Starting A Backup - Western Digital My Cloud User Manual

Time Machine begins backing up your files. The first backup may take some time, but
subsequent backups are faster because Time Machine only backs up new or changed
items. A status bar displays the progress of the backup:
Time Machine backs up your computer every hour and keeps the following backup sets:
 Every hour for 24 hours
 Every day for the past month
 Weekly until the My Cloud device is full.
Note: When a backup is interrupted, for example, when the computer goes into
sleep mode, or the My Cloud device is disconnected, the backup will resume
automatically once the computer is available.
When you change the name of the My Cloud device, previously set Time
Machine backups delay or fail. To fix the problem, resume backing up by
re-selecting the device in the Time Machine Preferences page.
To see information such as available capacity and the date and time of the oldest, latest,
and next backup, select Open Time Machine Preferences on the Time Machine drop-
down menu:

Starting a Backup

To start a backup at any time, select Back Up Now on the drop-down menu (above).
Retrieving Backed-Up Items
You might sometimes want to retrieve files and other items backed up on the
My Cloud device. For example, you might have lost a file, or you want to see files from a
week ago. You can retrieve individual items, multiple items, shares, or if your system
crashes, your entire hard drive.
To retrieve backed-up items to your hard drive:
1. Open the window on your computer where you want the item restored. For example, if
you are retrieving a document, open the Documents folder. (If you are restoring an item
on your desktop, you do not need to open a window.)
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