Important: WD Discovery can be used to manage Western Digital Direct Attached Storage (DAS) products and My Cloud Home devices. Welcome to WD Discovery Important: An active Internet connection with ports 80 and 443 available are required for software and firmware update notifications to occur Western Digital does not provide instructions on how to modify the settings for third party routers. How to Install and Launch on a Mac WD Discovery is a light weight desktop application for Mac and Windows that provides a cloud based method of delivering software, updates and notifications for external USB drives.

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How to Install and Launch on a Windows WD Discovery is a light weight desktop application for Mac and Windows that provide a cloud based method of delivering software, updates and notifications for external USB drives. How to Update Device Firmware Western Digital recommends that best practice is to keep a of your important data before updating the device firmware.

Maintaining a valid backup protects against: computer virus, data corruption, hardware issues, or environmental hazards Important: Always remember that 'backup' means that you have your data stored in at least two (2) locations. Moving data from your system drive to an external hard drive is not a backup, unless there is already a duplicate of the file on a different drive • Open WD Discovery and check under NOTIFICATIONS to see if there is a new firmware available • If there is an update available, click on here to launch WD Firmware Updater • Click Continue • Read the Western Digital End User License Agreement and click on Accept • Important: Disconnect all other attached USB drives prior to updating the firmware • Click on Update Firmware • Click Exit once the firmware has been successfully updated. How to Lock a Drive Important: WD Security is not supported on all WD products. Please confirm that the WD product in question supports WD Security by reviewing the product's features at • Click on the WD Discovery icon in Windows system tray or Mac menu bar to open WD Discovery, go to the Apps tab, and open WD Security • Windows • Mac • To secure the drive, enter a new Password, Verify Password, and click on Set Password. An optional Password Hint or a 'return-if-found' message can be entered in case the password is forgotten or the drive gets accidentally left behind • Click Close once the security is enabled on the drive and click Close to exit WD Security • Open WD Discovery and click on Unlock to open the drive in order to access the data.

How to Install WD Apps Important: • Existing installations of WD Software supported by WD Discovery will prompt the user that a new version is available through the WD Discovery environment • An active internet connection and ports 80 and 443 are required to install apps using WD Discovery WD App Installation • Open the WD Discovery and go to Apps • WD Apps are displayed at the top under the app banner. Scroll down to view 3rd party apps. • Click Install under the WD App that you wish to install on your computer • The WD App is downloaded and installed automatically by WD Discovery • Click Yes when prompted to install the app • After the app installation has completed, the newly installed app is available and can be opened.

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How to Update WD Apps Important: • Existing installations of WD Software supported by WD Discovery will prompt the user that a new version is available through the WD Discovery environment • An active internet connection and ports 80 and 443 are required to install apps using WD Discovery • Open WD Discovery and go to Apps tab to view the WD Apps that have an updated version available • Apps that have an update will have an Update button under the Open button. • Click Update • The WD App is downloaded and installed automatically by WD Discovery • Click Open to launch the WD App. How to Update WD Discovery WD Discovery can be manually installed on computers that do not have an internet connection like any other software application Update with internet connection • Updates for WD Discovery and My Cloud Home Desktop App will appear in the notification window. Click UPDATE NOW to start the update process. • WD Discovery will update and restart automatically • A reboot may be required before or after an update to WD Discovery to complete the process. Select Restart Now at the prompt after the update process Update without internet connection WD Discovery can be updated by downloading the most recent release • Download WD Discovery from our website or from the drive which includes the application • Right Click and extract the installer from the.zip file • Right Click the Installer and select Run as Administrator.