Btw to be super clear I’m not trying to convince you of anything!
I was for sure trying to help! FreeNAS is mostly a UI on top of FreeBSD, so out of curiosity, mostly, I asked If that might be an option!
Running older versions does often lead to issues for obvious reasons, bugs will be fixed, APIs change and get deprecated etc but more important even are the security issues that are fixed in more recent versions too. So I feel like I am obliged to try to help or at least suggest paths to the best of both worlds!
That said! This is your call! Please do use whatever you feel is best for you! Just don’t expect everything to work fine! The iOS issue can indeed be due to PMS, the fact that it works elsewhere is not proof enough , it is a good indication, but it could also be an incompatibility issue. I suggest you open a thread on the iOS forums and ask for help specifically with that issue.
Let me be a bit more clear, and sorry if I sound harsh, but I really mean to help and it seems I was misunderstood! I am NOT recommending anything! I was simply curious of the hardware limitation and wondered if maybe it would work on FreeBSD since FreeNAS does limit the hardware choice a bit more (ultimately FreeNAS is more of a enterprise level product so their target hardware is ofc more specific)! So again to be clear I am not vouching for anything or recommending product A or B! You should figure out your needs/requirements and use whatever works best for that!
Closing this thread as requested (I an re-open if want at any time)!
