Hi all,
I have a 4 TB Mycloud Home (WD My Cloud Home: Best Cloud Storage for Photos (2 TB - 8 TB) | Western Digital) at home and I’m thinking about buying another one to be put in a different place.
Is there any way to make these two mycloud home synchronized automatically?
Lets say the new one, to be hosted not in my home, to be used as a backup of the first one…
Many thanks!
Hi @Brenga80,
Please be informed that synchronized is not supported.
Please refer to the below link to check My Cloud Home Static IP Address Configuration:
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4174/kw/static%20ip
Not by running an automation on the MCH and not directly between the two MCHs, but this can be done automatically on the client PC. In a traditional NAS, you have to run a program or a server on the NAS unit itself and make sure everything is port forwarded correctly in the two locations before you can get any sync to work. But in the Home situation where internet is frequently CGN NAT and undoable by port forward, instead, the relay servers hosted by WDC will relay any data between the client PC and the two My Cloud Home units - this is doable as long as you realize you are not in a business environment and you are not trying to sync a million files or terabytes of data. Keep your small files in zip folders of 300 MB or so and don’t try to sync more than a few or tens of GB at a time.
Also keep in mind that your PC is doing the sync so it has to stay on for a few hours depending on the amount of data and upload speed and the sync should restart automatically as the PC is turned on and WDD running.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Sure, cheers. The MCH has a lot of deficiencies, but it is not really as bad as many make it out to be and is easy to set up for the home. If you are looking for a business solution, don’t use the Home product, look for higher end NAS from Synology and others, including WD.
Clear… I’m figuring out how far I can go with my MCH 
Not as much as I’d like, but couldnt expect that much probably 
Hello. Where/how do you get the shown menu to select sync?
First of all, you need to have installed the MCH properly, which importantly required installing WD Discovery which will let you see, sync and share from the desktop. This is described in the online KBA (Knowledge Base Archive). You would choose one of the supported folders (below) and right click for the sync option.
The My Cloud Home Desktop Sync supports the following directories and folders and locations on a Windows computer.
| The Desktop | only folders inside of | C:\Users\Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Documents | and folders inside of | C:\Users\Documents |
| Downloads | and folders inside of | C:\Users\Downloads |
| Music | and folders inside of | C:\Users\Music |
| Videos | and folders inside of | C:\Users\Videos |
| Pictures | and folders inside of | C:\Users\Pictures |
| All Files | and folders inside of | non Operating System or 2nd Hard Drives such as D:, E:\ etc… |
