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Pros

Wd photo app automatically uploads any photos and videos you shot. One downside is that the mycloud software does not display thumbnails.

Bought 2 of this. Uploaded to one of this hd. Hd. Here is a tip for anyone interested.

It's easier than plugging in a usb thumb drive, copying files to it, unplugging it. Download the software and data streams seamlessly between computer and network drive. Set mine up with different folders.



Cons

Western digital's website shows that it is outside of the three year warranty, but it is tied to the manufacture date (april of 2011). Worked for 2 years and then drive failed. Product is unreliable.

The cpu on this device is a powerpc archetype, so unless you have an ancient macintosh laying around, you can't compile externally. Because it lacks usb or esata, it's also pretty much impossibly to recover if something breaks. Use a usb external driv...  Read More

The speed to write to this drive is horrendous! Drive frozen. Very weak processor leads to sluggish performance when trying to browse the contents of the drive or restore files. Absolutely zero tabs to perform a backup. Never depend on this device for...  Read More

What a disappointment. First, the ui is terrible and if you aren't computer savvy you will have a tough time. Anyways, just don't buy this piece of junk.

Using chrome lets you see your dashboard but the interface is unbelievably slow. Problem is, it's slow. Just horrifically slow. Worse even, the speeds are horrendous.

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Quality


I am very happy with this drive and will be buying another one shortly.


It stays cool, holds all of my movies and tv shows, transfers very well with the internet.


It does behave weirdly with the date created/modified info when files are copied to the drive though.

Shipping


Shipping was in a timely manner and with out any problems.


This is simple, fast and reliable, and above all works.

Competitiveness


A great lil 1tb nas drive for backing up all the computers in the house wirelessly or serving videos for the kids to watch.


I have used y mybooklive 2tb nas drive for over 2 years now.


Absolutely love this, can access all of my media from anywhere in the world via phone or internet connection, incridible price

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    still, great and slow.
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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,485 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 13 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The 5 year model is my book live that you can login to remotely and has an app for phones


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Bad reviews are based upon people with unreasonable expectations


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I dont know of any drive at this price that can stream hd movies


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You need a dedicated pc for that


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It might be that the slow issues are related to using an usb interface


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But hangs sometimes and having connection issues


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    At least these dont have a binding arbitration agreement in the eula which wd tries to force on you with the myclouds


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I stream movies off it to my tvs in the house

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