the app found in win 8 store is NOT meant for WD MBL… sad to say… I was expecting it, but it will work only with WD MyBook 3…
WD will have to get their act together if they still want people who use win 8 to continue take advantage of their devices… it is true that my MBL works fine in win 8 just as it used to work on win 7, but it is not integrated in the win 8 environment: if you look in the Device Manager it will give you “Code 10”, a (class) driver error. Same if you look in Devices tab under “Change PC Settings”: there appears a “Driver Error” message… finally the device does not appear among the Devices when you tap on the Devices button on the Charm Bar: which means it is not integrated in the win 8 environmnet and does not responds to “contracts” with apps…
This is utterly annoying, also given the fact that win 8 has been around since September 2011 for developers to try and test (I myself have been using it on and off since then)…
Given that also WD TV Live is experiencing issues with the win 8 environment (it appears as “Not Certified for Windows”, and, again, does not appear among the “play to” devices on the charm bar), I am wondering what WD is waiting for!!! Or maybe they just want win 8 costumers to say goodbye to WD (given that similar products will surely soon come from MS itself, and will definetely bring more compatibility…)
…in the meantime, let’s hope in (and pester) WD…
