MANAGING USERS, GROUPS, AND SHARES
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WD MY CLOUD EX2 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Creating a New Share
You can create a share and designate it as public or private. For example, if the share
contains financial information, you may want to make the share private. Or, if there are
photos you would like a friend to see, you can make the share public to that friend.
1. Click the
Shares
icon
on the navigation bar to display the About Shares screen.
2. Click the
Add a Share
icon
.
3. Complete the following settings:
4. Click
Next
.
Volume
Select the volume from the drop-down menu.
Share Name
Assign a name to the share. (Names must be case sensitive, and
contain 1-32 alphanumeric characters but no spaces.)
Share Description (optional)
Enter a brief description of the share to remind yourself of what it
contains. Note that share descriptions must begin with an
alphanumeric value and can contain up to 256 characters.
Enable Recycle Bin (optional)
The Recycle Bin contains any files deleted from the WD My Cloud
EX2 device. If you’d like to use the Recycle Bin, click the toggle
button
. to ON. (Default is OFF.)
Note:
The Recycle Bin is only available for Windows
SMB files.
