How to map a WD network drive on a Mac

In order to access and store data after setting up a WD NAS, such as: My Book Live or My Book Live Duo, My Cloud (Single Bay), My Cloud Mirror (Gen 2),My Cloud EX2 Ultra, My Cloud EX4, My Cloud EX2100 and My Cloud EX4100, My Cloud DL2100 and My Cloud DL4100 , My Cloud PR2100 and My Cloud PR4100(Multi Bay) NAS it’s best to map the network drive to one or more of the default shares.

Watch the video or follow this simple steps:

On my old laptop I managed users and shares through the My Book live Dashboard application, the app automatically got installed with first time use of my My book live. On my new laptop I’ve connected the drive and downloaded the WD My cloud app, but I can’t find anywhere to download the My book live Dashboard app for managing shares and users. Matthew Bennion, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, takes you through setting up your My Cloud on a Mac computer. From plugging in to running, this video will sh.

Updating the firmware on your My Cloud PR4100. Download the firmware to your desktop. Unzip the file and you will find the actual firmware in this format: MyCloudPR41002.xx.xx.bin Save this to your desktop. Open the My Cloud PR4100 Dashboard UI. Go to Settings Firmware Update. Shared with My Cloud Home. My Cloud; My Book; Internal Drives / SSDs; WD Elements / WD easystore; Embedded & Removable Flash. Western Digital Dashboard. Software for Mac GoodSync for WD. Install WD Discovery for Mac. WD Drive Utilities for Mac. WD Security for Mac. Product Firmware Product.

1. In Finder, Click on Go in the menubar and Select Connect to Server or press ( command + K ) from keyboard
2. Enter smb://devicename ( smb://wdmycloude ) and click on Connect

Note: If the mycloud device was renamed during the setup, enter “smb://newdevicename” (where newdevicename is the name the device was given)

3. Choose the radio button Registered User and enter the Name and Password of the user with access rights to the particular share to be mapped

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4. Choose a share on the drive and Click on OK

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Note: if the shared drive not appear on desktop follow this steps To show the mapped drives on the desktop open the Finder preferences (Select Finder then Preferences) and check the Connected Servers box.