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@Marcel_Gehlen There’s a couple of maps apps based on OSM (e.g. maps.me), try Komoot, it has offline maps, but is focused on hiking/bicycle trips.

@Marcel_Gehlen @angrox has a better Synology and can probably tell you some things about the value-add things it has (Photo manager and such). Technically you don't need Tailscale to access the Syno, you can just tell it to expose itself on the internet. I guess that depends on your threat model.

@Marcel_Gehlen You can buy a Synology at any decent computer store. That will get you a box and 1-4 disks. You insert the disks and put the cover back on. You log in and tell it to use the disks and optionally to mirror the contents. There you go. The UI ok. Cloud sync (Backblaze, S3) is fairly easy to configure. Additionally a couple of clicks in the admin UI will lead to your Mac to recognize it as a backup vol. it's a consumer device, you will find it's easy.

@ofosos @Marcel_Gehlen For the sizing: You want at least a two-bay for the hardware fault tolerance (aka RAID 1). If you have _a lot_ of data choose at least a 4 bay with an extra nvme (like the 423+). Build at least a Raid1 (2 bay) or a raid5(4 bay).
For backups I use a backup one the same synology, and three outside locations (selfhosted & blackblaze b2b)

@angrox @Marcel_Gehlen I just bought the cheapest two bay I could find. I need at least 10 days buffer if some disk fails, becuase I might be busy with something else. 3-2-1 means: 3 copies, 2 different media, 1 offsite. 1 copy is on ssd, 1 copy is on hdd (synology) and 1 copy is on Backblaze (half the price of S3). It's basically hands off, I just pay $10 (usage based) to Backblaze once a month and I set the Synology to sync at night.

@ofosos @Marcel_Gehlen Neither do I know, but the data _is_ protected. Doing it yourself is far more complex but that's why gdrive is so popular. Oh, and it's free to some extends.

@angrox @Marcel_Gehlen I guess, the gist of the thing is: if you're a little data literate, setting this up in a way that is safe to use, can be done without rooting any appliance, or ssh-ing into any device. All OSes, maybe with the exception of Windows, come with a backup solution that implements best practices and in particular e2e encryption. And your upstream at home is good enough. First time in my life that all these things just fall into place. This used to be a pain.

@fanta @Marcel_Gehlen no, it's hosted in Europe.

@jcrabapple @Marcel_Gehlen my Problem is, i have notes:e2ee i have photos:e2ee all selfhosted but files is missing. Any suggestions ? There is koofr and there is filen. They are open source but i cant find any documentation about selfhosting this or any other service regarding this topic

@fanta @Marcel_Gehlen hmmm I'm not sure about self hosted file storage. Never looked into it.

@fanta @Marcel_Gehlen well actually, there's Nextcloud!