I reached out to support by phone and was given zero answers. Hopefully others can comment and tell me what I am missing. I think I want to use it as a hard drive/cloud like the older one and it appears those features are gone unless I am mistaken. I have dropbox, I like it, and that’s great but I can’t use only a PUBLIC folder/drive.

As the main person, anything my husband puts in there, I need access to.Īm I missing something? I love the idea of the dropbox like features but if I’ve lost the original features that allow management and create these TWO spaces vs one, then it simply won’t work like I’d like. Last but not least, new users are invited and then get a private space no one else can see. Inside the new My Cloud Home, I have the same “Public” option but appear not to be able to create additional spaces like previously. We created additional of these folders (they appear with a green and white sideways Y under them as a main folder… I am not sure the actual name for them). My older My Cloud started with one device folder… Public. The Z drive appears to match the dropbox like cloud that is now offered. Previously I could use my older WD My Book 2 tb while it was connected to the older my cloud device.Īdditionally, this my cloud home device created TWO places for me to store things (that’s a bit confusing, why does it need two?) I have a Z: drive AND a MYCLOUD2017 and my original WDMYCLOUD. I have a newer MY BOOK 8 tb EHD and it will not be recognized as “additional storage” on either the old or the new cloud. I hated having TWO different places to login and see those devices.

I did like the “dropbox like features” of the new version. I am hoping other users who have both can advise me before I take the my cloud home back and purchase an original my cloud. I was explained that it’s simply the newer version of the original my cloud.įast forward, I have set up the new device and discovered major differences that I am not excited by. They no longer carried the older version over 6 tb. I wanted to add a second one and went to a local store where I could only purchase the my cloud home in an 8 tb.

Easycloud and dropbox pro