The past couple of years has forced me to rethink many of my recommendations for how you backup computers in small office and home environments. Previously, I would have said that you could use a disk attached to an Apple AirPort. But the AirPort Base Station is no longer being made. Previously, I would have said you could use Time Machine Server, a service built into macOS Server in 5.4 and below. But that service is no longer being made in macOS Server by Apple and is now found in the Sharing System Preference pane . Previously, I might have even said to use the home edition of CrashPlan, which could have backed up to their cloud and/or a home server. But that plan is no longer being offered by Code 42.
Your WD My cloud volume name should be showing some where in the Folder panel. Instructions for posting screen shots can be found at the links below. How to take a 'screenshot' on Windows or Mac computers How attach a 'screenshot' to a forum post. Jun 23, 2017 - About the App. App name: WD My Cloud; App description: wd-my-cloud (App: Install WD My Cloud.pkg); App website:. WD My Cloud EX2 keeps your Mac connected to your personal cloud, no matter where you are. From the application, you can easily drag and drop to transfer, manage your files and share links to specific files or folders via email. This app is a network storage tool. Download WD My Cloud and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Access your My Cloud and My Passport Wireless drives, including: My Cloud, My Cloud Expert series, My Cloud Pro series, My Passport Wireless Pro, and My Passport Wireless. Best Practices while using Plex Media Server on a My Cloud or My Passport Wireless Pro and SSD device. Answer ID 14205| This article explains how to better use Plex Media Server on a My Cloud or My Passport Wireless Pro and SSD device. Using the My Cloud Mobile App's Auto Backup Feature on Android.
So what are we to do? Well, luckily now the offerings out there are just endless. One of those offerings is so easy, you can run out to Best Buy, return home with a WD (Western Digital) MyCloud.com drive, and be up and running in about 5 minutes. I’ll cover other options when I cover file services and Synology. But in the meantime, let’s look at setting up a WD MyCloud.com drive, account, and configuring both to work with Time Machine. Setup Your WD Hard Drive First, we’ll setup the drive. This is pretty straight forward. Plug the ethernet cable into your network, wait for the drive to boot up, and then go to the MyHome setup page. Here, you’ll be prompted to setup a My Cloud Home account. Enter a name, email address, and password. Then click on Create Account.  You’ll then be prompted for the device you plugged in, which is discovered on the network. Click Connect. Choose whether you want to share product improvement data. Ever since my team as a product manager I’m a huge fan of doing so, so I clicked Share. Once that’s done, you’ll be prompted to get the desktop app. While not absolutely necessary, it’s not a bad idea. If you want the app, click Download.
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Once the app is done downloading, open the directory and open the installer. Click Install Now. Once complete, you’ll see the menu bar. Click it and then add your device if you don’t see it by clicking on “I don’t see my device” When prompted, enter your email address and password that you created earlier and then click on Sign In. Click Skip. Next, in the notifications area for updating the software make sure to run that. There was a pretty bad vulnerability awhile back and that will make sure you’re good. Then click on the name of your WD MyCloud Home. Add IFTTT Alerts I want to see when new updates, channels or options are added, so I’m going to enable that. To do so, click on Services in the sidebar. and then click on Enable for IFTTT. Assuming the terms of service are acceptable, click “I Agree” When prompted, choose to connect to IFTTT. From the IFTTT site, click Connect. Choose which options to give IFTTT for the MyCloud API. Browse the channels and enable each that you’d like and then click “Turn on.” Mount the MyCloud Drive Next, open a “Connect to Server” dialog box (Command-K from the Finder) and click on Browse. Click on the MyCloud-XXX where XXX is the identifier for your MyCloud account. Click on the timemachinebackup folder. The folder should initially be empty. Now let’s open the Time Machine System Preference pane.
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Click on “Select Backup Disk…” Choose Your MyDisk From Time Machine Choose the TimeMachineBackup directory for the MyCloud Device and click on “Use Disk.”
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You’ll then want to create a user for backing up. To do so, go back to the mycloud.com site and click on settings. Then click on “Add user…” and enter an email address. The email address will get an email to setup an account. Do so and then once you’ve configured the user, enter the email address and password when prompted. Now wait for the first backup to finish. If you ever see any errors, check them; otherwise, you should backup to the device as with a locally attached drive, but you won’t need to plug directly into the drive to run backups.
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Conclusion This doesn’t solve for a lot of use cases that Time Machine Server would have been better for. But it’s a simple task that should cost you a little over a hundred bucks and get you backing up. I’m still a fan of cloud services. Backblaze, Carbonite, and others will backup your data for an annual fee of a little less than what a MyDrive costs. I’ll cover those in later articles, but for now, you’ve got a backup on your network, which even if you use one of those services is a great option in the event of hardware failure, as you can quickly get back up and running with a full system restore!
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