Enabling Remote Access - Western Digital WDBVHT0040JCH User Manual

About WD Photos Mobile App
Entertainment is happening all around you. Now you can capture every moment of it and
send it to your drive for access on any screen in your home. Take a photo or video clip your
smartphone or tablet and upload it directly to your My Book Live Duo personal cloud
storage. When you get home, you have new files waiting for you so you can enjoy them in
your entertainment center.
Important: WD Photos enables you to view photos in .jpg format only.
Show off your entire photo collection, up to 285,000 photos, without taking up tons of
space on your smartphone.
WD Photos is compatible with leading Apple mobile devices and many popular Androids
such as the DROID by Motorola, DROID Incredible by HTC, Nexus One, and HTC EVO 4G.
Photos are automatically optimized for viewing on your mobile device.
WD Photos lets you view your most recently accessed photos even when you are offline.
Display your photos vertically or view them horizontally and turn your mobile device into the
ultimate photo album.
With WD Photos, you can:
• Instantly post photos to Facebook.
• Create a slideshow with transitions to create digital art.
• Access previously viewed photos even when you are offline.
• View your photos all at once or filter them by folder or album.
• Search by file name, folder name, or date using the built-in search options.
• Email a photo to a friend.
• Assign a photo to a contact.
• Download a photo from your personal cloud storage to the camera roll on your
mobile device.
• Upload photos and videos from the camera roll on your mobile device directly to your
personal cloud storage, no matter where you are.
Note: WD Photos automatically creates a sub folder with the mobile device name in
the Public/Shared Pictures directory on the My Book Live Duo for uploaded
photos. Similarly, the app creates a sub folder with the mobile device name in
the Public/Shared Videos directory for uploaded videos.
For more features and instructions for using WD Photos, see its online Guide Me page and
Quick Tips, and go to http://wdphotos.wdc.com.

Enabling Remote Access

Use the Remote Access page of the My Book Live Duo dashboard to enable you and other
authorized users to access your files on the go.
1. On the navigation panel, click Settings.
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