Can We Pay for “Beauty”? — TOS 7 Has a Different Kind of Answer

On December 15, we will open the public Beta of TOS 7 —It not only challenges the limits of design aesthetics for NAS systems, but also reshapes how we understand efficiency, collaboration, and freedom.

However, It not as a finished product,but as a version meant to be explored, questioned, and shaped.

This early access release is available to users who meet the Beta eligibility criteria,
especially those who enjoy digging into the details, noticing the edges, and helping refine what comes next.

In the world of infrastructure, “beauty” isn’t a word we say often.
We talk about throughput, scheduling, kernel versions, I/O paths, fault domains —
but rarely about beauty.

And yet, if you work with systems long enough, you start to realize something：

A truly well-designed system always has a kind of beauty in it.

Not the kind you see at first glance, but the kind that shows up later, in the frictionless places where things simply work.

TOS 7 is built around this kind of concept.

Beauty You Notice Slowly — and Appreciate Deeply

TOS 7 has been re-designed down to its smallest parts：
90% of icons rebuilt,
over 1,000 subtle UI behaviors refined,
50+ new functions added with intention rather than decoration.

It’s not about looking “new.”
It’s about feeling coherent.
The spacing, the navigation weight, the motion curves —these things add up.
Not loudly, But unmistakably.

You don’t adapt to TOS 7.
It quietly adapts to you.

Beauty in System Logic — Clean Architecture as User Experience Complex systems don’t need to feel complex.

TOS 7 re-orders the system’s functional hierarchy so that operations fall into place naturally.
Paths shorten.
Decisions reduce.
Cognitive load drops.

In everyday workflows you feel the difference：file movements, folder switching, administrative checks —they simply take less time.

With the redesigned file management experience：

“My Files” and “Desktop” bring a desktop-class workflow

Split-view + tabbed browsing accelerate cross-directory operations

A unified recycle bin creates a single, transparent point of recovery

It’s the kind of efficiency that feels almost invisible —the best kind.

Beauty Backed by Engineering

Elegance on the surface means little without power underneath.

TOS 7 runs on the Linux 6.12.41 kernel, From multi-tasking and Docker deployment to virtual machine startups, TOS 7 runs faster, smoother, and more responsively than ever.

better task scheduling

improved compatibility

stronger real-time behavior

Container deployment is faster.
Virtual machines boot with fewer stutters.
Heavy I/O loads distribute more evenly.
The responsiveness isn’t accidental —it’s architectural.

Beauty in Collaboration — Fast, Lightweight, Unobtrusive

TOS 7 treats collaboration as a first-class experience：

Online editing for Word / Excel / PowerPoint without downloads

A self-developed global search engine with inverted indexing + real-time sensing

Search results surfacing up to 10× faster

A redesigned TNAS.online backbone that improves remote access stability, especially across unpredictable networks

You don’t need to “manage” remote access anymore.
You just connect — and work.

Beauty in Control — and in What You’re Free to Build

For administrators, power users, and developers, “beauty” often means control.

TOS 7 expands that control with：

13 domain permission types

A modular, filterable message center

A visualized storage dashboard

A full Developer Mode with root access + native Ubuntu repository integration

The new VMs manager that turns NAS hardware into a multi-purpose compute node

Whether you're orchestrating an enterprise environment
or running personal computing workloads at home,
TOS 7 gives you the freedom to shape your own system behavior —
not adapt to it.

If you already own a TerraMaster device, please upgrade to TOS 6 first before joining TOS 7. For details, please refer to the official website.

In the End: Beauty Is Not Decoration — It’s Structure

When “beauty” means clear logic, low friction, predictable performance,
and a system that feels increasingly natural the longer you use it —
then yes, that’s a kind of beauty worth pursuing.

And TOS 7 pursues exactly that.

TOS 7 — Beyond Beautiful.