Western Digital My Cloud EX2 ユーザーズマニュアル

GETTING STARTED

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WD MY CLOUD EX2 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL

Installing the WD My Cloud for Desktop App 

If you selected the Install the WD My Cloud app check box:

1.  Click Yes if you receive a warning prompt.

2.   On the My Cloud screen, select a language from the drop-down menu, and then click 

OK.

3.   Review the Western Digital License Agreement, and then select I accept the terms of 

the License Agreement, and click Next

4.   Review the Apple License Agreement, and then select I accept the terms of the 

License Agreement, and click Install. The installation begins.

5.   When installation is complete, click Done.

If you are using a Windows computer, check the desktop to locate the following icons:

Opens the WD My Cloud EX2 dashboard.

Displays the contents of the Public Share. 

Opens the WD My Cloud app.

For Mac computers, check the desktop to locate your desktop icons.

If you do not use the online setup software to get started, you can still:

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Use your WD My Cloud EX2 personal cloud storage device as an external hard drive, 
dragging and dropping files to and from it.

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Configure the device using the WD My Cloud EX2 device’s dashboard. (See “The 
Dashboard at a Glance” on page 50.)

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Back up files using USB, Remote, Internal, and Cloud backup (see “Backing Up and 
Retrieving Files” on page 66).

The WD My Cloud EX2 device’s Public folder contains Shared Music, Shared Pictures, and 
Shared Videos subfolders. The existing content of the subfolders are files that you dragged 
and dropped or files that have been backed up from your computer or an attached USB 
drive: 

Note:  This manual uses the term shares and folders interchangeably.