Avoid using these characters
when sharing data between macOS and Windows devices:
― ~ ∥ - ¢ £ ¬
• Windows does not support some characters that macOS and the LinkStation allow. If you create a filename on a
macOS device that includes any of the following symbols, it will not display correctly on a Windows computer.
You may have to connect to the LinkStation via non-SMB connections such as FTP in order to display or copy files
that contain these symbols in their filenames.
? ] [ / \ = + > < ; : " , | *
• Do not use any of the following words for the name of a shared folder as these words are reserved for internal use
by the LinkStation: authtest, global, homes, info, lost+found, lp, msdfs_root, mt-daapd, printers, ram, recorded,
spool, usbdisk x (where “x” is a number, for example: usbdisk1)
• Don’t use the following unsupported characters in shared folder names, workgroup names, or filenames:
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• File and folder names may contain up to 255 single-byte characters.
• Folder and workgroup names whose names contain multibyte characters may not be displayed correctly.
• If shared folders are accessed from a macOS device, information files for the macOS device may be generated
automatically. Do not delete these files. If they are deleted from a Windows device, this may prevent further
access from a macOS device.
• The LinkStation belongs to the default zone in AppleShare; the zone cannot be specified.
• When files are copied to the LinkStation or to a USB drive connected to the LinkStation, file information such as
date created, date modified, and other date information may be updated or changed.
• During a file transfer, if settings are changed, the file transfer operation may be aborted.
• File copying to the LinkStation is protected by a journaling file system. If the Ethernet cable is disconnected or a
power outage occurs while copying data, the following may occur:
◦ Preset data such as the LinkStation name, users, and groups may be erased.
◦ An incomplete file may be copied and the file can no longer be deleted. If this occurs, restart the LinkStation,
delete the file, and perform the copy operation again.
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