User Manual

MANAGING SHARES
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 
Making a Share Private
If you decide there is a reason to limit access to a public share, use the following steps to make a
share private.
1. On the Set Up Shares screen, select the share you’d like to make private.
2. In the Share Profile area, click the Public toggle button to OFF.
3. For each user listed in the User Access section, select their level of access by clicking the
appropriate icon for the share (e.g., read/write, read only, or no access).
Deleting a Share
1. On the Set Up Shares screen, select the share you would like to delete.
2. Click the Delete Share icon in the left panel.
3. In response to the confirmation message, click OK.
Accessing the Contents of a Share Locally
Note: For information on accessing the contents of a share remotely, see “Accessing Your
Cloud Remotely” on page 40.
For a private share, the user must have:
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A user name and password assigned to the share name.
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Read-only or Read/Write access to the share.
WARNING! Deleting a share erases all files and folders on that share.
IF you want to open a share
using . . .
THEN . . .
Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 /
Windows 10
1. In the task bar, click the File Explorer icon .
2. In the left panel, select Network and double-click the My Cloud
device name (see
“Appendix D: My Cloud Device URLs and
Names” on page 104 for a list of device names).
3. Double-click a public or private share on your device.
Windows 7 1. Click or Start > Computer.
2. In the left panel, select Network.
3. Click the My Cloud device name (see “Appendix D: My Cloud
Device URLs and Names” on page 104 for a list of device
names).
4. Double-click the public or private shares on your device.
Mac OS X 1. Open a Finder window and locate your My Cloud device under
the Shared heading in the side bar.
- If presented with an authorization page, either enter your user
name and password or select Guest, then
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click Connect.
2. Click the device to display the public or private shares on your
device.
WD Access Go to the My Cloud Learning Center to download WD Access at
http://www.mycloud.com/learn/.