Western Digital My Cloud Mirror User Manual

BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES

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WD MY CLOUD MIRROR PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 

 

USER MANUAL

Backing Up and Retrieving Files 

There are various ways to back up your data on the WD My Cloud Mirror device. These 
include:

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USB Backup—Allows you to back up WD My Cloud Mirror device data to and from 
your a USB device.

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Remote Backup—Allows you to back up WD My Cloud Mirror device data to and 
from another WD My Cloud Mirror or WD My Cloud EX4 device.

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Internal Backup—Allows you to back up data from one storage location to another 
on your WD My Cloud Mirror or WD My Cloud EX4 device.

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Cloud Backup—Allows you to backup WD My Cloud Mirror device data to an 
external cloud backup service.

When you attach a USB drive to the WD My Cloud Mirror device, you turn it into a network 
drive. Once connected, the USB drive has the following capabilities:

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When you connect an external USB drive such as a WD Passport, a memory stick, 
or a camera to the WD My Cloud Mirror device, you can access it with Windows 
Explorer or Mac Finder. 

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The USB drive can serve as a target for backups.

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You now have the option of mapping the drive as a user share drive.

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If a WD external drive has been locked, when it is attached to the WD My Cloud 
Mirror device, it maintains that security. Using the Dashboard, you can unlock or 

 

re-lock it as desired.

Connecting A USB Drive

Connect a USB hard drive to the USB port on the rear of your WD My Cloud Mirror device 
for additional storage and backup capabilities. The USB drive appears as a share on the 

 

WD My Cloud Mirror dashboard. (See“About Shares” on page 51.)

The WD My Cloud Mirror device supports the following formats for externally attached USB 
drives:

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FAT/FAT32

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NTFS (read and write capability)

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HFS+J

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Linux Ext2, Ext3/Ext4

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XFS