Sync Desktop Content; Sync My Cloud Home Content - WDS My Cloud Home Duo User Manual

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5. Click the slider button to the right of the corresponding service to synchronize.
This will redirect you to the login page for the service you have chosen.
6. After you login to the service you have chosen Click
7.
Once the sync has completed, under the
account, a folder will appear with the name of the service selected, such as
Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive.
a. This folder will contain a copy of the files and folders from the selected
service.

Sync Desktop Content

You can sync content from a Windows or macOS / OS X system to a My Cloud
Home device with the Desktop Sync feature. This is a folder sync. Once the My
Cloud Home desktop app installation process is completed, follow these
instructions:
1.
From within the operating system, Right-Click a folder and select the option
Sync to My Cloud
2. This will create the
folder will be the folder chosen during Step 1.
3. Any content added or modified to this folder will automatically sync to the My
Cloud Home device through the My Cloud Home Desktop App.
4. To stop the Desktop Sync process, Right-Click the folder and select the option
.
Unsync
Note:
If more than one folder have the same name on the My Cloud Home device, a number
will be added to the name to differentiate it from the other folders. For example: Test and
Test(1).

Sync My Cloud Home Content

This feature allows content currently saved on a My Cloud Home device to be made
available on Windows or macOS / OS X system for editing, adding or deleting. This
feature is implemented at the folder level and automatically syncs any changes.
Follow these steps to use this feature:
1.
Access the content on a My Cloud Home device through the My Cloud Home
Desktop App. This is typically made available through the My Cloud Home icon
created on the systems desktop environment.
2. Right-Click a folder and select the
3. If one has not already been created, a new folder will appear on your desktop
with the name
4. Inside the WD Sync folder will appear the folder you selected for the Make
Available Offline process.
5. You can now add, delete or modify content in this folder.
Note:
Any changes made to content within the desktop folder will automatically change the
content on the My Cloud Home device when it is connected to the system.
My Cloud Home / My Cloud Home Duo
User Manual
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folder on the My Cloud Home device. Inside this
WD Sync
Make Available Offline
.
WD Sync
to continue.
Allow
section of your My Cloud
Files
option.
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