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WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White
This 3TB WD My Cloud external network-attached storage device's Gigabit Ethernet interface allows connection to your existing network, so you can easily store and access files with compatible PC, Mac, mobile phones and tablets from anywhere in your home.
Large Capacity Storage
Customer Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Performance
3.0
What's great about it: Access entire photo library anywhere
What's not so great: Slow, so far.
The WD MyCloud was not as easy to set up as described. We bout this drive because both our laptops were dangerously full. We thought about installing larger hard drives in both computers, but heard about the MyCloud and thought it was a great alternative. My husband and I both tried to back up our iPhoto library's from our MacBook Pros onto the MyCloud hard drive. Unfortunately the device doesn't allow the computers to be directly connected to itself. The transfer had to be done over the wifi. The estimated time was 30 days to move all the photos on one computer!! What we ended up doing was saving all our photos to another external hard drive (our backup) and then directly connecting that drive to the MyCloud and transferring from one to another. This was very quick!
My complaint so far with the drive is that it is slow to retrieve photos when I'm on my iPhone. It takes forever to load a picture! There is another app from WD called WDPhotos that seems to make the viewing of the photos much quicker, but I think it ends up storing some information on the phone.
The idea of the unit is great, however I was hoping the software/interface was going to be more friendly. My router is an new ASUS model and it has cloud storage as well, I was just hoping that the MyCloud would be easier to use and set up.
My complaint so far with the drive is that it is slow to retrieve photos when I'm on my iPhone. It takes forever to load a picture! There is another app from WD called WDPhotos that seems to make the viewing of the photos much quicker, but I think it ends up storing some information on the phone.
The idea of the unit is great, however I was hoping the software/interface was going to be more friendly. My router is an new ASUS model and it has cloud storage as well, I was just hoping that the MyCloud would be easier to use and set up.
This product has... Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Need a simple backup solution, photo fanatic
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:Mac
Verified Purchaser:Yes
My Best Buy number: 0300065372
My Best Buy number: 0300065372
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WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White
This 3TB WD My Cloud external network-attached storage device's Gigabit Ethernet interface allows connection to your existing network, so you can easily store and access files with compatible PC, Mac, mobile phones and tablets from anywhere in your home.
Access away from home?
If this is connected to my home network would it be possible that I could access this away from home if I know the IP address or something else?
I am new to the WD MyCloud system, but I know if you use this link https://www.wd2go.com from anywhere you can login to your MyCloud and have access to your drive. There are apps to download on your phone or tablet as well.
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