Desktop and Mobile Software
Desktop Software:
There are several options available depending on what you'd like to accomplish. You can view the software download page directly at this link. Here's a pic for reference:
First we'll take a look at what I consider the main app to be used – WD My Cloud. This is a desktop app that can be installed on your PC or laptop. The app can reach back to My Cloud devices on your home network even while you are away. This is accomplished by linking via your Western Digital My Cloud login.
You're limited to the confines of this app while away from home, but you can browse any of your My Cloud devices and drag / drop files to and from them at will. It pops up a copy status screen just as if you were doing these copies from within Windows:
Another piece of software is WD SmartWare. This is a licensed app (3 licenses packaged with the My Cloud Mirror), which enables multiple PCs to backup directly to the My Cloud, filling the backup gap under Windows. Mac users can simply point Time Machine directly to the related share on the My Cloud. Here's a look at SmartWare once installed:
As you can see, the software doesn't really discriminate on what goes to where, and is fairly flexible in that regard. Backups can go to connected USB devices, networked My Cloud devices, and even to a users DropBox account, if they so desire.
Mobile Software:
Also available is a My Cloud app for mobile devices such as Android and iOS. Here's a few shots from the iOS solution in action:
The app is fairly comprehensive and caches up to several GB of recently accessed files. The cache enables offline viewing in cases where no cell service is available, which is handy for flights, etc.
Hmm, this or a Synology NAS?
Hmm, this or a Synology NAS?
Well,….
Either this,
Well,….
Either this, Synology or build your own NAS,….. 🙂
I have a WD MyCloud EX2 and I run a Windows Server 2012 Essentials box as well as running a Synology DSM device. IMO, for ease of use, features and OS I would definitely recommend the Synology.
Any SSH access? Also, it
Any SSH access? Also, it might help to spell out what jumbo frame sizes are supported (4k, 9k, 10k, etc.) Unfortunately, not all jumbo frames are equal because its something of an unofficial/loose standard. It sucks to troubleshoot network issues because even though all your devices support “jumbo” frames, one supports up to 9k and two older devices only support up to 4k…and even then finding out that “4k” is not the same actual payload size in bytes across different devices.
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Just a buyer beware here. I
Just a buyer beware here. I got a WD router a few years ago that also had a built in HD with access to the WD2go website, which i believe is the same as this My Cloud stuff. As far as I can tell the WD cloud service scans the contents of the drive for copyrighted material and, if it finds any, makes the drive invisible to your account when you aren’t accessing it on the LAN. So if you were thinking that this might be a great way to save your mp3s and movies on your own internet accessible hard drive I’d warn you that you may be very disappointed.
I’m not sure that this is still the case with the WD2go service since I gave up on trying to get it to work a couple years ago. I’d be interested to see if anyone has any recent experience with this. I’d love to be wrong and be able to actually utilize that router again.
Hi, I need 4TB external hard
Hi, I need 4TB external hard drive to set up a personal cloud. Wondering what the differences are between “My Cloud Mirror 4TB” and cloudwedge“. would you explained me please?