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My Cloud OS 5 4+
Back Up. Access. Collaborate.
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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- Free
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Description
Introducing My Cloud OS 5
Welcome to our fresh new My Cloud NAS software ecosystem featuring our latest security updates for enhanced data privacy, improved stability and reliability, a modern mobile and web app experience, and improved photo/video viewing and sharing capabilities.
My Cloud OS 5 helps you easily back up and organize high volumes of content from multiple computers, smartphones, and tablets on your My Cloud NAS, on your own private network, and without costly subscriptions. Use the mobile or web app to remotely access and share files, photos and videos you save on your My Cloud NAS from anywhere with an Internet connection.
COLLECT YOUR CONTENT IN ONE PLACE
Set up automatic backups to save content from your multiple devices on your private My Cloud NAS. And with your files, photos, and videos organized in one place on your own network, you can easily streamline access to manage your projects and optimize workflows.
ACCESS REMOTELY
The My Cloud OS 5 mobile app makes your content available to your smartphone or tablet with an Internet connection, whether you’re at home or away. Stop lugging around external drives when you travel and simply access your important files with your smartphone or tablet.
EASY SHARING AND COLLABORATION
Easily share content with friends, family, and colleagues, or invite them to access your My Cloud NAS for seamless collaboration. My Cloud OS 5 makes it easy to share high-res photos and videos, a single file, or an entire folder using your smartphone or tablet.
OPTIMIZED MULTI-MEDIA EXPERIENCE
My Cloud OS 5 delivers a beautiful photo and video viewing experience, so you get the most out of your multi-media library.
• Better Photo Viewing and Sharing: Preview RAW and HEIC photos before sending. Create albums to collect and organize photos for projects, special events, or just memories you want to share. Then, you can invite others to view or even add in their own photos.
• Sharper Video Sharing: Share high-quality video with friends, family or clients without compromising on resolution.
• Smooth Streaming: Download the Twonky Server or Plex Media Server to smoothly stream movies and music playlists stored on your My Cloud NAS to your TV, home entertainment system or mobile device.
Key App Features:
- Easily back up and organize high volumes of content from multiple smartphones and tablets on your private My Cloud NAS
- Remotely access all the content saved on your private My Cloud NAS without costly subscriptions
- Share high-res photos and videos, a single file, or an entire folder using your smartphone or tablet
- Create an Album so you can easily share photos and videos with colleagues, clients, or family
- Smoothly stream movies and music playlists stored on your My Cloud NAS to your mobile device
For more information on Western Digital’s Vulnerability Disclosure Policy please visit: https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/vulnerability-disclosure-policy
What’s New
Version 4.24.1
Thank you for using My Cloud OS5! We update the app often to provide the best experience for you. Make sure you have the latest version to take advantage of all the features. This version only includes several bug fixes and performance improvements in the app. If you have any issue, questions, or feedback please visit help.mycloud.com/os5.
Ratings and Reviews
Works but there are more to improve
It works, the pictures in my iPhone can be automatically uploaded. But:1) finding a picture or a group of pictures can be a headache. It can show all the pictures in a month, not in one day, but in one specific month of travel one could accumulate tons of pictures. The app does have function to group pictures by location, but not all pictures have that location information, especially those copied from real cameras. 2)when selecting pictures to group as an album, I have to click pictures one by one, instead of swiping through, as in iPhone photos. 3)Sometimes, it can be extremely slow when selecting pictures. Once, after I selecting every three pictures, the system takes a few minutes to accept, and I have to wait to continue selecting. Just seems like each time you click it talks to the cloud disk, instead of letting you finish the selection on phone then sending the information to the cloud disk.
4)wait for the new version with the enhanced functions in photo organization, sorting, searching and selecting. At least it needs to match or close to the iPhone photo level.
It works but that’s about it
So far, the new OS seems to be working. I miss a few of the features of the old system. For example, I haven’t figured out how to move a file from my phone to my storage device yet. So far, it looks like the only option is to copy files and that can be cumbersome when you’re copying from a long list of files that you really just want to move. If you have to pause the task in the middle of the transaction, it’s difficult to keep track of the number of files that you still need to copy. That’s the other problem too: there’s no way to know which files are in the process of being pasted and how much of them have been transferred. You only get to know the number of files you’ve chosen or how many files there are left in the transfer. The old system used to identify the files that were moved and specifically, which files were in the process of being moved.
There doesn’t appear to be any support for GIF images in the new OS either. However, the things that the new OS does do, it seems to do them well.
Pros and Cons
Like everything, this app has its pros and cons. Pros: it’s affordable storage that you own rather than subscribe to. It’s easy to access on the go and can automatically backup your photos from your phone and tablet. Cons: if you accidentally delete something you can’t get it back without a data recovery company. It also lacks sorting options. For example, albums can only be sorted based on when they were added or created. I’d prefer to sort alphabetically. I gave it 4 stars instead of 3 because it feels more private than apple or google which might be sharing with AI or lord knows who else!
App Privacy
The developer, Western Digital Technologies, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Size
- 104.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023
- Price
- Free
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