Western Digital WD ShareSpace User Manual

NETWORK STORAGE MANAGER: BASICS - 83

WD SHARESPACE

USER MANUAL

Shares are folders that can be used to organize and store files on your 
WD ShareSpace. Shares can be shared with everyone (public) or with selected 
users on your network (private). 

The device comes preconfigured with three shares: 

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Public—created automatically at the factory 

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Shared Music - folder for storing music files you want to share with other users. 

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Shared Pictures - folder for storing image files you want to share with other users. 

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Shared Videos - for storing video files you want to share with other users. 

Important: Do not change or delete these default share folders. 
Disruption of file sharing could result. These are the default folders for the 
Media Server (Twonky Media) and iTunes Service. For more information on 
how to use Twonky media, see “Media Server” on page 125. For more 
information on how to use the iTunes service, see “iTunes” on page 126.

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Download—for saving files using Downloader (see “Scheduled Downloads” on 
page 141).

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Configuration—this is a read-only share containing only a Help file and the login 
page. It is not meant for sharing or storing data and should not be modified.

The administrator can create private shares accessible only by user name and 
password when setting up a user account (see page 82), or by setting permissions 
on an existing share (see “Folder Share Permissions” on page 131).

You must first access WD ShareSpace’s Network Storage Manager to create a 
share. 

The Folder Shares menu provides access to a list of available shares.