A:AnswerIt does NOT have any wireless broadcasting on its own. Once it’s connected to your router via Ethernet, it will show up as a new drive to use as a backup storage device using Windows or the Mac OS. As an independent Apple tech, I set these up for many clients without ever creating a WD account and simply use it as a wireless Time Machine backup device.
If you don’t have a wireless router and still want to use it as a wireless backup device, you could setup a wireless router without connecting it to the internet and create a wireless network for the sole purpose of having a backup drive.
There are also other products that have a wireless feature connected to a drive as well, but I don’t think they are as large a capacity as this WD’s 8TB offering at this time (2018).
A:AnswerHello,
This drive can not be connected to a desktop PC via ethernet port. This drive connects to your Internet router. There's no way to map this drive to your network computers like a regular shared drive/folder. I hope this helps.
A:AnswerHello Meux, Please be informed that you could enable the local network access from dashboard and map the device to access it locally on your computer. Please follow the KBA mentioned below: "How to Enable Local Network Access to Data on My Cloud Home Using the Dashboard with Cloud Services": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/34991/kw/local%20network%20access then copy and paste the files from the external drive to the my cloud home device. -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
A:AnswerHi Paul, Please be informed that the My Cloud Home is an easy-to-use personal cloud storage device. No, If the device is full, it will not overwrite the backup. For more information regarding the drive refer link- http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4178-707321.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
A:AnswerHello, Please be informed that there is no other way to authenticate the device rather than username and password. For more information about the drive refer to the User Manual: http://products.wdc.com/library/UM/ENG/4779-705163.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
A:AnswerHello Rob65, The My Cloud Home wirelessly back up your devices. The My Cloud Home works seamlessly with Windows Backup, Time Machine and your phone's camera roll. For more information about the drive please refer to the mentioned link: https://www.westerndigital.com/products/cloud-storage/wd-my-cloud-home#WDBVXC0040HWT-NESN -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
A:AnswerHello Ram, We would like to inform you that the only way would be data recovery. Please refer to the mentioned link below for the data recovery: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/26648/kw/data%20recovery Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
A:AnswerHello Jackson, Please be informed that OS5 update is for my cloud devices, However, my cloud home devices updates automatically. For more information please refer to the link mentioned: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5766 Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
