GETTING STARTED
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Getting to the Public Share
The My Cloud device’s Public share (folder) contains Shared Music, Shared Pictures, and
Shared Videos subfolders.
To get to these folders so you can drag and drop files there or access files that have been
backed up from your computer or an attached USB drive, follow one of the procedures
described below.
Using Windows 8
1. Physically connect the device to your network (see “Physically Connecting Your Device”
on page 10).
2. On the task bar at the bottom of the screen, click the File Explorer icon
.
3. In the left panel, click
Network
.
4. Double-click
WDMyCloud
under Network, and then locate the device’s Public folder.
5. Double-click the Public folder to display the Shared Music, Shared Pictures, and Shared
Videos subfolders. You can now drag and drop files into and from the shared media
folders using Windows Explorer.
