User Manual

CONFIGURING SETTINGS

MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 

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

r 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

Time 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 Configur

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

button to turn ON the Auto clear

function.

3. In the File retention time field, en

ter the number of days you’d like to retain your data before

it is cleared.

4. Click S

ave.

Manually Clear Recycle Bin:

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

ar.

2. Click OK to

confirm.