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MANAGING USERS AND SHARES Accessing the Contents of a Share Locally Note: For information on accessing the contents of a share remotely, see "Managing Users and Shares" on page 47. Several options are available for opening a WD My Cloud 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 THEN . . . using . . . WD Quick View icon in the system tray (Windows) 1. Left- or right-click the WD Quick View icon the main menu. to display 2. Click the WD My Cloud device name, and then click Open. The shares display in Windows Explorer. 3. For a private share, if prompted for a user name and password, enter those associated with your user account. For a private share, if the user's name and password are the same as for logging into the computer, a user name and password are not required. If they are not the same, visit http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 5681. WD Quick View in the menu bar 1. Click the WD Quick View icon in the menu bar and (Mac OS X) move the cursor over the name of your WD My Cloud device to display the submenu. 2. Select Open on the WD Quick View submenu. The shares display in a second submenu. 3. Select the desired share. 4. For a private share, if prompted for a user name and password, enter those associated with your user account (see "Creating a User" on page 48). 5. For a Public share, if prompted for a user name and password, select Guest. Windows 8 1. In the task bar, click the File Explorer icon . 2. In the left panel, select Network, and double-click WDMyCloud. 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 WDMyCloud. 4. Double-click the Public or private shares on your device. Mac OS X 1. Open a Finder window and locate your WD My Cloud device under the Shared heading in the side bar. Note: 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. WD MY CLOUD PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 53 USER MANUAL

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MANAGING USERS AND SHARES
53
WD MY CLOUD PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Accessing the Contents of a Share Locally
Note:
For information on accessing the contents of a share remotely, see
“Managing Users and Shares” on page 47.
Several options are available for opening a WD My Cloud 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 . . .
WD Quick View icon in the
system tray (Windows)
1.
Left- or right-click the WD Quick View icon
to display
the main menu.
2.
Click the WD My Cloud device name, and then click
Open
.
The shares display in Windows Explorer.
3.
For a private share, if prompted for a user name and
password, enter those associated with your user account.
For a private share, if the user’s name and password are the
same as for logging into the computer, a user name and
password are not required. If they are not the same, visit
and see Knowledge Base
Answer ID 5681.
WD Quick View in the menu bar
(Mac OS X)
1.
Click the WD Quick View icon
in the menu bar and
move the cursor over the name of your WD My Cloud device
to display the submenu.
2.
Select
Open
on the WD Quick View submenu. The shares
display in a second submenu.
3.
Select the desired share.
4.
For a private share, if prompted for a user name and
password, enter those associated with your user account (see
“Creating a User” on page 48).
5.
For a Public share, if prompted for a user name and password,
select
Guest
.
Windows 8
1.
In the task bar, click the File Explorer icon
2.
In the left panel, select
Network
, and double-click
WDMyCloud
.
3.
Double-click a Public or private share on your device.
Windows Vista/Windows 7/
Windows XP
1.
Click
or
Start > Compute
r.
2.
In the left panel, select
Network
3.
Click
WDMyCloud
.
4.
Double-click the Public or private shares on your device.
Mac OS X
1.
Open a Finder window and locate your WD My Cloud device
under the
Shared
heading in the side bar.
Note: 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.