Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 4.1
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Chapter 2: Get Started with Synology DiskStation Manager
Manage Personal Options
Click the
Options
menu (with a figure icon) at the top-right corner of your DSM desktop to manage your user
account settings or log out of DSM.
Account
Under
Account
, you can change your account's password and description.
To modify your account:
1
Enter a description for your account (optional).
2
If you want to change your account's password, enter the new one and confirm it.
3
Enter your email address (optional).
4
Change your display language according to your preferences. The language you specified here for your
account will have higher priority over the one specified at
Main Menu
>
Control Panel
>
Regional Options
.
5
Click
OK
.
Limitations:
The user description is case sensitive and can be 0 to 64 displayable Unicode characters.
The password is case sensitive and should be 0 to 127 displayable characters, including letters, numbers, signs,
and space.
Volume Usage
Under
Volume Usage
, you can view your quota on all DiskStation volumes set by
admin
, as well as the amount
of capacity you have used on each volume.
Desktop
Under
Desktop
, you can customize the appearance of your desktop.
To change the background and text color of your desktop:
1
Tick
Customize color
and then choose from the drop-down menus to change the text color of desktop
thumbnails and the background color of DSM desktop.
2
Click
OK
.
To upload a customized image that will be used as your desktop wallpaper:
1
Tick
Customize background
, and then do any of the following to select your background image:
