@Korbendallaz, some feedbacks:
- The upgrade to OS 5 from OS 3 is a manual upgrade so user needs to opt-in from the device’s web dashboard in order for the device to upgrade to it. However, pls keep in mind (as also mentioned in the OS 5 upgrade notification screen in the web dashboard), WD will not be making any more updates or improvements for the OS 3.
- The Plex server in OS5 is the same as OS3 with basically the app packager difference made for OS5.
- Since the OS5 just came out at the end of Oct, if you purchase a new PR4100 now (Dec 2020) then it should still have OS3. It usually takes a few months for the new software to be put into production (plus freight time) but I can’t say for how long.
- Regarding the concern on having to login thru WD to get to the NAS, you can refer to this post from the WD PSIRT team to see if it help clarify:
“When accessing the Admin web dashboard by IP address, the dashboard will check to see if your access can be upgraded to HTTPS security automatically, and if so, redirect you to use HTTPS. If you are accessing the dashboard without an Internet connection, access will continue to use the local IP address.”
My Cloud OS 5 HTTPS Redirects
