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Choose Sync Task

Click the Sync Task card, then click Next.

This Mac ↔ NAS

Sync Task

Same files on both sides, updated when they change.

This Mac → NAS

Backup Task

A copy sent from the Mac to the NAS on a schedule.

Synology Drive Client asking you to choose Sync Task or Backup Task.
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Sync Task and Backup Task

Click Sync Task
Then click Next

Sync keeps the same files on the Mac and the NAS, and it updates them when they change. That is the right card for a shared project folder people open from either place.

Backup Task is the card on the right. It copies files from the Mac to the NAS on a schedule you set. Pick that card only when you want a spare copy, and the NAS copy does not need to change the Mac.