It's straightforward,simple to set up and use.The drawback is that it creates too many backupfiles and I can't seem to stop it from copying every file as soon as I get connected to it with my cell.Probably due to my ignorance.Overall it serves me well for what I do and that is sharing certain files...

This is not Network Attached Storage. It is some kind of Cloud hybrid that can be used to share files over the internet. It is not suitable for Plex, unless you use the built in Plex application, meaning you can't attach this and other storage and share your media through a single Plex server.

WD's My Cloud Home provides storage you can access with a smart TV, secures personal cloud data, and it looks good too. Find out more in our My Cloud Home Personal Cloud review.

If you're looking for a personal cloud storage that will backup the content on your smartphone's camera easily, this is it.

Easy to use and setup; Auto-backup for mobile

No wireless connection

Western Digital is one of the bigger names in the world of storage, besides Seagate. And recently, it announced a new product, the My Cloud Home. This is a new version of the My Cloud family that the company has had available for quite some time, and it actually uses a new suite of apps, so be...

You should know before buying this that the USB port, that is supposed to allow you to connect an external drive directly to the My cloud home and access it remotely (which was the selling point for me) only recognizes a very limited number of external drive models.

The My Cloud Home is very different from its predecessors – My Book and My Cloud home network storage devices. If you simply want to increase your network storage as I do – adding it to a 3TB My Book Live and two 6TB My Cloud network storage devices – you may be disappointed to find that the My...

The design and styling of the hardware in the My Cloud Home is top-notch, with all its issues lying in the software components provided for it. The underlying platform is a solid one for which WD hardware engineers should be proud, and the software team needs to better support.

If you have a previous MyCloud NAS Appliance this is nothing like the original. It is a sharing device and requires software on each PC to do backups. The USB is only for importing files and can't be use as a connection to an additional Hard Drive for extra storage.

I've been wanting a NAS for a while for music sharing around the house and file backup. WD seem to be the standard so went for this new model. Couple of things to point out: 1. Very noisy upon initial install, file drop. But this seems to have calmed down now. 2.