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My Cloud, My Cloud Home & ibi: Transfer data to using Finder on Mac


Below are instructions on how to transfer data to a WD My Cloud device using Finder.

  1. Click on the Finder icon
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  3. Once Finder is open, scroll the side bar down until the Shared section appears
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  5. Locate the My Cloud drive under Shared and click on it
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  7. Doing so shows the contents of the My Cloud drive
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  9. Double click on the desired share and it will show the contents of the share
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  11. Open another Finder window by holding down the control key + Click on the Finder icon with the mouse and choose the New Finder Window option
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  13. Once the second Finder window is open, arrange the two finder windows next to each other
  14. One Finder window is pointing to the contents of the My Cloud device and one is pointing to the contents of the computer
  15. On the Finder window pointing to the computer, browse to the data on the computer that needs to be transferred to the My Cloud
  16. Drag the intended data from one Finder window and drop it into the other one
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  18. The data has now been copied into the new location


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Answer ID 17210
Published 08/20/2018 02:26 AM
Updated 02/06/2023 02:19 PM

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