Product Description
Store plenty of files with this 8TB My Cloud Home device. It lets you back up and sync files from your phone and computer, and it has a USB port for fast importing of files from hard drives and flash drives. This My Cloud Home device lets you search for files with the included MyCloud app.
Dimension
Product Height : 6.9 inches
Product Width :2.1 inches
Product Depth :
Product Weight :36.3 pounds
Features
8TB storage capacity Provides ample space for storing documents, photos, music and more in one central place.
Gigabit Ethernet port Provides a high-speed Internet connection.
On-the-go access with the My Cloud Home mobile app, desktop app or MyCloud.com Allows you to access, upload and share those photos and videos from anywhere with an internet connection using My Cloud Home apps for mobile, desktop and web.
Time Machine compatible Back up your entire system directly to the drive.
Compatible with Apple MacOS, PC, Android and Apple iOS For flexible installation options.
What's Included
Personal cloud storage
Ethernet cable
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide
Reviews
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Exceptional WD Home Cloud
Replaced my old WD HOME CLOUD and have not had any problems with the upgrade to a new home cloud. Can play HD movies off of this drive and no worries about it crashing. I have always used WD drives in everything I do because of their exceptional detail to quality.
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Awesome in home storage
Use this to store copies of all my photos in my home. Cloud based storage is good but slow. So now I have an additional copy at home and can see my photos quickly since its on my home lan. 8TB should last me a long time. Plus if you add a second unit one backs up to the other, just in case of failure.
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Family Memory storage
Besides the weboutage, the device works as is. Its a great storage device. I only have about filled 1tb...still more to go.
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Garbage.
If you're looking for a network storage device, DO NOT GET THIS. To access the drive, you have to run a special app on your computer that maps it as a network drive. There is no other way to map the drive. You can also use a special Android/iOS app, but since you can't set up shares on the drive itself, you can't browse the disk with any app that can access Windows/SMB shares. Unlike its slightly older cousin, the WD My Cloud, there is no web interface for this device. You can't rename the device. You can't connect by FTP or SSH. The only way to change settings on the device is by going to the MyCloud website, and God help you if that ever goes under. It has a USB port, but 1) you can't use that to copy files *from* the device to a USB disk, and 2) the only thing you can do with it is plug in a USB disk and transfer *every file on that disk* into a backup folder on the My Cloud Home. You cannot choose specific files or folders, and you cannot browse the plugged-in drive on your computer. And last but not least: the god-awful speeds. I have a gigabit home network, and even with that, it took 5 hours to copy 150GB to the disk and *16 hours* to copy it back *off* of the disk. And the case is basically impregnable, meaning that if you want to return the disk, you have no choice but to transfer your data back over the network. I couldn't even play media off of the disk because of how slow it was; it just kept buffering. I return this within 2 days of purchase.
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Nice product
My cloud drive is working very good and it works from any place with internet and I am able to connect to it from everywhere. To make sure this device is connected to internet via ethernet cable to avoid any interruption in the service.
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Works as expected!
Got two Mac’s, one Linux laptop and iPhone 14 backing up over Ethernet. So far no complaints except darn thing can get little noise (hard drive) but found a way to place it on a rubber mat to reduce vibrations.
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Maybe hold off!?
So, I had an original WD MyCloud (2TB) NAS unit which had started to fail - had it +/-4 years and for the most part performed well - although I'm not sure how long they should last. At any rate, I went to my local BB store and was directed over to this unit - which I assumed was a newer (larger) upgrade - it said WD My Cloud on the packaging - and I bought it. Soon to find out, the WD My Cloud "HOME" and older WD my Cloud are two completely different drives. WD My Cloud is a NAS unit (Network Attached Storage) and in short functions like a network server attached to your PC. You need to setup users and can give anyone/no one access to any part of the drive (short version) The WD My Cloud "HOME" is (for a lack of better terminology) an supped-up external USB drive with cloud access. Immediate problem I see is limited shared access. We use Dropbox (a lot) and love the fact you can share "folders" across different users (again simplified). With WD My Cloud Home you could share a file but not pieces of a whole directory. Again, I'm over simplifying the differences but if you want a "personal" cloud drive that works like DropBox - THIS IS NOT the answer.
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Not sure how to rate this
I am really unsure how to rate this drive. I bought it solely to use as a NAS drive for Plex. Plex is one of the pre-installed applications that comes with this drive. For whatever reason, I could not get Plex to work properly. I spent a good deal of time over a period of four days with Western Digital support. The support representatives were quite helpful, but in the end, things were still not working. On a follow-up call to WD, I was told the drive was defective. I returned the drive to Best Buy and got a new one without hassle. It has been working perfectly for Plex since. However, the drive loses Wi-Fi connectivity even though it is plugged directly into my router. I have reset the drive a half dozen times over the past couple weeks. This is disheartening, and I hope it improves as it is probably too late to return the drive a second time. I would say that Western Digital support is helpful and friendly and I had no problem dealing with them.
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Trusty reliable backup for Time Machine
I use this drive for Time Machine backups on MacOS. I like it, I also have a 4TB version that has been backing up my computers for a few years. This drive worked right out of the box, it was easy to set up.
