User Manual

CONFIGURING SETTINGS

MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 

1. In the Mac Backups area, click the toggle button to ON to enable Time Machine

backups,

if not previously enabled.

2. Click the C

onfigure link to display the Time Machine Settings dialog.

3. From the Select a Share drop-down list, sele

ct a share you’d like to use to back up

your Mac data.

4. In the Maximum Size field, move the slider to indicate the maximum value you’d like to

use for your backup.

Note: Increasing the maximum backup value after the initial backup has no effect

on existing backups. WD recommends leaving this setting at the maximum

value for your initial backup. After the first backup is complete, you can

change the backup size by dragging the Maximum Size slider.

5. Click Save.

Important: Once T

ime Machine begins to back up your files to a selected share,

we recommend that you continue to back up to that share. Switching

shares generates a new backup file which will not contain your

previously saved information.

Services

This section of the General screen enables or disables the Recycle service available on your 

My Cloud device.

Clearing your Recycle Bin

Use the following steps to clear your device’s Recycle Bin.

Automatically Clear Recycle Bin:

1. In the Services > Recycle Bin area, click Configure.

2. In the Auto clear Recycle Bin field, click the toggle but

ton to turn ON the Auto clear

function.

3. In the File retention time field, enter the number of days you’d like to retain your data

before it is cleared

4. Click Save.

Manually Clear Recycle Bin:

1. To manually clear the Recycle Bin on your device, click Clear.

2. Click OK to confirm.