Can I use the MyCloud as a backup destination?

Unless WD has had a major improvement I doubt the MC backup now works

Well, you might try the new WD Sync app…

http://support.wdc.com/product.aspx?ID=904&lang=en

I haven’t… I note the download page still says it’s only for Mirror devices and up, but I’m pretty sure I recall the ‘OS3’ puff wibbling on about WD Sync for basic MyCloud. The picture next to the blurb about WD Sync on their “What’s New” page shows a basic MyCloud. But that’s marketing, so may not bear any resemblance to reality…

http://www.wdc.com/en/whats-new/

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