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MANAGING SHARES
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Making a Share Private
If you decide there is a reason to limit access to a public share, use the following steps to
convert it to a private share.
1. On the Set Up Shares screen, select the share you’d like to make private.
2. In the Share Profile area, click the Public toggle 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 (e.g., read/write, read only, or no access).
Deleting a Share
1. On the Set Up Shares screen, select the share you would like to delete.
2. Click the Delete Share icon in the left panel.
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 41.
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.
WARNING! Deleting a share erases all files and folders on that share.
IF you want to open a share
using . . .
THEN . . .
Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 1. In the task bar, click the File Explorer icon .
2. In the left panel, select Network and double-click the WD
Cloud device name (see “Appendix D: WD Cloud Device
URLs and Names” on page 95 for a list of device names).
3. Double-click a public or private share on your device.
Windows Vista/Windows 7 1. Click or Start > Computer .
2. In the left panel, select Network .
3. Click the WD Cloud device name (see “Appendix D: WD
Cloud Device URLs and Names” on page 95 for a list of
device names).
4. Double-click the public or private shares on your device.
Mac OS X 1. Open a Finder window and locate your WD Cloud device
under the Shared heading in the side bar.
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If presented with an authorization page, either enter your
user name and password or select Guest , then
click Connect .
2. Click the device to display the public or private shares on
your device.