GETTING STARTED
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Getting Started with My Cloud Online Setup
The online setup process walks you through the steps necessary to easily connect your My Cloud
device to your home or small office network. Use the following steps to run the online setup
process, discover the device, and get started using your device.
My Cloud Device Online Setup
After connecting your device:
1. Open a web browser and type http://mycloud.com/setup to display the welcome page.
2. On the Welcome page, click
Get Started
.
The setup function begins searching for your My Cloud device.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
To keep all of your My Cloud content synchronized to your network-attached
devices, download the WD Sync app at
http://www.mycloud.com/learn/
#mc_download
.
Getting Started without My Cloud Online Setup
Use the following steps to set up your device using your web browser (for browser requirements,
see “Web Browsers” on page 3).
If you choose not to set up the network attached storage (NAS) for your device, you can still:
Configure the device using the My Cloud dashboard. (See “The Dashboard at a Glance”
on page 16.)
Use your My Cloud device as an external hard drive, dragging and dropping files to and
from it. (See “Accessing Content” on page 14.)
Back up files using USB, Remote, Internal, Cloud, and Camera backup. (See “Backing
Up and Retrieving Files” on page 43.)
1. Open a browser and enter your device URL as listed below, then click
Enter.
Note:
If you changes your device name at any time, the URL also change to the new
name
.
If your device name is...
Your Windows URL is...
Your Mac URL is...
My Cloud PR2100
http://mycloudPR2100
http://mycloudPR2100.local
My Cloud PR4100
http://mycloudPR4100
http://mycloudPR4100.local
