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Launching the wd my cloud dashboard, Mapping the drive (windows), Mapping the drive – Western Digital My Cloud User Manual User Manual

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MANAGING YOUR DEVICE WITH WD QUICK VIEW

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WD MY CLOUD PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL

Mac OS X: The contents of the Public share display in Finder:

Note: To view all of the shares on the device, click the name of your

WD My Cloud device under Shared.

3. Select the share you want to view:

Windows:

For a private share, if prompted for a user name and password, enter those

associated with your user account on the WD My Cloud dashboard (see “Creating a
User” on page 53)
. If you make the user name and password for the dashboard the
same as those for logging into the computer, no user name or password are required
here.

Mac OS X:

For a private share, if prompted for a user name and password, enter those

associated with your user account on the WD My Cloud dashboard (see “Creating a
User” on page 53)
. For a public share, if prompted for a user name and password, select
Guest.

Launching the WD My Cloud Dashboard

Select Dashboard on the WD Quick View submenu to launch the application. The Welcome
page displays. (See “At a Glance: The Dashboard” on page 41.)

Mapping the Drive (Windows)

1. Select Map [WD My Cloud device name] on the WD Quick View submenu. The Map

Network Drive page displays:

2. Select the desired letter from the Drive drop-down list.