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IMPORTANT: WD Discovery for My Cloud Home End of Support Notice!

WD Discovery software for My Cloud Home Desktop App is no longer supported as of June 2023. This means there will be no further functional or security updates for this feature. Remote access to your My Cloud Home™ device is no longer available through the WD Discovery™ desktop app.

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Answer ID 34904: My Cloud Home WD Discovery Desktop App End of Support

Product Features
Activities
Mobile App
Web App
 
Setup Setting up the device
 
My Cloud Account Creation
 
Uploading Content Mobile phone Auto Camera Roll Backup  
Content Upload (Manual)
 
Content Upload (Drag and Drop)
Note: Folder Drag and Drop is supported on Edge, Chrome and Firefox web browsers
 
USB Imports (USB to NAS backups)
   
Content Browsing Photo Browsing
Video Streaming (Transcoding)
 
Manage Content Copy    
Move  
 
Rename Files/Folder
Create Folder
 
Delete
Sort    
 
Search
Different Views (Detail, Thumbnail etc.)
 
Sharing Files/Folders Sharing your content (Social Media, Text Messages, Email, copy paste link based sharing etc.)
Inviting Friends and Family Inviting users to the device (Through email and 9 digit code Check your email account)
 
Remove A User Ensure the user performs a backup of all data before removing the user from the My Cloud Home.
 
Third-Party Apps Google Drive (Installing on the box and Configuring)
 
Dropbox (Installing on the box and Configuring)
 
One Drive (Installing on the box and Configuring)
 
Box (Installing on the box and Configuring)
 
Use Plex to playback videos & photos locally and remotely from the My Cloud Home
 
Local Copy Download Files  
Save to Camera Roll/Gallery for mobile phone
   
Settings on Apps System Erase
 
Change Language  
 
Shutdown and Reboot
 
Passcode lock/Fingerprint lock (feature must be enabled in the mobile phone settings)
   
Network Import Import content from My Cloud network attached storage located on the same local area network (LAN).
 
Details
Answer ID 23001
Published 08/20/2018 03:15 AM
Updated 04/15/2024 05:44 AM

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