Using Apple Time Machine - Western Digital My Cloud User Manual

Using Apple Time Machine

Backing up
The Apple Time Machine is a built-in feature on Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks,
Mountain Lion, Lion, and Snow Leopard computers that can back up everything on your
computer: music, photos, documents, applications, emails, and system files. The My Cloud
device can store these backups, so that if your hard drive or operating system should crash,
or you lose a file, you can easily restore it to your computer. You can also specify the
maximum amount of space you'd like to use on your Time Machine to back up your files.
Setting Time Machine
Important: Before setting up Time Machine, on the My Cloud dashboard, click
Settings to navigate to the Settings General page. Check under Mac
Backups to make sure Time Machine is set to ON (default).
To set up Time Machine to back up files to your My Cloud device:
1. Use one of the following methods to open Time Machine:

Click the Time Machine icon in the Dock:
 Click the Apple menu > System Preferences and select Time Machine.
 Click Go > Applications and select Time Machine.
2. When this is your first time creating a backup, the following page displays:
MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
26