Does WD My Cloud work like dropbox? I would like to sync a folder in real time between different computers. I thought if WD My Cloud works like dropbox, then it would be cheaper to buy it rather than using dropbox, googl drive, or onedrive.
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WD My Cloud devices are NAS solutions for file sharing withing a network and over the Internet.
NAS devices act as network folders that can be accessed from any device connected to the specific network and, with the proper settings, can be accessed over the Internet, just like the online cloud services you mentioned. A NAS is basically pretty much any storage device connected to a network through a router that can be accessed over that network from another device. A simple example would be a basic external storage drive or a thumb drive connected to your router's USB port that can be accessed through your phone for data transfer from and to it over the internal Wi-Fi.
WD My Cloud devices offer a bit more features such as torrent clients, media serving and other features as well as scheduled or continuous backup solutions.
In your case you can have a folder on the My Cloud device and have access to it from multiple devices either from the WD My Cloud application or from other applications (depending on your preference or need).
yes.
Pretty much. For your purposes anyway. I think of it as a secondary iCloud. There are some slight differences in terms of niche features, but the core product is essentially the same as most client-server cloud storage and synchronization services.
