CONFIGURING SETTINGS
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Energy Saver
You can save power use by the My Cloud device.
View or change the following settings:
Mac Backups
This section of the General page enables or disables Time Machine backups of Mac
computers. You can also configure Time Machine Settings.
To configure backup settings:
1. With the
Time Machine
switch
ON
, click the
Configure
link to display the Time Machine
Settings dialog box:
2. From the
Select a Share
drop-down list, select to back up all of the data on the Mac, or
select a specific share to back up.
3. Use the slider to indicate the
Maximum Size
of the backup.
Leave the slider at the
maximum value
(quota) for your first backup (see on-screen note). After that, move the
slider to a smaller quota to avoid filling up the entire drive with backups.
Drive Sleep
If this function is enabled, the hard drive goes into standby
mode to save power after a designated period of inactivity.
Drive Sleep
is enabled by default.
LED
Turns the device’s LED on or off.