I recently purchased a My Cloud 3TB device, and have set it up at home to sync with a macbook. I have also downloaded WD Sync at work, with the aim of being able to keep everything in 3 places. My relevant work folders are set to sync with MyCloud, and that in turn syncs onto my Macbook. The probl…

Yes, I have noticed this issue too. There is a long line of issues. Read these other threads to understand the bigger issue. [image] WD Sync is not syncing as expected WD Software @snakedoctorunit Before reformatting my computer, I was using WD Sync for 1.5 months without…

[image] GreenMonkey: Can anyone steer me in the right direction as to how to stop this happening? Yes, don’t use WD Sync. As the above post indicates there are issues with WD Sync. As the linked threads in that post indicate there 3rd party sync programs one can use to sync data while on one’…

I’ve had this exact same problem. I too want to be able to synchronise my files remotely. Because the duplicates were timestamped I figured the problem must be with time settings. I had previously ntp set on and noticed that it had dropped off showing wrong time. I turned it back on and in a while …

@Lauri_Lehto I found a security issue with WD Sync and MC in general. I have disabled the cloud access to my MCM until this can be addressed via firmware update. In short, your files can be accessed by someone other than yourself. Videos and files were being transferred over HTTP and not HTTPS. I’m…

WD Sync support SSL for data transports. Right Click the WD icon in the system tray Select “WD Sync” and click “Settings” Select “General” check the Box next to "Enable SSL when syncing files on my local network Reboot or Stop and Start WD Sync [image]

WD Sync support SSL for data transports. Would you care to explain the consequences of that option, in the context of this discussion…? If you’re suggesting SSL is the solution to the security issues raised by @snakedoctorunit , don’t you think SSL would be the better default option?

@cpt_paranoia When that option is unchecked, the software should determine if on the local LAN then transfer without being secure. I will make the assumption, WD engineers are checking if the addresses are non-routable (e.g. private address space) to determine if on LAN. IMHO, that is where the issu…

[image] snakedoctorunit: h trouble. Just today I got it working again, so hopefully it will be fine for a long time to come. Some strange troubles that I have seen with WD Sync is the creation of extra duplicate files with the date-stamp. ie. An original file named bicycle.jpg and then a fi…

If you can SSH into the My Cloud and do a sum -r on each of those files. I would guess that the sums would be different. If it is different then the device is probably keeping a history of changed files. RAC

I could not use the WD Sync product consistently without having to rebuild the content database frequently. WD sent me a My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 since they could not resolve my issues. :frowning:

WD Sync seems to be creating duplicate time-stamped files

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snakedoctorunit November 19, 2015, 3:40pm 2

Yes, I have noticed this issue too. There is a long line of issues. Read these other threads to understand the bigger issue.

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"WDMyCloud is Missing" in WD Sync -- Won't Synchronize My Cloud OS 3	48	36272	July 26, 2017
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WD Sync Deleting Files-Folders I Never Deleted & Making Multiple Long Name Duplicates My Cloud OS 3	1	413	May 16, 2018
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