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Why is my MyCloud with OS5 so unreliable?

For the lower end OS5 My Cloud units there doesn’t appear to be a scheduling option to power down or even reboot the My Cloud (see Dashboard > Settings > General > Energy Saver). More on the Energy Saver option in the My Cloud online user manual. One could setup a SSH script on another local network device to issue the reboot command to a My Cloud. There is a post in the OS3 EX2 Ultra subforum that discusses one possible way to schedule a reboot of a My Cloud. Unknow if it works on OS5 firmware:

Or if one doesn’t want to gracefully shutdown/reboot the My Cloud one could simply use a smart plug or smart outlet and schedule it to perform a power cycle of the My Cloud. Doing such a forced abrupt power cycle may cause issues however. Even the old mechanical style timers for lights could be repurposed to force power cycle a My Cloud.

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