My cloud HOME duo 4tb
Have peace of mind with a home cloud storage device
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£309 / $432
The My Cloud Home storage device plugs directly into your Wi-Fi router, meaning it is super easy to save, organise and control all of your digital content in one place and then wirelessly access it all from anywhere. There is no monthly fee for storing all your data in this cloud storage device. The fact that you can set it up via your smartphone with absolutely no need for a computer is really great – all you have to do is plug it into your router, then use your smartphone to finish the process.
The generous 4TB storage capacity gives you plenty of space to save all of your photos, videos and files. This device is particularly handy for photographers always on the go: you can rest assured that your images are backed up and stored on your home cloud. The set up was so simple and painless, and data transfer is really quick.
You can either use the My Cloud Home mobile app, desktop app or MYCLOUD.COM to upload, access and share your imagery and files as well as stream videos saved on your My Cloud Home device anywhere that you have an internet connection.
One of our favourite features is that you can set it up so that your smartphone images are automatically synced to the cloud storage.
You can also set up desktop folders to automatically sync with the device too, making it unbelievably easy to back up your images and files. If you are a videographer then the ability to seamlessly stream videos from the cloud to your devices is incredibly helpful.
The device can be personalised to fit your needs by downloading apps like Dropbox, Google Drive and others. It does feel a little bulky, but the idea is that it will just sit in one place at home and not be lugged around.
The other thing that we were very impressed with is that the My Cloud Home Duo comes with two hard drives and is automatically set to Mirror Mode, which means that all of your photos, videos and files are stored on one drive and automatically duplicated onto the second drive, meaning that you never have to worry about losing your data.