User manual

BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
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WD MY CLOUD USER MANUAL 
Cloud Backups
WD My Cloud device uses the following cloud services to create remote backups:
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ElephantDrive: ElephantDrive is a cloud backup service that provides secure and
automatic backups to your files remotely.
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Amazon S3: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is an online file storage web
service that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from
anywhere on the web.
Enabling ElephantDrive Cloud Backup
ElephantDrive is a cloud backup service that provides secure and automatic backups to
your files remotely. Once set up, ElephantDrive automatically syncs with your device. For
additional information see http://home.elephantdrive.com/welcome/wdc/.
Use the following steps to enable a cloud backup using ElephantDrive.
1. On the navigation bar, click Backups to display the Backups scr
een.
2. Click Cloud Backups, if
not already selected.
3. Click ElephantDrive at the top of the screen.
4. In the ElephantDrive field, click the toggle button to turn on your ElephantDrive cloud
backup.
5. Click Re
gister. The Register screen displays.
6. Enter the following information and click Re
gister:
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Email address: Enter the email address you’ll use to receive information from
ElephantDrive.
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Password: Enter a password for your new account
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Verify Password: Reenter your password.
7. You’ve now enabled your ElephantDrive cloud backup.