Western Digital My Cloud - Product Overview; System Overview and Features; Setup Requirements and Precautions; Package Contents and Views

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WD MY CLOUD PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Shutting Down Safely .....................................................38
........................................................ Monitoring Alerts38
Ejecting a USB Storage Device (Windows) ....................................39
Uninstalling WD Quick View ................................................40
6 At a Glance: The Dashboard ..................................41
Launching the Dashboard .................................................41
The Dashboard Home Page ................................................42
Obtaining Customer Support ...............................................48
Basic Administrative Tasks.................................................50
7 Managing Users ............................................51
About Users ............................................................51
Viewing Users ...........................................................51
Creating a User..........................................................53
Changing a User’s Password ...............................................53
Editing User Settings .....................................................54
Removing a User ........................................................54
8 Managing Shares ..........................................55
About Shares ...........................................................55
Viewing a List of Shares ...................................................55
Creating a New Share.....................................................56
Making a Share Private....................................................57
Deleting a Share .........................................................58
Accessing the Contents of a Share Locally ....................................58
9 Accessing Your Cloud Remotely ..............................60
Enabling Cloud Access for the WD My Cloud Device ............................60
Enabling Cloud Access for a User ...........................................60
Mobilizing Your Files with WD My Cloud Mobile Apps............................62
The Pathway to Your Personal Cloud ........................................70
Accessing Your Personal Cloud on the Web ...................................70
10 Configuring Settings ........................................74
General ................................................................74
Network ...............................................................79
Media .................................................................82
Utilities ................................................................83
You might want to export and save the device's current configuration before restoring
factory default settings so that you can import it afterwards. Note that importing a configuration in
this case does not restore shares or users.
If you want to restore the complete contents of a WD My Cloud device, including user settings,
backups, and data, use the safepoint feature described on “About Safepoints” on page 93. A