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 butt
on 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
WARNING! Deleting a share erases all files and folders on that share.
1. On the Set Up Shares screen, select the share you would like to delete.
2. Click the De
lete 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:

A user name and password assigned to the share name.

Read-only or Read/Write access to the 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 Explore
r icon .
2. In the left panel, select Ne
twork 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 Ne
twork.
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
u
nder the Shared heading in the side bar.
- If presented with an authorization page, either enter your
user name and password or select Guest, then 
click Conne
ct.
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/.