User Manual

GETTING STARTED

MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 

Accessing Content

The My Cloud device’s Public folder contains Shared Music, Shared Pictures, and Shared

Videos subfolders. The existing content of the subfolders are files that you dragged and

dropped or files that have been backed up from your computer or an attached USB drive.

Note: Any of the folders can hold any file type.

Once you’ve physically connected your My Cloud device (see “Preparing your My Cloud

Device for Use” on page 9), use the following steps to access the contents of your device.

If your operating systems is... Then...

Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 /

Windows 10./W/1

1. On the Start page, type Computer.

2. Click Comp

uter.

3. In the left pane, click Netw

ork.

4. Double-click the My Cloud device (see “Appendix D: My

Cloud Device URLs and Names” on page 104 for a list of

device names) a

nd locate the device’s Public folder.

5. Double-click the Public folder to display the Shared Music,

Shared Pictures, and Shared Videos subfolders. You can

now drag and drop files into (and from) the shared media

folders using Windows Explorer.

Windows 7

1. Click or Start > Computer > Network > My Cloud

device (se

e “Appendix D: My Cloud Device URLs and

Names” on page 104 for a list of device names) and, if

required, enter your share credentials. The device’s Public

nd private folders (shares) appear.

2. Double-click the Public folder

to display the Shared Music,

Shared Pictures, and Shared Videos subfolders. You can

now drag and drop files into (and from) the shared media

folders using Windows Explorer.