Easy Personal NAS - WD My Cloud Home Review

[@BN99239]

This is actually pretty nice because this means I can just buy mobile phones, tablets, laptops, at their lowest capacity option and save hundreds of dollars there. Just simply use this as the extra storage.

[@pquach00]

this exact thought brought me here :)

[@dimaskpx]

@@pquach00 me too :D

[@carlosgonzalez5651]

Exactly!!! Just went for the s22 ultra cheapest 128gb version and got this hdd to make up for storage :-)

[@bendover-bz4bc]

@@carlosgonzalez5651 is extra hassle Worth few hundred you're gonna save on that mobile ?

[@carlosgonzalez5651]

@@bendover-bz4bc No hassle at all! It took me 10 minutes to set up the hdd and the WD app automatically backs up my photo libraries from all my household mobile devices every single day!

[@jevancook]

The worst problem with WD My Cloud Home or Home Duo is that the drive can not be accessed from your personal network in the event that your internet connection goes down, it is not a proper NAS drive which is not clear from the packaging.

[@mirasolovklose3888]

Yup, such an essential feature to not include in a drive advertised as NAS.

[@thisintangibleexistence]

Also, I was looking into this exactly for the Google photo thing! Good call on making this video! Great timing!

[@BreathingAir]

I've got 2x WD MyCloud and one has just failed. Hard drive seems broken like it was dropped. The only issue with these drives, you can't just crack it open and plug it in to your PC to access your files. WD use a specific controller to encode the drive, so you can only access it via their WD cloud software and only over network, very frustrating. Make sure any important personal photo's or video's are backed up somewhere else, as this drive can fail at any time.

[@igonzalez0]

Does that service has any cost? I’m wondering it does..

[@BreathingAir]

@@igonzalez0 Update: I was able to repair the bad sectors on the drive and access the files via Ubuntu live CD.

[@igonzalez0]

@@BreathingAir you should make a video about that… thanks 😊

[@BreathingAir]

@@igonzalez0 This is the video that helped me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZevf3WCn9p_iZY

[@igonzalez0]

@@BreathingAir cheers mate!

[@abdullahm.3363]

WD Home Cloud is probably the worst thing that I've bought in recent memories. It just keeps disappointing.

[@cesarenriquez8217]

is this drive an SSD drive or an HDD?

[@ThaneR0248]

biggest thing in the reviews was how fast it is? can you access these pictures right away from your phone?

[@Louca1]

yes

[@cesarg.8856]

Holaaaa tengo el mi cloud Home pero está fallando el ON LINE, Solo se puede usar si estás dentro de la red wifi, a qué se debe este problema ayuda por favor...!!

[@thisintangibleexistence]

Thanks for this! You answered all of my questions.

[@keithvasey1494]

Huge problem for some this DOESNT have the dlna like the old models you must use PLEX app :(

[@kencur9690]

Bummer. That means it sucks as a music server, very limited.

[@rogerkastoun3143]

Worst product ever! Mine went to the garbage after 2 weeks. Impossible to setup. User unfriendly. Sh** user interface! Save your money and avoid this junk!

[@gushernandez2010]

Guys dont get this, its awful, windows dont even see it, not even roku, which i wanted to stream movies thorugh roku media player, I can see in windows, the my cloud software sucks, totally, you cannot do anything other then using the browser. don,t recomended

[@rasmusisaksson7838]

Before I went for a holiday trip I added some files to the storage space in WD Cloud Home. Now, when I got home it says it is offline. I can´t get it to work. I fear that I have lost all my files. I hope I am wrong but I cant find any reason to my device being offline. And if I have stored my files in an offline device I can probably forget about finding them again. I really hope I am wrong about this device otherwise I will be really angry. This device, the way I see it, demands a secon safety device which shouldn´t be necessary.

[@awkc63]

What a terrible review

[@AleksandrosAlexander]

what is ibby?

[@XB75015]

A crap on sale at Best Buy

[@AdamLeite]

Don't bother with this product. It freezes, loses connectivity, and the support website is a 404 error.

[@CDISBETTER]

This device is pure crap, it is sooooooooooooooo slow, it is unusable. DO NOT BUY EVER.

[@Johnebass]

A third party app is required to play video’s (Plex) and you are unable to back up the drive unlike the older model that this one replaces. It all seems a backwards step to me, if the drive fails then I loose everything, that can’t be good. Not happy with it!!!!!

[@dumbledore900]

great video! :) Really helped me in making a decision! I have the same problem. I don't want to pay google!

[@mike-gq1gt]

can it be used to share microsoft office like excel or word and 2 people able to use at the same time like in google drive?

[@jamesdean2077]

hi buddy , is the data are mirrored on the cloud ? if the hdd fail do we have the backup?

[@GadgetConquest]

It does have extensions for cloud mirroring.

[@LennyLacey]

No longer allows TVE so cannot run Channels DVR - Bummer

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

Can i attach a usb thumb drive or another hard drive and get access to it over the internet as is done from the main drive ?

[@scousiered3124]

Local shop selling this for $65 - is it still worth it?

[@iammrcn]

Can I leave this at home and back up or download the files from somewhere else?

[@KLETTEKE]

How secure is a product like this?

[@mikeham5465]

How the hell do transfer another hard disks data directly to it

[@pandemija02]

Those Stain on the table look rather suspicious

[@Ezel21love]

Can I set it as one volume as portion C or D? Let’s say choose it through Google Chrome ? Planning on buy 56TB

[@bkrred7638]

Is it fast when using app in smartphone? No lags?

[@anyotosetiadi]

Helo, I have a Q, can you work directly from the driver?

[@turkimax1]

Hello, How can I stream videos from My Cloud Home to Android TV ❓

[@virtualreality4me544]

I hook up my PC to the TV then stream from my Cloud to PC to TV works great. I also use VLC on my phone to stream to wifi radios and such for downloaded music

[@Louca1]

use plex

[@evolnull125]

Would it work for storing and at the same time editing pics in Ps Lightroom?

[@nmartinsvr1]

Great video. I just bought this device. Is there a way to set it up on linux ?

[@nesceebee]

Are your files secure enough over internet?

[@AusDenBergen]

Nope, you're just organizing a nice, convenient profile for anyone interested in you.

[@xistencestudios8904]

dont use it for servers as the hdd inside is low end unless you get 8TB or higher that said specs ain't great for servers

[@GadgetConquest]

I tore it apart and was delightfully surprised to find a 4TB WD red drive which is perfectly acceptable for a server.

[@xistencestudios8904]

@@GadgetConquest huh that's surprising as it's the lowest tier NAS, well good to know!

[@GadgetConquest]

I was totally expecting a standard blue drive myself.

[@pedrocabrita7533]

There's no button to turn it off. How should we do it at the end of the day?

[@Louca1]

don’t, the drives will last longer if you keep it turned on. if you really want to do it, go to the app, settings, my cloud home, turn off.

[@Mark-nw6lh]

Can you just browse it from normal file explorer on windows or android? .. partition it? .. work with just connecting to the router without internet connection

[@TChowdhury00]

seems like the uploader doesn't care about its viewers!!!

Man, with this disc you have two options, you can connect the straight way like this dude does, but then you can't use it like a net storage with high speed, it has a TERRIBLE speed, so forget about videos streaming to your TV for example. BUT, it has a "public" folder, which actually acts like a normal net folder with super hight speed. That's the way I use it. I stream videos with Kodi and works like a charm. But remember, the high speed only works with the "public" folder!