My Cloud is useless if one cannot adminestrate it. Your M圜loud isn’t useless without these tools other tools can do the job just as well, if not better. Yes, it would probably be nice if WD supported legacy operating systems, but they’re not the only company or software supplier who don’t. You can use any third-party file synchronisation program you are not forced to use WD’s app. I’m not sure it’s the best sync tool, either. Likewise, WD Sync is a support tool that isn’t strictly necessary.
This is, IMHO, by far the preferred route for local network file access treat the M圜loud like any other storage device. You CAN do all file management using Finder, providing you link the M圜loud into Finder’s file system. You CAN access the Dashboard using a web browser. You should be able to ‘discover’ your M圜loud using Finder.
I’d suggest that this is another ‘hand-holding’ app that probably isn’t necessary, like many of WD’s apps. This is a utility that will discover your WD Cloud device on your network and provide you tools for uploading files, access to the WD Cloud dashboard and other shortcut features. This download contains the latest version of WD Access for Windows that supports the newly released WD Cloud Personal Cloud Storage device.
