Lost acces to smart ware since WD iOS app updated

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anyone else experience loss is access to smart ware back up?

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Same for me. I can understand not giving write access to backup shares but cannot understand losing read access.  Being able to remotely access backed up content is one of the main reasons I purchased this device and use Smartware backup rather than Windows backup. I hope that this capability will be brought back into the application.

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Hi, have you tried uninstalling and re-installing the application? What iOS version you have installed on your i device? Are you using iPhone, iPad or iPod touch?

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Just tried deleting/re-installing the app and the results are the same - all the other shares are visible, just not the SmartWare.  I am running IOS 9.0.2 on an IPhone 6.

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I have as well and lost private share, so worse than before, very disappointing , iOS 9 iPhone 6 and mini iPad, sort it out pls

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They’ve decided you don’t need remote access to SmartWare or TimeMachineBackup folders.

http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Cloud/My-Cloud-App-4-4-1-Can-t-see-smartware-or-timemachine-shares/m-p/906779

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Thanks for that link.  If this is true it really makes no sense to me - if I can see the files using Windows Explorer why not using the phone app?  I can’t see the logic in this decision - I guess I can try deleteing the Smartware share and then recreating it as suggested, but I can I only wonder - why???

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 I guess I can try deleteing the Smartware share and then recreating it as suggested, but I can I only wonder - why???

I’m pretty sure that won’t work, as someone found. I’ve noticed similar odd behaviour when trying to rename shares.

As for why: I think someone has decided they are ‘system files’, and I thought it was sensible until I thought about using the Smartware folder as a convenient place to find your files that have been backed up from various sources.

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Thanks. I do agree that these are ‘system files’, but if I can see them using Windows Explorer (as I can all Windows system files) why not using this app?  GIve me the option to see them or not and if I break something - my bad! I wouldn’t mind being warned that I could do damage if I don’t play nicely but removing access completely - wierd.  All I’m asking for is read-only anyway  so I’m not sure how much damage I could do reading files…

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I just tried another tact - backing with Smartware up to a different share. These files I can see - I think that will be my solution going forward.

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I’m trying that, but it doesn’t seem to be backing up all the files, but it isn’t just adding new ones either, any ideas? I reinstalled the Mycloud and called it Mycloud1, as I wanted to add the desktop app to my laptop as the PC died, then I got the PC going and am trying to back it up again for iPhone access