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Backup, Sync & Add Content
▪ Backup – Mobile Device Camera
▪ Backup – USB Device
▪ Sync Desktop Content
▪ Sync My Cloud Home Content
▪ Sync Online Cloud Content
▪ Add Content – In-Real-Time
▪ Add Content – Drag-and-Drop
▪ Apple Time Machine Backup
▪ Microsoft Windows Backup
Backup – Mobile Device Camera
The Camera Backup feature is a function of the My Cloud Home mobile app, and is
not available with the My Cloud Home desktop app or MyCloud.com web app. This
feature is enabled when setting-up the My Cloud Home mobile app or can be setup
manually.
Auto Camera Backup
To manually setup Auto Camera Backup for the iOS or Android operating system, follow
these steps:
1. Tap the Activity icon on the bottom menu bar.
2. Next, Tap the Photo Backup function.
3. The Backup screen will display.
a. If the Slider Button is slid to the right-hand position, this feature is already
enabled, and there are no further steps to follow.
b. If the Slider Button is slid to the left-hand position, this feature is not
enabled. Continue with the next step to enable this feature.
4. Tap the Auto Camera Backup Slider Button so that it is slid to the right-hand
position.
5. Tap the Use Cellular Data Slider Button if you want to use your data plan for the
backup process.
a. By default, the backup process uses only a Wi-Fi connection.
6. Tap the Background Uploading Slider Button to allow the My Cloud Home mobile
app to backup content in the background.
7. The backup process will automatically begin.
8. Tap the mobile device's Home button to view the progress of the Auto Camera
Backup.
a. Find the My Cloud Home mobile app icon.
b. The icon will show a red blurb with a numerical value that may be
increasing or decreasing. When the number is increasing, the backup
function is
finding camera pictures. When the number is decreasing, the
pictures are being copied to the My Cloud Home device.
Note: The speed at which the red blurb counts is dependent on the size of
the
file(s) that are being copied, the speed of the mobile device and the
speed of the Internet connection.
c. If there is no red blurb with the My Cloud Home mobile app icon, then there
are no
files currently being copied – the process has either just started and
needs to find your pictures, or the process has completed.
Backup, Sync & Add Content
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