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Making a Share Private, Deleting a Share, Accessing the Contents of a Share Locally, Public Access

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MANAGING USERS, GROUPS, AND SHARES Making a Share Private If you decide there is a reason to limit access to a public share, convert it to a private share. 1. On the Set Up Shares screen, select the share: 2. Switch the Public Access button to OFF. 3. For each user listed in the User Access section, select the level of access by clicking the appropriate icon for the share (read/write , read only , or no access ). Deleting a Share WARNING! Deleting a share erases all files and folders on the share. 1. Select the share in the list of shares on the About Shares page. 2. Click the Delete Share icon . 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 17. Several options are available for opening a My Cloud EX2 Ultra share. For a private share, the user must have:  A user name and password assigned to the share name  Read-only or full access to the share IF you want to open a share using . . . THEN . . . Windows 10/ Windows 8 or 8.1 1. 2. 3. In the task bar, click the File Explorer icon . In the left panel, select Network, and double-click MyCloudEX2Ultra. Double-click a Public or private share on your device. Windows Vista/Windows 7/ Windows XP 1. Click or Start > Computer. 2. In the left panel, select Network 3. Click MyCloudEX2Ultra. 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 under the Shared heading in the side bar. If presented with an authorization page, select Guest and then click Connect. 2. Click the device to display the Public share and any private shares to which you have access. MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE 30 USER MANUAL

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MANAGING USERS, GROUPS, AND SHARES
30
MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Making a Share Private
If you decide there is a reason to limit access to a public share, convert it to a private
share.
1.
On the Set Up Shares screen, select the share:
2.
Switch the
Public Access
button to OFF.
3.
For each user listed in the
User
Access
section, select the level of access by clicking
the appropriate icon for the share (read/write
, read only
, or no access
).
Deleting a Share
WARNING!
Deleting a share erases all files and folders on the share.
1.
Select the share in the list of shares on the About Shares page.
2.
Click the
Delete Share
icon
.
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 17.
Several options are available for opening a My Cloud EX2 Ultra share. For a private
share, the user must have:
A user name and password assigned to the share name
Read-only or full access to the share
IF you want to open a share
using . . .
THEN . . .
Windows 10/ Windows 8 or 8.1
1.
In the task bar, click the
File Explorer
icon
.
2.
In the left panel, select
Network
, and double-click
MyCloudEX2Ultra
.
3.
Double-click a Public or private share on your device.
Windows Vista/Windows 7/
Windows XP
1.
Click
or
Start > Computer
.
2.
In the left panel, select
Network
3.
Click
MyCloudEX2Ultra
.
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
under the Shared heading in the side bar.
If presented with an authorization page, select Guest and
then click
Connect
.
2.
Click the device to display the Public share and any private
shares to which you have access.