User's Manual

CONFIGURING SETTINGS
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WD MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 
Mac Backups
This section of the General screen enables or disables Time Machine backups of Mac
computers.
Important: Y
ou must set a password for your Admin account in order to restore
your Time Machine backups.
To configure backup settings:
1. In the Mac Backups area, click the toggle button to enable T
ime Machine backups,
if not previously enabled.
2. Click the C
onfigure link to display the Time Machine Settings dialog.
3. From the Select a Shar
e drop-down list, select a share you’d like to use to back up
your Mac data.
4. In the Maximum Size field, move the slider to indicate the maximum value you’d like to
use for your backup.
Note: Increasing the maximum backup value after the initial backup has no effect
on existing backups. WD recommends leaving this setting at the maximum
value for your initial backup. After the first backup is complete, you can
change the backup size by dragging the Maximum Size slider.
5. Click Save.
Important: Once T
ime Machine begins to back up your files to a selected share,
we recommend that you continue to back up to that share. Switching
shares generates a new backup file which will not contain your
previously saved information.
Power Schedule The Power Schedule allows you to schedule shutdowns
for your WD My Cloud device.
1. To enable/disable Power Schedule, cl
ick the toggle
button.
2. Click Conf
igure to customize your power schedule.
3. Use the slider bar next to each day of the week to
co
nfigure the start and stop times for your device.
• Click the power button next to the slider to shut down
the device for 24-hours.
4. Click Save.
Note: You can use WD Quick View to wake up the system.
Web Access
Timeout
Automatically logs you out of the system after a
designated amount of time.
• From the Web Access Timeout drop-down menu,
selec
t an amount of time you’d like to use for your
system timeout. The system updates automatically.