My Cloud Vs My Cloud home - Confusion

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@mrstank

I was explained that it’s simply the newer version of the original my cloud.

Take it back; you were advised incorrectly.

The Home is a significantly different beast.

Difference between mycloud and mycloud home?

The two products couldn’t be more different. The older My Cloud drives are more like traditional NAS’s while the My Cloud Home is something new. Here’s an article outlining the differences at a very high level: https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=18909

My Cloud Home

Really very disappointed with the My Cloud Home Device!

Been reading a few of the threads here. It does sound rather like the Home is a bit of a train wreck of a product. Inconsistent access: Public share can be mapped, but not visible through Discovery. Private shares can only be mapped whilst Discovery is running. Discovery doesn’t work on older 32-bit architectures. No built-in backup. But ‘watch this space’ hints. There’s an iPhone app, but not one for iPad; huh? They’re both iOS, so it should have been a matter of responsive app interface …